Spotlight in the classroom 6/2009

Quick

Title: Looking back
Language work: Asking questions in the past
Time: 20
Level: easy/medium
Based on magazine item: various photos

Title: Rhyme and reason
Language work: Rhyming
Time: 30
Level: medium/difficult
Based on magazine item: Before You Go (p. 68)

Title: Spell it out
Language work: Spelling
Time: 30
Level: easy
Based on magazine item: Language: Spelling (pp.14–19)

Easy

Title: Robot rescue
Language work: Weeding texts, discussing
Time: 45-60
Level: easy
Based on magazine item: People (pp. 6–7)

Title: Getting about
Language work: Unscrambling, talking about taxis
Time: 45
Level: easy
Based on magazine item: Travel Talk (p. 53)

Medium and more

Title: University life
Language work: Listening, fluency practice, vocabulary
Time: 45-60
Level: difficult
Based on magazine item: Around Oz (p. 40)

Title: The Garden Route*
Language work: Reading, presenting, working with video
Time: Hw, 70–90
Level: medium/difficult
Based on magazine item: Travel (pp. 32–37)

Title: Enough is enough
Language work: Writing a story, listening
Time: 60
Level: medium
Based on magazine item: Short Story (p. 43)

Copy file: * Photocopiable material for exercise "The Garden Route"

Talking teaching

INTERVIEW Burcu Akyol
REVIEWS First Certificate Language Practice, Successful Writing Proficiency
SERVICE Website: English-language newspapers around the world