Intermediate

Mixed Speaking Test 4 with Rubric

By saradavila  |  2011/06/14 16:45 Posted in Advanced, Assessment, For Teachers, Intermediate, Speaking, Teacher Tools  |  Comments (0)

This a speaking test designed for use with high beginner through upper intermediate  EFL/ESL learners. This test includes a rubric page for teacher with instructions on how to administer the test. First show the picture to your students. Have the students describe the picture in as much detail as possible. Next, show the text to [...]

Mixed Speaking Test 3 with Rubric

By saradavila  |  2011/06/14 16:44 Posted in Advanced, Assessment, For Teachers, Intermediate, Speaking, Teacher Tools  |  Comments (0)

This a speaking test designed for use with high beginner through upper intermediate  EFL/ESL learners. This test includes a rubric page for teacher with instructions on how to administer the test. First show the picture to your students. Have the students describe the picture in as much detail as possible. Next, show the text to [...]

Mixed Speaking Test Picture and Text 2 with Rubric

By saradavila  |  2011/06/13 23:44 Posted in Assessment, For Teachers, Intermediate, Speaking, Teacher Tools  |  Comments (0)

This a speaking test designed for use with high beginner through upper intermediate  EFL/ESL learners. This test includes a rubric page for teacher with instructions on how to administer the test. First show the picture to your students. Have the students describe the picture in as much detail as possible. Next, show the text to [...]

Mixed Speaking Test Picture and Text 1 with Rubric

By saradavila  |  2011/06/13 23:43 Posted in Assessment, For Teachers, Intermediate, Speaking, Teacher Tools  |  Comments (0)

This a speaking test designed for use with high beginner through upper intermediate  EFL/ESL learners. This test includes a rubric page for teacher with instructions on how to administer the test. First show the picture to your students. Have the students describe the picture in as much detail as possible. Next, show the text to [...]

Speaking Story Test 2 with Rubric

By saradavila  |  2011/06/13 23:35 Posted in Assessment, Beginner, For Teachers, Intermediate, Speaking, Teacher Tools  |  Comments (0)

This a speaking test designed for use with elementary or beginning EFL/ESL learners. This test includes a rubric page for teacher with instructions on how to administer the test. Show the pictures to your students. Allow a moment for students to construct a story and then have the student tell the story. Listen and grade [...]

Speaking Story Test 1 with Rubric

By saradavila  |  2011/06/13 23:31 Posted in Assessment, Beginner, For Teachers, Intermediate, Speaking, Teacher Tools  |  Comments (0)

This a speaking test designed for use with elementary or beginning EFL/ESL learners. This test includes a rubric page for teacher with instructions on how to administer the test. Show the pictures to your students. Allow a moment for students to construct a story and then have the student tell the story. Listen and grade [...]

Weather Wheel

By saradavila  |  2011/06/13 17:22 Posted in Beginner, English for Specific Purpose, Intermediate, TBL Activities  |  Comments (0)

This is an English for Specific purposes activity designed for beginning or pre-intermediate EFL/ESL learners. In this task based activity students will use language related to the weather. This content can easily relate to social studies or sciences classes where learners are discussing weather. Materials include: paper, crayons, paper fastener () Directions for students are [...]

My Hobby Role Play Info Gap

By saradavila  |  2011/06/13 17:07 Posted in Information Gap, Intermediate, Role Play, TBL Activities  |  Comments (0)

These are information gap role plays designed for high beginner or intermediate level EFL/ESL students. To use this information gap role play have students fold the gap in the middle of the page. Students can make notes during or after the information gap role play. This information gap woks with vocabulary related to hobbies. Students [...]

Animal Habitat Reading Jigsaw

By saradavila  |  2011/06/11 16:09 Posted in English for Specific Purpose, Four Skills, Global Awareness, Intermediate, Reading Comprehension, Science, TBL Activities  |  Comments (0)

This is a jigsaw reading activity for intermediate or upper-intermediate EFL/ESL students. This is an English for Specific Purposes activity focused on understanding the environment and endangered species. In this activity the teacher begins with at least 4 groups. It is possible to have 8 groups with where four have interaction. Each group receives a [...]

Ways to Conserve Habitat

By saradavila  |  2011/06/11 16:09 Posted in English for Specific Purpose, Four Skills, Global Awareness, Intermediate, Science, TBL Activities  |  Comments (0)

This is an English for Specific Purposes activity designed for pre-intermediate or intermediate EFL/ESL learners. This activity asks students to consider content related to endangered species and is appropriate for a biology classroom, or a classroom where students are learning geography. In this activity students are presented with a number of animal and animal types [...]

Sneaker Drawing Information Gap

By saradavila  |  2011/06/10 13:52 Posted in Information Gap, Intermediate, Low Budget Activity  |  Comments (0)

These information gap activities are designed for intermediate EFL/ESL students to practice communicating information. This information gap is designed to help learners practice with vocabulary related to description. While completing this information gap students communicate to partners a design for the perfect futuristic sneaker. The speaker decides what the sneaker will look like and what [...]

Chusock Holiday Crossword

By saradavila  |  2011/06/07 18:21 Posted in Information Gap, Intermediate, Running Dictation  |  Comments (0)

This is a running dictation activity for intermediate EFL/ESL learners. This activity is built around vocabulary related to units about the Korean Holiday Chusock. This is a great four skills activity that incorporates reading comprehension with a task activity that has kinesthetic movement and interpersonal communication at the core. Cut the sentences out as strips [...]

Emergency Crossword Running Dictation

By saradavila  |  2011/06/07 18:20 Posted in Information Gap, Intermediate, Running Dictation  |  Comments (0)

This is a running dictation activity for intermediate EFL/ESL learners. This activity is built around vocabulary related to units about emergencies and accidents. This is a great four skills activity that incorporates reading comprehension with a task activity that has kinesthetic movement and interpersonal communication at the core. Cut the sentences out as strips and [...]

Likes and Dislikes English Battleship

By saradavila  |  2011/06/07 18:14 Posted in Advanced, For Teachers, General Teaching, Information Gap, Intermediate, Teacher Tools  |  Comments (0)

This is an activity designed for intermediate or upper-intermediate EFL/ESL students. This activity is constructed around a battleship style information gap. The game is played between two students. Each student chooses up to ten spaces on the board. Students use a Do you like/ Do you dislike.. question pattern to try to discover which ten [...]

Speaking Rubric for Performance Assessment

By saradavila  |  2011/06/07 18:03 Posted in Advanced, Assessment, For Teachers, General Teaching, Intermediate, Interview, Teacher Tools  |  Comments (0)

Here are tools for teachers that can easily be adapted for classroom use. When possible I’ve included the .pdf for you to preview and a document file that you can download and personalize for  classroom needs. This is a rubric designed to provide guidance on test based speaking assessments. In this rubric the student, pair [...]

Animal Description Riddle Bingo

By saradavila  |  2011/06/02 20:15 Posted in Advanced, Bingo, Intermediate, Riddles, TBL Activities  |  Comments (0)

This is a bingo game designed for small groups of students, generally working in groups of three or four. This activity is designed for intermediate  or upper-intermediate EFL/ESL learners and is built different types of animals. The picture cards are cut up and place on a bingo grid. The caller card is laminated as one [...]

My Favorite Movie

By saradavila  |  2011/05/31 20:55 Posted in Advanced, Intermediate, Interview, Low Budget Activity, Power Point  |  Comments (0)

This is a power point file designed for working with the whole group without creating a print out or handout for students. This can help teachers reduce preparation time for classes and reduce the amount of printed materials distributed in a typical class. This works with a low budget student centered approach that incorporates the [...]

Similies Large Group Low Budget

By saradavila  |  2011/05/31 20:50 Posted in Advanced, Grammar, Intermediate, Low Budget Activity, Power Point  |  Comments (0)

This is a power point file designed for working with the whole group without creating a print out or handout for students. This can help teachers reduce preparation time for classes and reduce the amount of printed materials distributed in a typical class. This works with a low budget student centered approach that incorporates the [...]

I Don’t Feel Good Information Gap

By saradavila  |  2011/05/31 20:04 Posted in Beginner, Information Gap, Intermediate, Role Play  |  Comments (0)

These are information gap role plays designed for high beginner or intermediate level EFL/ESL students. To use this information gap role play have students fold the gap in the middle of the page. Students can make notes to perform the information gap. Have students read the information and perform the play without creating a script. [...]

Emergency Say, Need, Do Power Point

By saradavila  |  2011/05/23 13:33 Posted in Beginner, Intermediate, Low Budget Activity, Power Point  |  Comments (0)

This is a power point file designed for working with the whole group without creating a print out or handout for students. This can help teachers reduce preparation time for classes and reduce the amount of printed materials distributed in a typical class. This works with a low budget student centered approach that incorporates the [...]