For April, I have planned a month of advert-themed prompts on Infinite ELT Ideas. Here is the first: I saw these two adverts very soon one after the other before a film at the cinema last week. They advertise two famous newspapers in the UK, The Sun and The Guardian. While writing this post, I also found [...]
An extra Infinite ELT Ideas prompt this week, shared by Laura Patsko on Twitter, and too good to resist! It’s a two-minute video of ‘Batman’ being pulled over by police in Maryland, shared on the BBC News site. What would you do with this video in your classroom? You can make any assumptions you like [...]
What would you do with these pictures in your classroom? (Click on the image above to see the full set) This is a set from the Flickr #eltpics stream. Find out how to join in with #eltpics and take a look at some of the 40+ sets that we have created together so far. All of [...]
Gordon Scruton sent me this tweet last week: The link took me to his blog, about an interesting lesson based on the 20 most common phrasal verbs in English. The list he based the lesson on came from the Learn English from Home blog, and I have copied it below. bring up, carry on, chase [...]
I took this picture last summer, and didn’t realise until this summer that it was the ship the was used in the film The Boat that Rocked. It’s now been painted in it’s original colours of red and white, and can be visited at Harwich Pier in Essex. What would you do with this picture and [...]
I’m sure all of us have visited the BBC homepage at some point – I know I go there at least twice a day. It’s a rich source of authentic teaching materials. What would you do with it in your classroom? You can make any assumptions you like about the context it is used in. [...]
What would you do with this ticket in your classroom? You can make any assumptions you like about the context it is used in. Post your ideas in the comments below. Click here to find out the idea behind this blog.
Durham Cathedral has a very important place in my heart. I was at Durham University from 2004-2008 and my graduation ceremony took place in the cathedral. Having recently been back for a visit, I thought it would be a good prompt for this blog. The picture came from this site about Durham Cathedral and Castle [...]
What would you do with this fish in your classroom? It’s about 15cm in diameter and fits comfortably into an adult hand. You can make any assumptions you like about the context it is used in. Post your ideas in the comments below. Click here to find out the idea behind this blog.
What would you do with these stamps in your classroom? You can make any assumptions you like about the context they are used in. Post your ideas in the comments below. Click here to find out the idea behind this blog.
