A Great Medlay of Present Tense TEFL Songs

Song Links to Help you Learn the Present Tenses

from http://busyteacher.org

An excellent website with downloadable song worksheets to help you learn your Present Grammar Tenses.  Many of the links have video's but if not look them up on 'You Tube'. Good luck and have fun!

Songs that Practise the Simple Present Tense

http://busyteacher.org/2723-wonderful-tonight.html

http://busyteacher.org/3486-another-day-in-paradise.html

http://busyteacher.org/2605-here-comes-the-sun-the-beatles.html

Songs that Practise the Present Continuous Tense

http://busyteacher.org/11866-listening-activity-eternal-flame-the-bangles.html

http://busyteacher.org/10474-cecilia-song-simon-and-garfunkel.html

http://busyteacher.org/10424-toms-diner-by-suzanne-vega-cloze.html

Songs that Practise the Present Perfect Tense

http://busyteacher.org/10251-frank-sinatra-my-way.html

http://busyteacher.org/7416-song-worksheet-i-still-havent-found-what-im.html

http://busyteacher.org/10294-we-are-the-champions-song-by-queen.html

Songs that Practise the Present Perfect Continuous Tense

http://busyteacher.org/6709-a-hard-days-night-song-worksheet.html

http://busyteacher.org/3091-a-song-for-present-perfect-continuous.html

The Word Family Framework (WFF)

Effective TEFL Vocabulary Learning with Word Families

The Word Family Framework (WFF) is a resource for TEFL teachers and learners that consists of over 22,000 words. Instead of words being organised in alphabetical order they are presented and can be searched for as word families. 

For example: value, valuable, valueless, invaluable, evaluate and devalue.

The underlying idea is that seeing words as families promotes more effective vocabulary learning.

The tool covers all six levels of the Common European Framework. Further details on the resource and how to use it can be found at:

http://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/word-family-framework

Jubilee Celebration Resources

The Queen's Diamond Jubilee and Other Resources on Jubilee Celebrations.

In the United Kingdom the Queen is celebrating her Diamond Jubilee this weekend (2^nd to the 5^th June, 2012).  The weather has been beautiful over the last week and we are all looking forward to 4 days of public holiday in the UK.  I hope the weather continues.  In Britain however we can never guarantee that.

Apart from the weather, I am really looking forward to the speeches and addresses that will be made starting tonight with the Prince of Wales.  The website that I provide the links for on the Content Based Learning Page also allows you to send a personal message to the Queen.  So practise your writing skills and compose a short message if you like. I did mine a few weeks ago and I got a thank-you note from Buckingham Palace itself.  It was very special to me and I will treasure that for some time to come. 

Keep your eyes open for bits of news that you can read over this special weekend.  The following are good links to follow:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/

http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/news/

Complimentary access is being given by the Times and Sunday Times free this weekend http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/public/article3432080.ece

This is a celebration for a very special lady and her whole family.  All members of the Royal Family help in the duties and good work.  I wish them all the very best of wishes especially the Queen.