Petticoat Lane TEFL Resources

Petticoat Lane Market

Some old and more recent (2006) film footage of Petticoat Lane Market, London.  The market has changed a lot over the years and continues to do so.  Go to TEFL Global Resources Grammar Page  ; watch the video, listen to the report and explain how Petticoat Lane is different from earlier in the century.

Turkish Delight: how to Haggle in Istanbul's Grand Bazaar | LearnEnglishTeens

Turkish Delight: how to Haggle in Istanbul's Grand Bazaar | LearnEnglishTeens

Have you ever been to a market like Istanbul's Grand Bazaar?

Write a couple of sentences to describe it (including where it was).  Did you enjoy the experience? What did you buy?  Post your comments on the Learn English website.

Mock Listening Paper - American Literature

Mock Listening Paper - American Literature

If you are thinking of doing IELT's examinations here is a useful listening resource. There is an audio file and support material to download and print.

British Council Elementary Podcast - TEFL Global Resources

TEFL Vocabulary, Grammar and Communicative Skills for Beginners.

If you are a beginner (A2 CEFR level) these British Council Podcasts are excellent for getting you started.  As the week progresses I will post up other related work which will be appropriate for different levels of student ability.  If you are an Intermediate level of student you may want to use this resource to revise and then extend your knowledge.  Advanced students may just want to dip into the additional and other resources added during the week.

Go to: 
http://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/en/elementary-podcasts/series-01-episode-03

Find the audio link (MP3) right click and save it so you can listen to it whenever is convenient for you. The podcast comes with a support pack and transcript which is 22 pages long.  Use this link:
http://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/sites/podcasts/files/learnenglish-podcasts-elementary-01-03-support-pack-transcript.pdf

Download and do the exercises.

Main Contents of Podcast This Week

• Is that a new shirt that you are wearing?
• What famous person would you like to meet and why? Jonathon Ive
• Vocabulary quiz - colours
• South Africa - football matches and the Vuvuzuela
• Expressing an opinion - Why don't more people watch women's football?
• Dialogue of Carolina from Venezuela at lost luggage and in the underground.
• Telling/retelling a joke

Here is a summary of the main language points of the podcast. Try to get more practise with these language points during the week if you can:

1. use of 'could you' to make a request in a more polite way
2. pronunciation - silent letters and linking of sounds
3. friendly gestures from older people - 'love' and 'dear'
4. phrasal verbs - to look at, to look for, to look after, to look forward to
5. use of 'the' with the names of musical instruments

I will follow up with work that is related through the week.  This work will be graded for different levels of student ability.

Mountains

Mountains

Following the work on Macchu Picchu this week, I am posting this as an extra activity that you may like to follow up with.  It is a listening and reading comprehension at Intermediate, B2 CEFR level from the British Council, Learn English website.  Snowboarding, BASE Jumping and Rock Climbing are some winter, mountain sports that are described within this article. The article also describes some environmental problems facing the people who live on the mountains.

English Grammar | LearnEnglish | British Council | Countable & Uncountable nouns 2

English Grammar | LearnEnglish | British Council | Countable & Uncountable nouns 2

Following on from the work on Countable and Uncountable Nouns that I posted up yesterday here are some basic grammatical explanations from the British Council Website - Learn English.

Countable, Uncountable, Compound Nouns and Plurals.TEFL Global Resources

Some Beginner/Pre-Intermediate TEFL Grammar Global Resources 

Exercises, worksheets and games using countable and uncountable nouns, compound nouns and plurals

These activities can be done at home on your PC or on your mobile device whilst travelling to and from school/college or work. 

Go to TEFL Global Resources - Grammar Page

Renoir's Life and Paintings - TEFL Global Resources

The Life and Paintings of Pierre Auguste Renoir

Renoir was a French Impressionist painter. He painted many portraits of children, beautiful women, friends; as well as colourful, busy events dances and parties; rural and urban landscapes and still lives. For me Renoir was an excellent all round painter. I love his work.

To explore Olga's Gallery and more Renoir paintings click this link.

Renoir learning resources for teachers and students are at TEFL Global Resources - Communicative Page

TEFL Global Resources - How to Make Letter Sounds.

33 Videos to show you how to Sound Consonants, Vowels and Dipthongs Correctly.

Go to TEFL Global Resources - Pronunciation Page to find the link to view videos on You Tube.  They are called 'How to Videos' and are produced by Rachel's English.

Totem Poles - TEFL Global Resources

Telling Stories through Totem Poles

Read and listen to this short video approximately 3 minutes long.
Copyright of Charles Kelly www.manythings.org/


David Boxley describes the meaning of the totem pole for his family and people.  He was brought up under the influence of  Christian missionaries. Once a teacher, he then decided to create and tell stories through totem poles allowing him to express his Tsimshian identity and heritage. Watch him carve and decorate totem poles from red cedar wood with knives, chisels and sandpaper.

New York Medley of Songs - TEFL Global Resources

I couldn't resist this idea.  A Medley of Songs About New York (most with lyrics) so you can listen and sing whilst you are travelling or moving.

Go to TEFL Global Resources - Communicative Page

Is there another city in the world that you could do this for? 

TEFL Global Resources -Natural and Human Landscape Vocabulary

An excellent Powerpoint presentation introducing natural and human landscape vocabulary for geographical topics 

By Unski on Busy Teacher
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http://busyteacher.org/12232-natural-and-human-landscapes-powerpoint.html