Supplement this by studying the lyrics in class. You can make this a structured homework, assigning specific songs, with the aim of recognising certain words or grammar structures. Many students will already listen to music in English, as it’s popular around the world. This one applies to learners of all ages and levels. For younger kids, you’ll need the support of the parents.įor more on vocab learning techniques, check out my article Best Method to Improve EFL/ESL Students’ Vocab. they can take photos of things they see and share them with their classmates.Īny student who has their own phone can do this activity. If they go shopping, to the park, on holiday, etc. It doesn’t have to be restricted to things in their home, either. They bring the pictures to class and start learning the words. Students go around their house and photograph things they’d like to learn the name for in English. This is a great way to reinforce the lesson vocabulary and engage your students with the topic.The home version is similar.
Centre your following class around this theme and give your students 10 to 15 minutes to recount their video to their partners.
You can separate talks by duration, topic and language in the talk tab.Ĭheck that the speaker isn’t speaking too fast and the accent isn’t too thick (native speakers are best).Īnother way to do this is to choose a theme such as ‘business’ ‘finance’ ‘or ‘crime’ and ask your students to select and watch a TED video on the subject. TED is still a great resource but when choosing a talk for homework this is my advice:Ĭhoose a video which is no more than 10 minutes long. Sometimes I’d set a TED video and everyone would love it and other times they’d complain that it was too long, too fast or too confusing to understand. In my experience setting a TED talk for homework can be hit and miss. TED provides thousands of videos about technology, education, politics, science and culture.
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