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This has been one of my most successful lessons. Mail englishdisco at gmail dot com to download the lesson pack including videos – I’ll add you to the dropbox folder.

LESSON PLAN

Get them in 5 or 6 groups. Points / candy for winners. 

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Download / stream the intro to Logorama (award-winning animation) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GUYVx8e-AeQ. The swearing kicks in at about 1:15 so cut it before then. See how many Korean-recognizable brands they can notice. (We’ve spotted Pringles, Energizer, 7/11, Domino’s Pizza, Nintendo)

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Use this warmer to segue into “Which Logo” blackout PPT guessing game – points for winners. Some gap fill target language after each mystery logo. 

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This all goes quite quickly, so next up is funny video time. *** I CANNOT UPLOAD THE VIDEOS HERE (TOO BIG) OR TO FILE HOSTING SITES (SCHOOL BLOCKS THEM) SO EMAIL ENGLISHDISCO AT GMAIL DOT COM SO I CAN INVITE YOU TO THE PUBLIC DROPBOX FOLDER WHERE THEY’RE STORED. *** Show them the attached adverts one at a time and get them to guess the PRODUCT, BRAND, and MESSAGE. For example, the product is BEER, the brand is CARLSBERG, the message is “Carlsberg is a reward for doing something challenging”. Drill the questions (“What’s the product? What’s the brand?”) as well as the answers. 

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For the last exercise, the teams are companies. They get a mystery envelope (or paper, whisper in the ear, whatever). It contains one of the 6 “products” in the last PPT slide (vest, apple pie, etc.) They have 60 seconds to stand up and “advertise it” to the class without giving away what it is. Description hints include the questions “Is it cheap or expensive? Big or small? Can you eat it?” etc. Points for winners. 

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There’s also a wordsearch if you wanna do it. Words are: 

SELL
AUDIENCE
MOTTO
LOGO
SLOGAN
ANALYSIS
MESSAGE
PRODUCT
HYPE
TELEVISION
ADVERTISEMENT
COMPANY
MUSIC
TARGET
COMMERCIAL

 

2011 December Exam Slides

 

Halloween Harry – Online Platform Game

There’s a great old DOS game called Halloween Harry.

Level: Elementary to Intermediate

Kill zombies, free hostages, and the English instructions from your “Commander” throughout level 1 are quite simple, eg “Look for an exit above you.” You can play online once you’ve installed the plug-in for Chrome. Enjoy, and try not to get addicted yourself.

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What Sound Is It?

15 minute pairs listening exercise for any level. Candy for winners.

This is a sample pack of 26 everyday sound effects, animal sound effects and natural sound effects. You won’t even have to turn on the projector. Make them guess the sounds one by one. All effects are in MP3 format and have been labelled. The difficult ones are Match (a matchstick lighting) and Keys (the sound you hear before starting a car, followed by an electric window winding down). They may think Wind and Rain are TVs…

By removing the visual element of the class completely, you quit competing with K-pop. Weird thing is, it works. They all tell each other to be quiet so they can hear the next sound.

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6 Fairytales MP3 Zip Pack

Here’s a collection of six fairytale listening exercises: Ali Baba, Hansel & Gretel, Red Riding Hood, Rapunzel, Rumpelstiltskin and Rip van Winkle. In each folder is a 5-minute story (MP3, with chimes for missing words), a teacher’s transcript with the missing word list and related pictures. Read students the missing word list and make them write it down. Then play the MP3 while showing the pictures and make them guess which word is missing.

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What are you doing?

Using present continuous (-ing) to express a future intention.

Part 1

Part 1 Transcript

Oh hi. How are you, Nic? What are you doing tomorrow? Tomorrow, I’m going to the jimjilbang? What are you doing after dinner tonight? After dinner, I’m going to get on the Internet. What are you doing this weekend? This weekend I’m playing computer games in the morning on Saturday. What are you doing after you graduate? Well, after I graduate, I’m getting a job in sales.

Part 2

Part 2 Transcript

So John. What are you doing on Monday? On Monday I’m going to school and then I’m going home. When are you going back to Anmyeon-do? I’m going back to Anmyeon-do tomorrow. Alright, so, on Friday night I’m going to Sinchon to meet my friends. We’re going there at 9 o’clock. Why don’t you come with us? Great, that sounds cool.

 

How’s the weather?

A few basic everyday lines of phonecall conversation between two friends traveling different parts of the world

Transcript

Hi! How are you? I’m good. How’s the weather there? Yeah? Have you been…? How long have you been there? So what are you doing today? And what are you doing tomorrow? When are you leaving? Ok, and where are you going? How’s the weather in Singapore? Well enjoy the rest of your trip! Seeya later.

 

Where are we?

Transcript

So. Where are we? Yes, that’s right! How often do you come here? Do you come here for lunch? What time do you come here? What do you eat when you come here? And why do you like it here? I like it because the food’s good but it’s still cheap. I like it because it has a view of the street. It’s got a friendly atmosphere. Yeah! Alright, cool. See you there!

 

Music

First basic English, then the same conversation in fluent! The top two are “Basic” (subs and no subs) and the third is Fluent (subs only). Don’t make it too loud at first – the starting music is quiet on purpose. I find it gets their attention when they have to be quiet to hear it. Enjoy!

Transcript

What’s your favorite type of music? And who is your favorite musician? What is his name, or what is her name? Why do you like them? Have you ever been to a concert of theirs? And how was it? Do you play a musical instrument? How long have you been playing? Do you think music is important? Last question: do you want to be a rock star?

 

Pancake?

Transcript

Oops! Ok. Do you feel like a pancake? Do you want… How many do you want? And do you want sugar and jam? How about some chocolate? With the pancake? Yeah? What’s your favorite chocolate? Yeah, I like Ghana. Do you want some coffee? How many sugars? Ok. Oh, your pancake. Um… Do you want cinnamon? Do you want some cinnamon? Cool. I also like it. Cinnamon… A bit of jam. And…