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Everyone likes songs. You just put on CD and press "play", don`t you? Probably the most important thing is to choose a song in which the lyrics are clear. Choose a singer with a nice clear voice, like Frank Sinatra, for example. The recording should also be a good one. There`s also the issue of whether or not the language is a suitable level-difficulty. And it is also a question od whether your students like the song. What do you do with a song? 1. Do some listening exercises. In planning what you are going to do with a song you want to think about productive pre-, during- and post-listening tasks that are going to be language rich. 2. If you want to do some "fill-in-the-gaps exercises", please do it. But remember, you should do the exersice with the blanking words at the end of the line, but not the words that they rhyme with. It will be difficult for your students. 3. You could also try giving them, say, 12 chunks of the song, and get them to do it (before listening) as a "jigsaw reading" exercise, which they could then confirm during listening. I will not write this article more, please visit these sites and you will read by yourself about teaching English with songs: How to Use Songs in the English Language Classroom - https://www.britishcouncil.org/voices-magazine/how-use-songs-english-language-classroom Using Songs: https://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/article/using-songs-0 How to Teach English Using Songs - http://genkienglish.net/eslsongs.htm Using Music in the ESL Classroom - http://www.englishclub.com/teaching-tips/music-classroom.htm Songs and Activities for English Language Learners: https://sandraheyersongs.com/lesson-plans-for-recent-hits/ Song Worksheets Worksheeets with Songs: https://www.liveworksheets.com/worksheets/en/English_as_a_Second_Language_(ESL)/Worksheets_with_songs English ESL Song Worksheets: https://en.islcollective.com/english-esl-worksheets/search/song Teaching with Songs: http://www.isabelperez.com/songs.htm My Worksheets: One Republic "Feel Again": https://en.islcollective.com/english-esl-worksheets/vocabulary/environment/onerepublic-feel-again/122614 Adele "Hello": https://en.islcollective.com/english-esl-worksheets/material-type/activities-songs-and-nursery-rhymes/adelle-hello/98326 Garfield "Cool Cat": https://en.islcollective.com/english-esl-worksheets/skill/listening/garfield-cool-cat/16164 Peter, Paul & Mary "Lemon Tree": https://en.islcollective.com/english-esl-worksheets/vocabulary/family/peter-paul-mary-lemon-tree/15317 Keys: https://en.islcollective.com/english-esl-worksheets/level/upper-intermediate-b2/peter-paul-mary-lemon-tree/15318 Within Temptation "Ice Queen": https://en.islcollective.com/english-esl-worksheets/skill/listening/within-temptation-ice-queen/15220 My Video Lessons: Madonna "Power of Goodbye": https://en.islcollective.com/video-lessons/madonna-power-goodbye Spice Girls "Mama": https://en.islcollective.com/video-lessons/spice-girls-mama Whitney Houston "I Will Always Love You": https://en.islcollective.com/video-lessons/whitney-houston-i-will-always-love-you James Blunt "You`re Beautiful": https://en.islcollective.com/video-lessons/james-blunt-youre-beautiful

Victory Day in Russia: https://www.timeanddate.com/holidays/russia/victory-day Victory Day Lesson Plan: https://skyteach.ru/2019/05/07/victory-day/ Victory Day Reading: https://www.yaklass.ru/p/english-language/24-klass/vocabulary-104181/holidays-291461/re-03fc4438-d8f4-4a38-b37c-f4fba135c074 Victory Day in Russia Video Activity: https://en.islcollective.com/video-lessons/victory-day Russia Marks World War II Victory Day with Huge Parade in Red Square (2019): https://www.euronews.com/2019/05/09/watch-live-russia-marks-world-war-two-victory-day-with-huge-parade-in-red-square 2020 Moscow Victory Day Parade: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2020_Moscow_Victory_Day_Parade Red Army Parade - 1945: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aCWVM5bUZmE The Day of Victory 2.0 (Soviet Songs in English): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DTv64rjfW30

Fabulous Activities for the First Day of Class: https://busyteacher.org/3046-fabulous-ideas-for-the-first-day-of-class.html Back to School EFL Teaching Resources and Lesson Plans: https://oupeltglobalblog.com/2017/01/04/back-to-school-activities-for-your-efl-classroom/ Back to School Free Printables: https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Back-to-School-Free-Printables-289587 Back to School / Getting to Know You / Find a Friend: https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Back-to-School-Getting-to-Know-You-Find-a-Friend-FREEBIE-743105 Back to School Desk Planner for Teachers: https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/FREE-BACK-TO-SCHOOL-DESK-PLANNER-1912587 First Day (First Week) Activities, Icebreakers, etc.: https://eslkevin.wordpress.com/2012/01/11/first-day-or-first-week-activities-icebreakers-or-introductory-activities-for-esl-classes/ 7 Back to School Games and Activities: https://busyteacher.org/6921-7-back-to-school-games-activities-to-bond-students.html 10 Fun Back to School Activities and Icebreakers: https://www.scholastic.com/teachers/blog-posts/genia-connell/10-fun-back-school-activities-and-icebreakers/

"Happy people... Happy people ... ..." - Anna repeated, pacing from corner to corner of her room. "Silly topic. Stupid essay. Zhanna Victorovna came up with the same. "Anna stopped and looked out the window."Happy People. Who are they? "Downstairs, she saw neighbours. "They can not be exactly poor," - thought Anna, looking at aunt Valya from a neighbouring flat. "She was always crying, always dissatisfied with something,swears at children and husband. Her screams bored around the house. "The girl continued to look at the neighbours` yard."Do not be sick like my uncle Bob. After a terrible diagnosis, he was drinking, divorced with his wife. His children don`t visit him. He only drinks, he drinks and drinks. ""So," - happily smiling, she ran to the desk, picked up the pen and opened the copybook."Happy people - people who have a lot of money that are healthy and that ...." - She thought for a moment - "beautiful." Completed this sentence, Anna set point."There`s the beginning. I can have a rest and run for ice-cream. If mum asks, I would say that ice-cream helps to think, without it essay will not be finished. "Anna grabbed her jacket and ran out of the house.Spring. The sun shines. All blooms. There are people everywhere."And I'm among the people. Someone of them should be happy. It is only necessary to find the man, look at him more closely and to describe him in my essay. Hooray! I am a genius! "- She thought.Sitting on the bench, she began closely examine the people."That one guy just must be happy." - Anna thought about the guy, just left his expensive foreign car. - "Young. Pretty rich. He must be happy. "She decided to take a closer look at him, to describe him in her essay. Suddenly they met views."Oh, the horror! Empty eyes. He looks at the world, but does not see it. He looks through it. No. He could not be happy. He's like a living dead. Hence, the presence of large amounts of money - this is not a sign of a happy man. Money. Money. How many of them to be happy. Probably a lot, but enough. Huge amounts of money consume your soul. And beauty? Beautiful people should be happy "Anna started to look into the crowd of beautiful people. And then she saw a beautiful girl who is clearly waiting for someone. In the distance she saw a guy with a bouquet of wild flowers. He walked toward the girl."She should be happy. She's beautiful and loved. Now they go together in a cafe "- Ann`s imagination quickly drew a picture in which happy lovers walk past her. But what is it? Beauty eyed guy look arrogant, contemptuous and took a bunch and threw it into the trash."How could she? He wholeheartedly gave her the bouquet. He loves her. "Anna tried to see the girl's eyes."Eyes. Her eyes are like glass. She is only a little. She was unhappy, but does not know it. So, beauty is also no guarantee of happiness. Beautiful and happy - this is not synonymous. "The girl began to look into the faces of passers-by. She did not look at any clothes, no matter the age. She looked into their eyes and tried to find a gleam of happiness."Happy People. Who are they? What are they? "

These summer holidays I dedicated to preparation for the Pedagogical Conference. This idea came to my mind when I saw the document from our Committee of Education by my school director. And also she suggested me to take part in it. I didn`t want, but at the last moment I agreed. First of all, I thought about my topic. There were no ideas in my mind, everything about I thought was told some years ago or last year. I was searching for something new. The thoughts left my mind. Then I remembered my best friend, I asked him to help me with the topic. He agreed with pleasure. He suggested me some of themes and then I began to formulate my future topic of the report. After it my friend gave me some recommendations how and what I can write about. The main aim of my work was to make interesting my report in order to attract my listeners` attention. My work began from the searching material in the Internet and books. It took one week to find an interesting and useful material. Then I had to print and read it carefully. After this work I began writing. In some days my report was ready and I sent it to my friend for reading. He sent me it back some days later with the list of recommendations what I must change in my report. My work continued and in some time I made a new verse of my report. Then I decided to make a presentation of some useful points of my report and I did it. The work finished some days before the Conference. I had to connect with the Committee of Education. I rang, but that who was responsible for this work didn`t answer. This situation repeated every day. At last I found out that I wouldn`t take part in the Conference. Some other participants were chosen. I was so disappointed. I spent a lot of time for making report and also a lot of forces. But some minutes later I thought: “I can present my report on the English teachers` forum, isn`t it?

Pieces of language from the “real world” can include newspapers, menus, magazines, adverts, radio broadcasts, television programmes, websites and etc. The web is a fantastic resource for finding simple and more complex texts about almost any topic.You will find reviews, articles, and longer texts for your pupils to read. Because the text is real, the language is not graded, so start with some pre-reading tasks with your pupils. • Predicting the co ntent of the text by looking at the title/picture/headline; • Eliciting what students know about the subject of the text, what they don`t know; • A group discussion about the subject of the text; • Answering questions about the subject of the text; • Guessing meaning; • Identifying key words; • Skimming – reading for the basic gist; • Scanning – looking for specific facts; • Matching key vocabulary – English to target language; • Matching key vocabulary to definitions in the target language; • Extract the key vocabulary and ask pupils to put the words into groups, e.g. nouns connected to personality. Jigsaw texts Find a text with 5-6 paragraphs. Cut it up and give one paragraph to each pair. They read it and then summarize the paragraph and read it to the others. They then decide as a group in the target language the order of the paragraphs. Give them the completed article to see if they were right. An alternative to this is to summarize each paragraph yourself in a sentence and then ask the pupils to match the sentence to the correct paragraph. They can then put the paragraphs into the correct order. P.S. This material I was also found in my university`s notices.

The International Museum of World War II: https://museumofworldwarii.org/ The National World War II Museum (New Orleans): https://www.nationalww2museum.org/ IWM - World War II: https://www.iwm.org.uk/history/second-world-war

Ever since I can remember myself, I have hated to read. As a child it was very boring thing for me to sit with a book. Later as a teen, I understood that reading is a wonderful world, which keeps a lot of secrets. Now as an adult, books are a constant in my life and I can`t go to sleep without one next to my bed. Therefore, I want my pupils to learn to love reading, but it is a long hard work for me, because a lot of them prefer playing computer games and walking instead of it. Children read less today in their tongue. Over the years books have fallen to the side. It is such easier to watch something passively than have to work a bit to be entertained. Moreover, it is work to read. Especially, when many children don`t have the skills to read well. Reading is a skill, which everyone has to survive in this world, and how to read in English is also a skill. English became an international language; especially today many professions need the language knowledge. Without knowing how to read in English, survival in the world is going to be very difficult. As English teachers, we have an extremely difficult mission. We are expected in a short period of time to bring our students from a level of non-readers to a fairly high level of reading. This is a difficult task in the sense that most kids only begin to learn to read English in either third or fourth grade. For this most difficult task of teaching reading we are given two hours a week. Well, I would love to see more hours given to the teaching of English in Primary school. Do you agree with me?

Dear Tatyana!

А у меня эта ссылка дана в блоге "Victory Day Resources". С удовольствием сам почитал тексты. Думаю, коллегам и их обучающимся тоже будет интересно.

World War II (1939 - 1945): http://www.primaryhomeworkhelp.co.uk/Britain.html World War II Teaching Resources: https://junior.scholastic.com/pages/content-hubs/world-war-ii.html World War II (1939 - 1945) Lesson Plans: https://study.com/academy/topic/world-war-ii-1939-1945-lesson-plans.html World War II for Children: https://www.theschoolrun.com/homework-help/world-war-2 World War II Songs: https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/school-radio/history-ks2-world-war-2-clips-ww2-songs-index/zbg9gwx USSR Involvement in World War II: https://study.com/academy/lesson/ussr-involvement-in-world-war-ii.html Invasion of the Soviet Union, 1941: https://www.britannica.com/event/World-War-II/Invasion-of-the-Soviet-Union-1941

World War II in HD Colour: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLZxIFAN12m6wmm5K8fPkApSB1F90885hS World War II Full Documentary Series: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL_pRx-DYZK5-OrysRhVxM5QXd6WueIzqO World War II Documentaries: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLL2-j9FMNYM_dbeC2WoZDweTSW3NpFQWx

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Hey, dear collegues! Today, Coronavirus-Covid19 is the most discussed topic in the Internet and on TV. I found some resources and hope that they will be useful for your lessons, when you discuss the topic "Health" at your future lessons. Coronavirus Worksheets & Teaching Resources: https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Browse/Search:coronavirus/Price-Range/Free Coronavirus Online Resources: https://www.brainpop.com/health/diseasesinjuriesandconditions/coronavirus/ Coronavirus: Facts vs Fiction (CNN Podcasts): https://edition.cnn.com/audio/podcasts/corona-virus Coronavirus (Mini-Lesson): https://breakingnewsenglish.com/2001/200124-coronavirus-m.pdf Coronavirus Lesson Plan: https://skyteach.ru/2020/02/22/coronavirus-lesson-plan/ Coronavirus Quizzes: https://eslvideo.com/series.php?id=Coronavirus How Coronavirus Hijacks Your Cells: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/13/learning/lesson-of-the-day-how-coronavirus-hijacks-your-cells.html What Is Coronavirus: https://en.islcollective.com/video-lessons/what-is-coronavirus

Easter Worskheet: https://busyteacher.org/10552-easter-video-lesson-plan.html The video, mentioned in the worksheet: History of the Holidays: Easter Easter Traditions and History: https://busyteacher.org/19654-bet-you-didnt-know-easter-traditions-and-history.html Easter in Britain: https://en.islcollective.com/video-lessons/easter-britain The Easter Bunny: https://en.islcollective.com/video-lessons/the-easter-bunny Happy Easter with Tom and Jerry: https://en.islcollective.com/video-lessons/happy-easter-with-tom-and-jerry Easter Egg Hunt - Prepositions of Place: https://en.islcollective.com/video-lessons/easter-egg-hunt-prepositions-place Easter Celebration: https://en.islcollective.com/video-lessons/easter-celebration

You are welcome, Irina!

Да... Невосполнимая утрата. Никак в голове не укладывается, что такого светлого, душевного человека уже не будет с нами. Моё знакомство с Радиславом Петровичем произошло благодаря нашему форуму. С ним можно было пообщаться абсолютно на любые темы, получить поддержку и совет. Прошло много лет, а я, как сейчас, помню, как он помогал мне усовершенствовать мою первую разработку к фильму Призрак оперы", как я обращался к нему за помощью при подготовке уроков для дошкольников и начальной школы. Светлая и вечная память! Навсегда останется в моем сердце таким, каким я его знал.

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Ох, и трудно было сделать выбор. Все ребятки большие молодцы! Учителям огромное спасибо за подготовку! Так держать!