AMBIENT NOISES DICTATION

 

HOUSING PROBLEMS IN MADRID: AIRBNB

 

YOUR DREAM VACATION

 

SPEED-CHATTING GAME

SPEED-CHATTING (ALSO CALLED SPEED-TALKING OR SPEED CONVERSATIONS) IS AN ESL CLASSROOM ACTIVITY BASED ON THE SPEED-DATING CONCEPT, WHERE STUDENTS HAVE BRIEF,TIMED CONVERSATIONS WITH MULTIPLE PARTNERS.

HOW IT WORKS:

STUDENTS SIT IN TWO ROWS FACING EACH OTHER OR FORM INNER AND OUTER CIRCLES. EACH PAIR GETS A CONVERSATION TOPIC OR QUESTION. STUDENTS CHAT FOR 2.3 MINUTES, THEN ONE ROW OR CIRCLE ROTATES. PROCESS REPEATS WITH NEW PARTNERS AND TOPICS 

CELEBRITY DEATH MYSTERIES

 

FAMOUS EXAMPLES THROUGHOUT HISTORY

MANY CELEBRITIES DEATH MYSTERIES HAVE CAPTURED PUBLIC ATTENTION. SOME INVOLVE MUSICIANS WHO DIED YOUNG,ACTORS WHO HAD ACCIDENTS OR WRITERS WHO DISAPPEARED. THESE CASES OFTEN HAVE COMMON ELEMENTS. SOME INVOLVE MUSICIANS WHO DIED YOUNG, ACTORS WHO HAD ACCIDENTS OR WRITERS WHO DISAPPEARED. THESE CASES OFTEN HAVE COMMON ELEMENTS: UNCLEAR EVIDENCE, CONFLICTING WITNESS STORIES AND QUESTIONS THAT REMAIN UNANSWERED EVEN DECADES LATER..

SONG TO SPEECH: The PROSE CHALLENGE

 

EXAMPLES AND MORE

CONSPIRACY THEORIES DEBATE

 

"BANANA" DICTATIONS

 A BANANA DICTATION IS A LISTENING EXERCISE WHERE THE TEACHER READS A TEXT ALOUD, BUT REPLACES CERTAIN KEY WORDS WITH THE WORD "BANANA." STUDENTS MUST LISTEN CAREFULLY, WRITE DOWN WHAT THEY HEAR, THEN USE CONTEXT CLUES AND LOGICAL REASONING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT THE ORIGINAL MISSING WORDS SHOULD BE. IT COMBINES DICTATION PRACTICE WITH VOCABULARY INFERENCE SKILLS.