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News headlines – Drag and drop of split headlines to facilitate speaking

This clip shows the introduction of the topic on news headlines and the grammatical function of the passive and past participle for lower intermediate learners (14-16). They have to match the corresponding halves of the headline by dragging and dropping the textboxes. The headlines were actual news taken from current issues and the local newspapers … Continued

Morality – Using embedded video to generate discussion

This clip shows the introduction of the topic on morality and the use of language for prediction with upper-intermediate intermediate learners (15-16). They have to use the still of the video clip and talk in groups to predict what they think is going to happen. They then watch the entire video clip;compare their predictions and … Continued

People on Photos – Writing – Pen Tool

This activity intends that learners write suggestions by looking at photos. Learners look at the photos and write suggestions for the people on the photos. In this activity;learners use both modals like should”;””had better””;””must”” and phrasal verbs they have studied in class. “””

Food – using drag and drop to complete listening comprehension

This activity took place in the context of a lesson on learning the vocabulary for different names of food. This clip shows the whole class listening to a conversation between two characters in Welsh discussing what food they have for breakfast;lunch and dinner. The teacher pauses the conversation at certain points to ensure the learners … Continued

Cartoons – Speaking – Spotlight

The video was taken during a university level EFL class. It shows a warm-up activity with the help of the IWB based on speaking skills. For this activity;the spotlight tool of the software is used. Firstly;a small part of the cartoon is shown and learners are asked to speak about the situation they see. Then;they … Continued

Cartoons – Speaking/Description – Spotlight Tool

This clip shows the beginning of an English lesson in an upper secondary school class on the topic Cartoon Description. To introduce the cartoon;the teacher choses a learner to come to the board. The learner uses the spotlight tool to describe what she can see. The other learners were sitting in a semicircle around the … Continued

Verbs – Vocabulary – Drag and Drop

This video was taken during an EFL class focusing on vocabulary. The video includes learning idioms with the verbs ‘‘see’’ and ‘‘look’’. The learners have studied some idioms and in this activity they practice what they have learnt by matching the idioms with the given pictures.

Seasons: matching months and seasons drag and drop

This class of primary school learners of English (9-10 years old) is starting a session on the topic of weather and seasons. In this whole-class introductory activity;the teacher reads out the months of the year and asks volonteers to give the correct season;indicated by trees with different foliage. She then drags the month label to … Continued

Verbs – Vocabulary – Pen Tool

This activity is taken from an EFL class and it is a follow-up activity to verify if learners can use the idioms they have learnt during previous sessions. In this activity;learners are asked to circle the correct answer. Learners are expected to use the IWB to write the words.

Weather: listening comprehension drag and drop

These primary school EFL learners (9-10 years old) have just finished listening to an audio recording of a weather bulletin with visual support in the form of a map of the British Isles and weather symbols on the IWB. The teacher re-reads the bulletin in short sections;and calls individual learners to the board to drag … Continued