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High school is perhaps one of the biggest turning points of a person's life. Sure, there's still college after that, but not everyone gets the chance to move that stage forward.

So while you're all in the stage where you go wonder what you really want to be like in the years to come, why not try listening to Podcasts to give yourself some insights about life. There are scores of podcasts that you could find all over the internet. Topics range from Academic Related stuff where you could be able to extend your knowledge in any particular class that you like, to inspirational ones which would give you some great things to think about how to live your life and how to enjoy what you have.

So here's a collection of 50 Podcasts that any high school student should listen to, categorized into the four general topics would help you focus on what you might choose to become in the years to come.
Academic Related Podcasts
Not everyone can be a History Buff, a Grammar Nazi, a Science Geek, or a Poetry enthusiast, but a person could try listening to one of these podcasts to have a bit more of new things learned from among every classes like Science, Math, English, History and Literature.

There are things that we can't just learn in a four walled classroom, which is why these podcasts could offer you more practical applications of the theories they discuss to you. Apart from that is you get to know more advance stuff that could help you appreciate learning these classes more.
General and Special Interest Podcasts
Everyone has their own sets of hobbies and interests. Some might be more of into arts (in all sorts of forms) or perhaps photography, or knitting and crocheting. Others might be interested in the latest innovations in technology. Others are superbly curious of how things work so they could make videos of it on YouTube. There are those out there who like stuff about Animals, the Universe, the Mind, Documentaries and Conspiracy Theories and so on and so forth.

So for the sake of having a lot of youngsters out there who are into several things, here's a list of podcasts for those various hobbies and interests.
Entrepreneurship
Isn't there a saying about starting up a business while you are young?

Whether you're into selling things for auction at eBay, or having garage sales on weekends, making homemade cookies and cupcakes for deliveries, it's about time you get to learn more on the techniques on how to make your business flourish into something bigger. Who knows if you could make your business your career if you decide not to go further into college.

Since it's never just about learning the theories about business, but having the ability to be quick and efficient in decision making, why not invest a bit of your time listening to pros on how they handle their business?
Inspirational & Motivational
There are plenty of days we feel down. High School is probably among those days when you feel like everything isn't going how you want them and that you feel like there's no point to all the things happening around you. Now, remember that people around you are having the same struggles too. Some of them have worse things to think and feel about themselves but they still push themselves to go on with their lives. Get to know their heartwarming stories that would tug on your heartstrings. Live by their examples and inspire others like how they inspired you.
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Dzisiaj krótko na temat kilku kanałów na YT, które warto śledzić :)

Po pierwsze - moje najnowsze odkrycie - kanał Arleny Wit. Bardzo przyjemny głos, dużo ciekawostek, a do tego filmiki są śmieszne :D Tutaj jeden z jej filmików:

Secondly, Anglophenia Channel. Dużo bardzo ciekawych filmików na temat akcentów, ciekawostek o Anglii itd. Śmieszny!

Thirdly, kanał Ronnie - EnglishLessons4U. Znajdziemy tu dużo ciekawostek o gramatyce, słownictwie, ale też o metodach nauki. Kanał zawiera też wiele filmików dozwolonych od 18 lat (PG18), np. o przekleństwach, marihuanie, czy różnych wyrażeniach na temat seksu.

Next, kanał BBCLearningEnglish. Jeśli znacie stronę BBC Learning English, to chyba nie potrzeba już dalszej reklamy ;) Polecam!

A na koniec - kabaret. Zastanawiałam się przez chwilę, czy można to puścić dzieciom, ale raczej NIE! :D

EDIT: Niedawno odkryłam jeszcze jeden nowy kanał: PolishPolyglot

A na koniec polecam Wam jeszcze jeden kanał. Tym razem jest to kanał o języku polskim, ale żeby dobrze mówić w obcym języku, trzeba być świadomym ojczystego języka (mother tongue). Oto kanał Pauliny Mówiąc inaczej

A Wy? Jakie subskrybujecie kanały? Polecajcie w komentarzach!

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This article shows you how to use TED Talks to improve your English, how they can be used in the classroom and suggests 10 great talks to use in the English classroom.

TED is a series of informative, educational, inspiring and sometimes jaw-dropping talks that present 'Ideas Worth Spreading'. Ted has attracted many of the world's most important thinkers such as Larry Page, Bill Clinton, Bill Gates, Ken Robinson, and a few winners of the Nobel Prize.

There is an emphasis on informing, educating and opening people's eyes to new ideas, making them perfect for the classroom. Students love these talks and really appreciate it when you take the time to make a lesson out of them. Teenagers, being the 'YouTube generation', also find them highly engaging and motivating. They come with transcriptions in most common languages, allowing students to read what they have listened to in English or their native tongue.

This post will list 10 TED talks I have found work particularly well in the classroom. I will also outline how students could use TED to improve their English at home and how teachers can use them in class.

How Students Can Use TED at Home

TED Talks for students provide an engaging context from which they can autonomously improve their English at home. There are thousands of videos to choose from, so there should always be something of interest. They can help students improve, not only their listening skills but also improve their pronunciation, vocabulary, grammar and writing.

This is the obvious one, but students should be encouraged to listen 'actively'. Ask students to look at the title before they listen and try to predict what they are going to hear. They can also pause at different points and try to guess what they will hear next. Another useful exercise is 'micro-listening' where they rewind and listen again and again to any sentences they didn't quite get until they fully understand, thereby getting used to connected speech and any other barriers that might prevent comprehension.

'Micro-listening' can also be used to help students produce sentences. Identify a few sentences that caused the listener trouble and identify elements of connected speech, weak sounds and or difficult phonemes. A comparison with the transcripts should highlight important differences between written and spoken English. Students can then practice reproducing these features at home.

Learners listen for unfamiliar words and then try to guess the meaning from context. They can also look at the transcripts for extra help. Students can then note down their new words together with definitions, synonyms, antonyms and example sentences.

Students could be encouraged to think about the grammar used. What verb tenses were used and why? How did the speaking use sequencing words? How did they use discourse markers? What phrases did they use to make their points or persuade the audience?

Below every TED video is a comments section where people discuss the video and the issues that came up in the video. Students can enter these debates and practice their writing at the same time.

How Teachers Can Use TED Talks in Class

Every TED Talk is different and they can, therefore, be exploited in a variety of different ways. Below are a few suggestions:

Ask some questions about the title. What do you think the speaker is going to say?

Example: Ken Robinson- How Schools Kill Creativity.

Do schools teach creativity?

Which subjects are creative and which are not?

How do schools kill creativity?

Is it the teacher's fault?

Alternatively, you could give them some key vocabulary from the talk and ask them to predict what is going to be said based on the keywords.

Ask students to listen and check if their ideas match those in the video. If not, how are they different?

You could also give them the transcript with the keywords missing and ask them to insert them as they listen.

Focus on Lexis, Grammar or Functional Language

I normally ask students to note down any words or phrases they don't understand and then either watch again or read the transcript to try to guess the meaning from context. Students should then discuss their unknown words and expressions with other students to see if anyone can help them and the teacher clarifies at the end.

This approach can also be used for verb tenses or functional language. For example, how did the speaker use sequencing language? What phrases did they use to try and prove their point? How many times was the present perfect used and why?

Give students a task that encourages them to use the language you focused on in the previous stage. Here are some examples:

Interview the speaker- think of questions you might ask the speaker based on what you have heard. Role play as a journalist and speaker. Students should try to use phrases used to persuade the journalist or make a point.

Explain what you mean- give each student the definition of a difficult word or concept brought up in the video and students mingle asking each other to explain what they mean.

Debate- Write a few controversial statements of the board and divide students in to 'for' and 'against' teams. They should work together to think of how they are going to justify their points and then have a debate.

Write a review- What did they think of the TED talk? Did they agree or disagree with the points made? Was the speaker convincing? Did they find it inspiring?

Presentation- Write and present your own talk on a similar topic.

Explain to a lower class- How would you explain the ideas in simple terms to a class a level below you?

I hope you have found these ideas useful and if you have any other ways to use TED Talks in class, please let us know below.

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Here are my top 10 TED Talks: Sir Ken Robinson - Do Schools Kills Creativity? Jamie Oliver - Teach Every Child About Food Al Gore - Averting the Climate Crisis Hans Rosling - The Best Stats You've Ever Seen David Christian - The History of our World in 18 Minutes Jay Walker - The World's English Mania Edward Snowden - Here's How We Take Back the Internet Nigel Marsh - How to Make Work Life Balance Work Bill Gates - Mosquitos, Malaria and Education Sugata Mitra - Build a School in the Cloud

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Five Card Flickr

As of Tue, 05 Jan 2021 17:00:03 +0000 26397 Five Card stories have been created on this site from a pool of 28452 tagged photos.

This quasi experimental web site is designed to foster visual thinking. It is based completely, or more loosely... copied, from the Five Card Nancy game devised by comics guru Scott McCloud and the nifty web version at 741.5 Comics.

However, rather than drawing from a hand of randomly chosen panels of the old Nancy comic, my version draws upon collections of photos specified by a tag in flickr. You are dealt five random photos for each draw, and your task is to select one each time to add to a selection of images, that taken together as a final set of 5 images- tell a story in pictures.

When you are done, you the option to add a title and explanation, then you can save the story so you can put a link in your resume or send to your Mom (she pay print it out and tape it to the fridge, or she may criticize your creativity, your mileage and mom may vary). Plus we offer the ability to tweet your story or use an embed code to add it to your own web site.

What do they look like? What a fantastic question you ask!

We have a growing collection of mixed bag stories, but for an example see a random one such as we have inserted here.

The code for this site is opensource and available at http://code.google.com/p/fivecardflickr/

So what are you waiting for? Take a fling at weaving a tale with pictures only!

And if you liked Five Card Flickr, try doing something similar with photos and audio- see John Johnston's flickrsounds.

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The Spreaker platform has introduced me to opportunities to amplify my voice as a podcaster, they have highlighted my efforts in many ways and I'm grateful for the work that they do. Monetizing through Spreaker has allowed me to realize revenue through my podcast that it would have been challenging to accomplish on my own.

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English Language Learners

Videos can be a highly effective tool for teaching and learning English when used strategically. Check out these 7 videos to use with ELLs in the classroom.

Videos can be an effective tool for teaching and learning English (or, for that matter, any academic subject) if used strategically and not as a "babysitting" device. My colleague Katie Hull Sypnieski and I wrote a previous post for Edutopia titled Eight Ways To Use Videos With English-Language Learners that shares instructional strategies for many kinds of clips. Here are a few of my favorite videos to use with those exercises.

1. Mr. Bean - Getting Ready on the Way (4:11)
There are many popular television shows and movies that can be great tools for English-language development, and it's probably a safe bet to say that Mr. Bean is one used by English teachers throughout the world. You can find countless videos on the official Mr. Bean YouTube channel. Mr. Bean clips are great for use with the "Back to the Screen" technique explained here.

2. Asking For An Opinion (0:90)
English Central has a huge quantity of videos on their site integrated with their own software. The videos teach English vocabulary and grammar, and they automatically evaluate the pronunciation of users who are recording what they hear. Much of this content is free, and you can also pay for more advanced features.

3. Learning English Irregular Verbs (3:40)
This is perhaps the best-known video from Jason R. Levine's Fluency MC, and he offers many similar ones on his YouTube channel. Music is a great language-learning tool, and Jason combines it with a video demonstration, making this an unforgettable lesson in verb tenses.

4. You're So Beautiful (2:37)
This is a beautiful and popular song to use with English-language learners -- it's slow and reinforces learning adjectives. More importantly, however, this video shows the lyrics in time as the song is sung. You can find many of these clips by searching the name of a song plus "lyrics videos" on YouTube. Even the New York Times has written about their growing popularity. I specifically look for songs that reinforce the thematic unit we're studying. We practice the song with students, record them on SoundCloud, and embed it in our class blog, providing students and their families with an opportunity to hear their growing English abilities.

5. If You're Happy And You Know It (1:51)
The British Council Learn English Kids YouTube channel is a great source of videos for younger English-language learners. "If You're Happy and You Know It" gives you a taste of what you can find there.

6. Gus vs. Pool (1:45)
Research has shown that perseverance is a key quality of a successful language learner. I show this video to my ELL students, and after they describe it in writing and verbally, I ask them to tell me how they think its content might be related to learning a new language. The video serves as a fun introduction to an important topic.

7. Scaffolding for Middle School ELLs (2:07)
While the other videos on the playlist are for English-language learners, this one is for teachers. It's just one of a nice collection from Colorin Colorado showing educators demonstrating instructional strategies in the classroom. Three other similarly good classroom collections can be found at The Teaching Channel, the Southwest Regional Educational Laboratory Educational Program, and the University of Oregon's Online Learning Language Center.

Video Playlist: Resources for English-Language Learners

Watch the first video below, or watch the whole playlist on YouTube.

More Resources on How to Teach ELLs With Video

For more sources of good videos designed for English-language development, and for ideas on how to use them, visit these websites:

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Most of them can even write complete sentences. But they can't really write. Writing, and I mean good writing, whether it is in your native or second language is not easy. And it's not something we do intuitively, naturally. Good writing has to be taught.

Let's face the facts. Students want to speak English. They rarely want to write (and if they do, it's email writing for business purposes). But it is absolutely essential for ESL students to learn solid writing strategies. Good writing skills, in any language, are a big advantage in the job market and vital for academic success. So, let's look at the writing strategies you should be teaching - today!

How to Teach Writing Strategies

1. Choose a Strategy

Consider your students' level of English but also what they are struggling with. Do they need to learn to organize their writing? Do they need to get their point across more clearly? Do they simply need to write more? First, consider your goal and choose the strategy that will help you achieve it.

2. Model it

Give them samples of the type of writing they are expected to achieve. Read them in class. Write something together, as a class or in small groups. Guide them step by step. For example, if you're teaching them to write an email, instruct them to write the greeting, the purpose of the email and the closing.

3. Let Them Try it on Their Own - with Your Assistance

The next logical step is to instruct them to write on their own, but walk around the classroom and offer support and guidance to those who need it.

4. Independent Practice

There's no better way to improve writing than by practicing and then practicing some more. Give them writing assignments they must complete on their own and then turn in. Make sure to give the kind of feedback that will encourage them to keep writing. Of course, you have to correct mistakes but focus on how well they have used a particular writing strategy. Maybe their text is plagued with spelling mistakes, but the text is clear and well-organized.

The Writing Process

Students should be familiar with the basic writing process:

1. Generate ideas

2. Organize and develop ideas

3. Edit

You can ask students to generate ideas on their own; you can do it as a class. But they must know what they will write about before they put pen to paper. The way they organize their thoughts will depend on the writing strategy you are teaching. Editing and revision should be left for last.

Some Writing Strategies for the ESL Classroom

1. Fast and Furious Writing

Say you're trying to foster creative writing. Nothing kills creativity faster than agonizing over every single word and how it's spelled. This exercise is great for when you want to get those creative juices flowing. Remember and remind students that this is not a grammar or spelling exercise. The main objective is to get some writing done! Give them a topic to write about - make it easy, something that will flow easily, like a narrative: Write about the best summer vacation you ever had.

Tell them they will have a time limit (say 10-15 minutes). They must write as fast as they can, just letting the words flow. No erasing or pausing. Give them a one minute warning before time is up. Once they're done, they will have produced what they should consider a raw material, not the final piece of writing. Help them polish this raw material for grammar, spelling and structure. They should start the revision process on their own and submit it to you for a final revision.

2. Getting Graphic

Graphic organizers are excellent tools for organizing writing. Word clusters or Topic Wheels are great for brainstorming ideas they will cover in their topic. Story Maps are perfect for students who are learning to write a story.

3. Using Templates

Nothing inhibits writing more than a blank sheet of paper. Similar to graphic organizers, templates are forms that have blanks or questions students can complete, or samples they can model. Typical templates used for ESL students are email, CVs or resumes, and reviews. Young learners in particular need templates more than adult learners. For example, this template helps them write about their holidays by giving them prompts.

4. Addressing the Reader

One aspect of good writing that students need to know is that they must always address the reader. What does the reader need to know? What questions can they expect the reader to ask? For example, if you're writing an email to invite people to a special event, you can expect them to want to know when and where it will be held.

Bear in mind that ESL students need specific types of writing strategies.

They may rarely have to write lengthy essays or reports (or they might have to, particularly students who will sit for international examinations). Give them the type of writing they will need. And give them the tools to get it done.

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Because of that spoken-written word connection, engaging these skills in your ESL students when they write will help them move smoothly through the writing process. By helping your students engage the oral and aural skills they have acquired in their studies of English, they will find that writing is not as impossible as it might otherwise seem.

Prewriting

Prewriting is the stage of the writing process when the writer generates ideas for his writing. For ESL learners, this is also an opportunity to generate vocabulary and grammatical structures that will be necessary for writing on a particular topic. At times, your students will be more successful in groups. Other times they may need your assistance as they generate their ideas. You may find at times your direction is enough to set them going in the right direction, and then they will be able to work independently. They key is to be flexible and read your students. Here are some things you can do to get the writing process started.

1. Ask questions

Ask questions to help elicit vocabulary or grammatical structures from your students. This will engage their speaking abilities as it gets them thinking, too.

2. Preliminary Research

Doing research on the web, in books or with interviewees may be what your students need to find useful vocabulary or to determine the correct format for answering a question. Give your class time to prepare before they sit down to write especially if you are giving essay questions on content material they have learned.

Organizing

In the second stage of the writing process, students will take the ideas they generated in the first step and start putting them into their logical positions in what will become their composition. Again, giving your students a chance to speak and prepare for writing is the key. Try any of these strategies in the organization phase.

1. Graphic Organizers

Let your students think outside the words and put their ideas into place on the physical page. Using a flow chart, bullet point lists, bubble map or other organizers that show the relationship between ideas, have your students lay out their thoughts on the physical page. When it is time to write, they simply follow their ideas along the page.

2. Open Ended Questions

Asking your students leading questions or open ended questions will help them flesh out their ideas before they begin to write. When students have chosen a topic, penguins for example, challenge them to answer questions that begin with the journalistic words ( who, what, where, when, why, how). Who studies penguins? What do penguins eat? How do they spend their time? Where do they live? Why do penguins do the things they do? If you have pairs of students ask each other these types of questions, they will get the double benefit of conversation and grammar practice while they are organizing their ideas.

When your students enter the writing phase of the five step writing process, make sure they understand that a draft is not the final composition. When students strive for perfection in a written draft, the result is often paralysis. Instead, remind your class that writing is a process, and they will have an opportunity to find and correct their errors later in the process. Right now, their goal is to get something written out on the page.

Organizers

Similarly, students working off the graphic organizers and templates they used in the organization stage will have a more thorough grasp of the vocabulary and content that they will need to write at this stage.

In the editing process, writers look for major communicative gaps in their essays. When your students edit their compositions, encourage them to pay attention to writing elements such as thesis statements, content development, introductions and conclusions.

Rewriting is just as important as the rest of the steps in writing a complete piece. Here your students will look for errors in grammar, sentence structure, word choice, spelling and punctuation.

1. Dictionary Use

Dictionaries are a tremendous resource for ESL students. Whether they use a bilingual dictionary or an English only version, checking for spelling and misuse of words or word forms can be done here.

2. Sentence Combinations

This is also a good time to look at the sentence structure your students are using most often. Likely, they will be relying too heavily on simple sentences, so a quick grammar review on combining sentences with coordinating conjunctions and using relative clauses is perfect to introduce here.

Your students will find that the best compositions they write take them through each of these 5 steps, and some more than once.

When you encourage speaking, language use, vocabulary development, and grammar examinations, your students will find that the process of writing may not be as intimidating as they once thought it was!
How have you used communicative activities in writing lessons?

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I've been writing lesson plans designed around short films for my website Film English for six years. Teachers often ask me how I find the short films I use in my lesson plans. The answer is quite simple: I've watched literally thousands of short films and developed an instinct for the type of engaging and simple short films which will work in the ELT classroom. In this article I'd like to share what for me are the seven best short films for the language classroom.
The Mirror
The Mirror is a short film by Ramon and Pedro which tells the story of a boy's journey from childhood to old age. It works very well for getting students speaking, writing and using vocabulary related to age, face, body, mood and actions. You can watch the film below and find a full lesson plan here.
The Notebook
The notebook is a moving short film by Greg Gray and is wonderful for introducing the theme of empathy. It can be used to get students to learn and practise vocabulary related to household chores. You can watch the film below and find a full lesson plan here.
The Present
The Present is a gripping short film with a wonderful twist by Jacob Frey which deals with the themes of empathy, teenagers and disability. You can watch the film below and find a full lesson plan here.
Soar
Soar is a delightful short film by Alyce Tzue which can be used to get students to predict and write a narrative. You can watch the film below and find a full lesson plan here.
I Forgot My Phone
I Forgot My Phone is a thought-provoking short film by Miles Crawford which is a great prompt for discussion and reflection on addiction to mobile phones. You can watch the film below and find a full lesson plan here.
i-Diots
iDiots is a short film by special effects company BLR_VFXand deals with the themes of technology, mass consumption and instant gratification. It's a great prompt to get students thinking and speaking about mobile phones and technology. You can watch the film below and find a full lesson plan here.
Fear of Flying
Fear of Flying is a beautiful short film by Conor Finnegan which is an effective way to introduce and discuss the theme of fears and how to overcome them. You can watch the film below and find a full lesson plan here.

I hope you like the short films and find the lesson plans useful. Are there any short films you've used in the classroom that you'd like to share?

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The Seven Best Short Films for ELT Students - Kieran Donaghy

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Why or why not?

What made it so important to you?

Why or why not?

How would your working day go?

What would you wish, for who, and why?

What would you choose and why?

What would you do with it?

What would you do with your last month of life?

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Why was it so bad?

Do you think it would make life better?

What would you choose and how would it affect your life?

If you chose the song, which would it be?

Would you tell the rest of the world, and why?

Do you think the world would be better?

What task would it be any why?

How would your life change?

Which would you choose and why?

Would you change career as a result?

Describe what your day-to-day life would be like as a vampire.

Do you think people would be impressed?

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If you canвЂ™t define it by genre, tempo or mood, describe it in any way you can.

The vaccine is for an elderly relative, but on the way home you see a child youвЂ™ve never met who also has the disease, what would you do?

Would the sport be better as a result?

What would you do?

Describe it and what any special parts would do.

Has it ever got you in trouble?

Describe the God, if it has one (or many) and what the key beliefs are.

What would you do to them if you could manipulate real-world objects like a poltergeist?

Would your personality be any different?

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Why or why not? What made it so important to you? Why or why not? How would your working day go? What would you wish, for who, and why? What would you choose and why? What would you do with it? What would you do with your last month of life?

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Reading a lot in English really helps you improve. We need lots and lots of input (that's when we listen to or read English) to learn a new language. When you read, you learn new words without thinking about it. You also learn grammar: if you see 'I ate' 100 times while you are reading, you probably won't say 'I eated'. And, you learn how English speakers usually build sentences and the kinds of things that are normal for them to say.

Books written for learners of English:

There are some very good books you can buy for students who are learning English. If you go to an English language school, they probably have some you can borrow. These books are specially for students and have been written in easy English. They come in different levels so you can choose the right one for you. Don't pick something too difficult - you should be able to read it without a dictionary.

In British English, for example, there is a series of books called the Oxford Bookworms Library. These come in seven levels. The easiest level is called 'starter' and the hardest level is 'level 6'. To read a 'starter' book you need to know around 250 words of English vocabulary. You can see an explanation of how many words and the kinds of grammar points which are in each level here. You can also read more about these books on the Oxford website here, and they are available on Amazon here.

Other books which have been written especially for learners of English include the 'Penguin Readers' series, which also has seven levels. The easiest level is called 'Easystart' and the most difficult is 'level 6'. You can read more about these books on the Penguin website here, and they are available on Amazon here.

'Real' English books:

Here are a few 'real' books that I recommend for students. If you have any more ideas about books which are easy to read, I'd love to hear about them. Please email me!

Children's and Teenager's' Books:
Books for Adults:

The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald (another book by F. Scott Fitzgerald called 'This Side of Paradise' is available free here)

The Poirot Series by Agatha Christie (you can download a Poirot novel called 'The Mysterious Affair at Styles' free here)

More free ebooks are available at Open Culture here, Project Gutenberg here and on Amazon (if you have a kindle or the kindle app) here).
Newspapers and Magazines:

From the UK:
Also, the BBC Learning English Website is excellent.

From the USA:

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Icebreaker questions are some of the most popular icebreaker games. Icebreaker questions are of many different kinds and can be used for any age group. They work well to open an activity, introduce people and topics, and revive a flagging party or movie - in short in almost any and every circumstance and situation. We have divided out list of icebreaker questions into various categories to make locating the perfect set of questions easy. However, many of the questions and categories are interchangeable. You are sure to find a perfect fit of icebreaker questions for your party, meeting, or other occasion.

"Have You Ever . . .?" Icebreaker Questions

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More of "Have you ever" questions + online game may be found on this page: Have you ever... Questions (Funny, Dirty, Naughty and more)

What Would You Do? Icebreaker Questions

Designed to get the participants to speculate on possible actions, "What Would You Do?" icebreaker questions are fun and can lead to some interesting conversations.

1. If you had this week to do over again, what would you do differently?

2. What would you do in life if you knew you could not fail?

3. What would you do if you did not have to work?

4. If you found out you only had two weeks to live, what would you want to do? (Or cross off your bucket list?)

5. If you are at a friend or relative's house for dinner and you find a dead insect in your salad, what would you do?

6. If you saw someone being mugged in the street, what would you do?

7. What would you do if you did not have to work?

8. What would you do if you had a million dollars?

9. What is the worst thing your mother-in-law ever did to/for you?

10. If you turn into your partner for a day, what would you do?

"If You Could . . ." Icebreaker Questions

A speculative icebreaker game, "If You Could" asks participants to consider options for actions, some fun, some serious, and some designed to let others know more about you. Our list works well when used as an introductory icebreaker and the questions work well for any size group.

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Icebreaker Questions for Teens

A great way to help teens and members of youth groups open up to each other if to ask them fun icebreaker questions that allow them to express their personality or interesting things about themselves. Our icebreaker questions for teens and youth groups work well for any size group at camp, retreats, in classrooms - anytime and place teens gather.

1. What was a time when you got into big trouble with your parents?

2. What is the naughtiest thing you have done in school?

3. What is the weirdest thing you have ever eaten?

4. If you were to change your name, what would you change your name to? Why?

5. Do you have any siblings? What are they like?

6. Does your name have a special meaning and or were you named after someone special?

7. Would you rather kiss a jelly fish or step on a crab?

8. Would you rather be 3 feet tall or 8 feet tall? why?

9. Would you rather be born with an elephant trunk or a giraffe neck?

10. Would you rather be missing a finger or have an extra toe?

Conversation Starter Icebreaker Questions

When you have a group that seems to have trouble starting to mix and mingle, our conversation starter icebreaker questions can get the group communication effectively. A good way to use these is to pass a question out to each participant and have them ask a person their question. The person whom they ask a question of must ask someone else their question.

1. As a child, what did you wish to become when you grew up? (A good conversation starter indeed!)

2. If you were sent to live on a space station for three months and only allowed to bring three personal items with you, what would they be?

3. What are one truth and one lie about your personality? Let the others guess which is what?

4. What book, movie or video have you seen/read recently you would recommend? Why?

5. What is the most bizarre encounter you have had in life (at work, personal, from travel, with friends)?

6. What was your most embarrassing moment?

Superlative Icebreaker Questions (The Best, Worst, First, Last, etc.)

Nothing tells more about a person than the superlatives in their life. What they consider the most important, best, least, oldest, worst, and newest tells a great deal about them. Use our superlative icebreaker questions to find out just how much!

Fun Icebreaker Questions That Press Your Buttons (And Everyone's Else's)

Some icebreaker questions cause a reaction, from the person asking, the person answering, and the people listening to the answers. The following questions will definitely get a reaction. Be prepared for some surprises!
Icebreaker questions are one of the most popular types of icebreakers. We are sure you found what you need in one of our many lists. Enjoy!

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