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1. Has anyone seen the 'Usborne First Thousand Words in English@ book?
2. You should be starting to do reports by now - try to get them complete by afternoon tomorrow.
3. The certificates will be printed off tomorrow. They will be in pile in the teachers room. Please collect the certificates for your first class groups.
4. Please bring back any extra task time books they need to be counted.

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Competency questions make up a large part of most job interviews and from a company's point of view they allow an objective assessment of a candidate's experience, and the qualities that make them suitable for the job. Thankfully there's a tried and tested technique that will help you to answer these tricky situations.

It's known as the STAR technique and by using questions that require these types of answers it is easier for the employer to compare all the people who are applying for the job in a methodical and structured way.

By using this step-by-step method you will be able to answer each question in a systematic manner, without forgetting the important stuff. Here we take a look at every stage of the STAR interview method.
Which questions need a STAR response?
The questions will usually start along the lines of "tell me about a time when you". This will be followed by those competencies that have been listed on the job specification, so it is important to be familiar with these so that you can prepare. Asking about soft skills such as teamwork, negotiation and communication is especially popular for graduate job interviews.

A lot of the questions will require you to think about past work experiences you've had. For those who are applying for internships, apprenticeships or have no previous work experience, you can still talk about extra-curricular activities, what you achieved while being a member of a university society, or school projects you have been involved in, as an example.

The answer to these questions will usually be between a minute and three minutes long.

This is about setting the scene, giving a context and background to the situation. So if you're asked a question about time management, your reply would need to include the details of the project you were working on, who you were working with, when it happened and where you were.

This is more specific to your exact role in the situation. You need to make sure that the interviewer knows what you were tasked with, rather than the rest of the team.

This is the most important part of the STAR technique, because it allows you to highlight what your response was. Remember, you need to talk about what you specifically did, so using 'I' rather than team actions - otherwise you won't be showing off the necessary skills the employer is looking for.

Be sure to share a lot of detail, the interviewer will not be familiar with your history, although remember to avoid any acronyms and institutional language.

What you're trying to get across here is how you assessed and decided what was the appropriate response to the situation, and how you got the other team members involved - which in turn is a great way to demonstrate your communication skills.

For example if you are asked about dealing with a difficult personality on your team you would talk about how you decided to take a certain course of action to avoid making the situation worse or upsetting the individual.

The result should be a positive one, and ideally one that can be quantified. Examples include repeat business, an increase in sales by 15% or saving the team 5 hours a week. The interviewer will also want to know what you learnt from that situation, and if there was anything you'd do differently the next time you were faced with that situation.

The STAR technique enables you to showcase your relevant experience with the interviewer in a methodical manner. We recommend doing some in-depth preparation before the interview so that you can have some great examples to quote.

We love hearing about how your experience is relevant to a career at Enterprise, whether you are looking for work experience, an apprenticeship or a graduate management role. Take a look at the opportunities we have available and get in touch soon.

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Tips on using the STAR technique to answer job interview questions

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Here's some tips for future observations you may have.
1. Write down the actual finish times of each task.
2. Consider the time allocated for tasks. Always allow more time for the main production task.
3. Allow time to give general whole class feedback of main production task.
4. Consider scripting your lesson to help you be more conscious of TTT and to help you identify how you can grade your language.
5. If you know you have an observation trial your planned lesson with another class before hand to help you identify areas of improvement.
6. Ask colleagues to try out any new tasks you plan to do and get feedback from them about the task before you do it in observed class.
7. Consider how you can get sts to use the board more rather than yourself.
8. Consider how you can change interactions frequently and allow sts to work with different people through the class.

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Interactive ppt

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Intermediate/Advanced Discussion based Qs

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1. If you have had students swap into your group make sure they have correct books.
2. Start doing reports from Wednesday.

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1. Sorry for disruption in classes some juggling had to be made to allow for a GL's son.
2. We still have one kid in Edinburgh AM  Pasquale Cirillo who is requesting to move up to Norwich. This may result in a 16 student class. We are going to wait till Monday to see if we can find another solution.  If there is a student who could move down from Norwich please let me know.
3. Tomorrow we have 3 groups of one off classes - Paris, Berlin and Amsterdam. The groups are not arranged in level they are arranged by age. You should pitch the class for a mixed ability class using the British Values material.  Please ensure students that they will return to their standard groups on Monday.

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Each of the following topics contains an extended monologue of 400 - 500 words, with an accompanying audio of four to five minutes. Instructions, listening strategies, comprehension questions, and extension activities come with each pdf download. To preview the text and audio file, click on the links below.

You may also be interested in trying out a few suggested activities for any of the lesson plans at Skill Builders: Listening.

1: The teacher selects several words to teach as key vocabulary. Students write the words in their notebooks, then check the meaning of unknown words in their dictionaries. Students should try to solely use English-English dictionaries here. The teacher next plays the audio file, with students listening for the words in context. They take notes and compare information with a partner.

2: The teacher plays only the first sentence of the paragraph. Students attempt to predict what will be covered in the paragraph. Students next listen to the paragraph in its entirety to confirm and correct their predictions. Students discuss what was right, wrong, and why in pairs.

3: Students listen to the audio file and summarize the contents of the article. Students can work in pairs to summarize the whole monologue, or they can work in small groups of three or four. If the latter, then the teacher should assign one paragraph to each student. After students have listened once and discussed the information, the teacher plays the audio again for everyone to check their previous summaries.

Here are some additional links:

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Each of the following topics contains an extended monologue of 400 - 500 words, with an accompanying audio of four to five minutes. Instructions, listening strategies, comprehension questions, and extension activities come with each pdf download. To preview the text and audio file, click on the links below.

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1. Please check your room for glue on tables and glitter. Also if you have things stuck up with blu tack we will need to clean any stains when we take them down.
2. The levels are going be pre int/int and up int and organised by age. (see google doc)
3. In order to give you guys a little bit of a break so you can finish earlier at least once me and Rosemary will be covering one class for you each. (see R&E cover).
4. Teachers' meetings will be held in the morning from now so when you finish at 6.30pm you can go. We will only have a meeting if there is an actual need. It will be informed in whatsapp. Otherwise we will inform you of things via whatsapp of Padlet.
5. Hand out book son Friday
6. AOB

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Fri 20  - Betty - 16h30 / Rose
Mon 23 - Kelly - 16h30 / Emma
Tue 24 - Fotis - 16h30 / Rose
Wed 25 - Daisie - 16h30 / Emma
Thur 26 - Rosanna - 16h30 / Rose
Fri 27 - Dan - 16h30 / Emma

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This site has quite a good grammar auction activity

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Resources, activities, lesson plans and ideas for the TEFL classroom. Ideas for teaching business English and young learners, articles on theory and methodology and more.

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Dave's ESL Cafe is maintained by the one and only Dave Sperling. Banner Advertising | Bookstore / Alta Books | FAQs | Articles | Interview with Dave Copyright ï¿½ 1995-2009 Dave's ESL Cafe | All Rights Reserved | Contact Dave's ESL Cafe | Site Map

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16 Amazing Language Production Activities

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A few ways to get the students’ attention!

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2. I say, "Alright, stop." And my students answer, "Collaborate and listen!" It's a line from a Vanilla Ice song. At the beginning of the year, I show my classes the video: "Ice, Ice Baby." My students love this! -Kristin Z.

8. Despite the fact that I have eighth graders, I say "Winner, winner" and they respond "Chicken dinner." It works. -Stacey B.

25. When someone is doing something they shouldn't be, instead of calling them out, ring the bell and draw attention to someone who WAS on task.

26. Here's one for the high-tech classroom. When you hear "www dot," you say "zip it dot com."

27. When all else fails, spray Quiet Spray into the air!

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27 Attention-Getters For Quieting A Noisy Classroom

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There are a lot of kids and only one of you. When you need your students quiet, focused and ready to learn, you better have a plan to get there. And it doesn't hurt to bring your sense of humor. We asked our Facebook community and Reddit to share their favorite attention grabbers.

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Get access to files anywhere through secure cloud storage and file backup for your photos, videos, files and more with Google Drive.

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Example of what students' certificate looks like. 

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Please see notes about graduation ceremony.

No teachers meeting tomorrow you can leave straight after ceremony.

Please monitor the whatsapp group for any updates about next week.

Consider integrating a section about typical food based on canteen menu and beginning of second turn. The things they probably will have never seen are Giant Yorkshire Puddings, Cottage Pie, Bangers and mash...

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Please bring your students to the acre at 11.55am/4.55pm.

The students should be escorted by their teacher to the lecture hall.

The students should be seated in rows with their class.

1st row Edinburgh and Winchester

2nd row Brighton and Norwich

3rd row Chester and Liverpool

4th row Salisbury

When your classes are called up both teachers should be on the stage with the DOS (in robes!!!) to congratulate students and have photos taken.

The students will be called up to the stage as a whole class and issued their certificates individually.

The idea is that this ceremony will be completed within 30 mins (fingers crossed).

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Easy Mini Notebook from ONE sheet of Paper - NO GLUE - Mini Paper Book DIY - Easy Paper Crafts

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Daisie - Done
Dan - 10.30am 12th July
Betty - 1pm 12th July
Natasa - Done

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This is the cool website where you can make a very attractive CV...there's a mobile phone app for this too.

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This is the cool website where you can make a very attractive CV...there's a mobile phone app for this too.

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Canva is a free-to-use online graphic design tool. Use it to create social media posts, presentations, posters, videos, logos and more.

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Think you are a true The Beatles expert? Take one of the thousands of these addictive The Beatles quizzes and prove it.

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CV/résumé and cover(ing) letter worksheet - Free ESL printable worksheets made by teachers

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Mr Bean videos and quizzes :)

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Posts about BEGINNERS written by ANNA COSTIKOGLOU

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1. 4 days off confirmed - you must be ready for work by July 18th for first class at 9am. It is your responsibility to be prepared and ready to teach as required. Please keep us informed if you have an issues with arriving back on campus in time.
2. Provisional schedule planning is done - see document attached to padlet.
3. Try to be sure you are challenging the kids as much as you can - not too easy please.
4. Feedback on use of Italian in class?
5. Football tomorrow!! Where are we going?!!

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1. Observation schedule - see padlet.
2. Report writing procedure - to be completed by Thursday - please do the first class you have AM and PM. Max 30 students each.
3. Thanks for sharing materials keep it up. This padlet will always be available in the future.
4. Using Padlet to give instant feedback on writing tasks or to create webquests.
5. Stationary has arrived - still waiting for more board pens.
6. Fill in bank details please.
7. Units of books - you don't need do units sequentially.

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We will attend the class at any time during the class for around 20-30 minutes. (can't guarantee set time due to any incidents that may come up).

Please leave your lesson plan on the table where you would like us to sit, to read when we come into the class. (you DO NOT need to give it to us before the class).

Wednesday

Daisie - First class AM - Emma
Dan - Second AM - Emma
Betty - First PM - Emma
Natasa - Second PM - Emma

Thursday

Rosanna - Second AM - Rosemary
Fotis - First PM - Rosemary
Kelly - Firs PM - Rosemary

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Here are some useful discussion topics for upper int level! I have used these in the past to get them speaking more and and practicing their fluency. 

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One key goal almost every adult ESL student shares is gaining the ability to speak English with others.

What better way to learn to speak English than to speak about the very same things that you speak about on a daily basis?

ESL speaking activities work even better when someone speaks about their own personal recollections, thoughts and ideas on these topics.

Use these topics and questions to get conversations started!

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Everybody has hobbies, and everybody loves talking about them. Hobbies could be passions too, you know. Some simple questions to ask include:

What are your hobbies?

Why do you like your hobbies so much?

How often do you do these hobbies?

How long have you been doing these hobbies, and how did you get started?

What hobbies did you used to have, but now do not?

Is it important to have hobbies? Why/why not?

Lots of people work and have lots to say about it. I mean, if you're spending about a third of your waking hours at work, you may have lots to say.

Some good questions are:

What work do/did you do?

Do/did like your job? Why or why not?

What is your dream job?

What work is common in your city/area/country?

What is your general view about work? Why?

Food is possibly the most universal topic of them all and everyone loves to discuss what they eat. Food-themed ESL activities are always a hit with students.

This is also an ideal topic for beginners because the vocabulary is usually pretty simple. You could use questions like:

What is your favorite food? Why?

What food do you eat a lot?

What food comes from your country?

How do you feel when you eat food?

What foods do you dislike? Why?

Where do you usually get food from?

This is a topic that many people get very excited about. If someone is passionate or emotional about a topic, they can be more motivated to speak and understand things related to it.

A few good example questions are:

Do you like sports? Why/why not?

How often do you exercise/play sports?

Did you play any sports as a child?

What sport/physical activity is popular in your country?

What is your opinion on professional sports?

As people get older, their perceived value of time increases, so it's a practical topic that everyone has something to say about.

You could ask questions like:

How much free time do you usually have?

How important is time to you?

If you had more free time, what would you do?

"Time is money." Do you agree or disagree? Why?

How do you feel about time that is wasted?

As people get older, they start to appreciate a good night's sleep more and more. This topic is often a favorite.

Some example questions are:

How much sleep do you usually get?

Why do some people sleep well while other people do not sleep well?

What do you do when you have trouble sleeping?

What time do you usually go to sleep? What time do you usually get up?

Have you ever slept in a strange place that was not a bed?

Everybody loves music and most people feel very strong emotions toward it-especially when it comes to the music that they love (or hate) most. Some simple questions to ask could be:

What types of music do you like/dislike?

How do certain kinds of music make you feel?

What types of music come from your country?

What's your favorite song/album/artist?

What music is popular in your country right now?

Listening to music with English lyrics can be fun and engaging activity that can also start conversations.

Watching music videos with subtitles will help students remember the vocabulary they hear in a song.

Television is one of those topics that everyone has an opinion about.

TV will enable you to showcase native English forms and provide some great context before diving into discussion questions. Good questions include:

How often do you watch TV?

Should everyone have a television in their home?

What is the best way to watch television: On a television set, computer, tablet or phone?

What television programs are popular in your country?

What do you think will be the future of television?

What is your opinion on television?

If you had your own TV show, what would it be like?

If your students enjoy learning from TV and other native content, you can try a media-focused resource like .

This website and app teaches English with authentic videos, including clips from TV shows, news segments and commercials.

All the videos on FluentU come with interactive subtitles that let students look up words while they watch to see definitions, example sentences and a pronunciation guide.

The video dictionary also links to other videos that use the word for additional context. Students can also take quizzes based on the videos and their flashcard learning.

The pop-culture content on FluentU is more interesting to students than more traditional materials, and it increases the motivation to understand the dialogue.

Authentic media lets students hear English the way native speakers use it and helps them recall the meanings of words better by creating memorable associations with stories and characters.

The FluentU program is available both for schools and for individual learners.

Like television, movies are a popular conversation topic. I mean, who doesn't watch movies? A few good questions to be asked could be:

What was the last movie you saw? How was it?

What is your favorite movie? Why?

How are the movies in your country? What are the best ones?

How often do you watch movies in English?

If there were a movie about your life, what kind of movie would it be? Why?

Travel can be a great discussion topic - it encourages storytelling in the past tense and inspires students to talk about culture and similar topics.

Here are some possible questions:

Where have you traveled?

What countries have you been to?

Where would you like to travel to in the future?

When you travel, what safety precautions do you take?

Do you like to prepare a lot before you travel, or just wing it?

What are some cultural issues that you have experienced while traveling? Do you have any funny or embarrassing stories?

Talking about first dates gets everybody interested. We've all been there.

You could ask questions like:

How many first dates have you had?

How do you feel about first dates?

What is a common first date like in your country?

What is the best/worst first date experience you've ever had?

What makes a good first date in your opinion?

Everyone feels a certain way about risk. Some are risk-oriented, others are risk-averse. Talking about risks seems to generate some good conversation. You could ask questions like:

What is your definition of risk?

Are you a risk taker? Why/why not?

What are the advantages/disadvantages of taking risks?

What risks do you come across in your work/life?

What risks have you taken in your life?

Whether or not the students are a motivated bunch, motivation is a good topic to discuss in order to inspire your students.

Some example questions are:

How motivated are you in general?

What motivates you to do things?

What is the best motivator to succeed?

What do you do when you feel unmotivated?

What is a good way to motivate others?

Anyone can appreciate beauty in all its forms, and anyone can recognize the importance of the concept of beauty in our cultures, societies and behaviors.

This makes it a good topic to discuss to get some opinions and various views within a group.

You could ask questions like:

What/who do you consider beautiful?

What does "inner beauty" mean to you?

Do you consider artificial beauty (cosmetic surgery) to still be beauty? Why/why not?

How do you feel about the emphasis that people put on beauty these days?

What would you tell your children about beauty?

Crime may not be on the top of people's lists of favorite topics but it's something that's talked about.

Depending on someone's life experiences, it may be something that has affected their lives. Learning to discuss it could help in the long run.

Good discussion questions are:

Is crime a big problem in your city/country?

Have you ever been a victim of crime?

What crime is common in your city/country?

What would you do if you noticed a crime being committed?

How is the law enforcement in your city/country?

Most people have had some firsthand experience with love that they'd like to talk about. It's another one of those universal topics that gets the conversation going.

Even if it's not about romantic love and heartbreak, students can talk about familial love with their parents and children, as well as love between friends.

Questions like these are good:

Who/what do you love?

What good/bad experiences have you had with love?

Can you be too young to be in love? Why/why not?

How do you feel about love?

We all have goals and talking about them actually gets us more encouraged to do something about them. Sharing goals is also a good way to help get them achieved.

A good set of questions is:

What are your current goals in life?

How do you plan to reach your goals?

How often do you set goals for yourself?

What goals have you set and achieved in the past?

How do you feel when you reach your goals?

We all have dreams, sometimes on a nightly basis, and they can make for a great discussion topic as it inspires students to be creative and even whimsical.

Great questions for this topic include:

What kinds of dreams do you have?

What do you think dreams mean?

How much of your dreams do you remember? Why?

What is your opinion on premonitions? Are they real?

What are examples of memorable dreams you have had?

Along with eating, people love talking about their favorite eateries and restaurants. Some students might even relate to each other with their choices and views.

Good questions include:

How often do you go to restaurants?

What is your favorite restaurant? Why?

What do you usually order at a restaurant?

What is the restaurant experience like in your country?

Have you ever worked in a restaurant?

If you owned a restaurant, what kinds of food would you serve?

Cooking is another topic that may allow for some good conversation. Most people in most countries do a good amount of cooking.

A few good questions could be:

In your home, who usually cooks?

How often do you cook?

How well do you cook? What can you cook well?

What are the advantages/disadvantages of cooking?

What food would you like to learn how to cook?

Recipes can be a fun way to introduce students to assorted cooking vocabulary and phrases. And in addition to written recipes, there are tons of recipe videos on the web if you want to work on listening comprehension as well.

FluentU has lots of videos about food and cuisine, as well as several captioned recipe videos.

If there is one topic that affects everyone, it has to be money. People love talking about money.

Well, they may not if they're broke-but even then it's a relatable topic that gets conversations going.

Great questions include:

How well do you manage your money?

Why do some people have money problems?

What are some good ways to make money?

What would you do if I gave you $20/$2,000/$2,000,000?

How often do you save money? Why?

This one is a personal favorite for many. Shopping just brings out the zest in some people.

Others feel strongly the other way-very few people are completely neutral on this topic.

A few good questions are:

Do you enjoy shopping? Why/why not?

What is your favorite shop? Why?

In your city, where is a good place to go shopping?

How do you feel about online shopping?

What do you think shopping will be like in the future?

Everybody makes plans and discussing them could even influence the class to start making plans of their own! A few example questions include:

How often do you plan things? Why?

What are your plans for (________)?

What are your plans for your English?

What do you think of this quote? "Having no plan is a plan to fail."

Do you have any back-up plans?

Books make for a good conversation topic because most people enjoy a good book.

When you read, your mind is filled with new images, feelings, ideas and thoughts. It can be immensely satisfying for someone to share how they feel about reading.

Some questions to ask are:

Do you like books/reading? Why/why not?

What kind of books do/did you like?

What is your favorite book? Why?

What was the last book you read?

Do you believe reading books/literature is more important than reading stuff online? Why/why not?

Life discussions go on in all languages and English is no exception.

Life is a good topic since everyone has their own views and thoughts on this universal subject.

You could bring up questions like:

What is the meaning of life?

How is your life going up to this point?

What do you think happens after death?

What important life lessons have you learned?

If tomorrow was your last day to live, what would you do?

Learning is like nature-it's all around us, even on a subconscious level. Our brains are built to absorb, filter and store information.

A conversation about learning could actually stimulate some English learning!

A few questions that are suitable are:

How important is learning? Why?

Besides English, what are you currently learning?

What things are you good/bad at learning? Why?

What would you most like to learn?

What is the most difficult part of learning? Why?

Games are fun and everybody enjoys fun, no?

But in all seriousness, talking about games tends to gear the conversation more toward past tense, which can bring students a fond sense of nostalgia.

Some simple questions could be:

What is your favorite game ever?

What games did you play as a kid?

What games are popular/came from your country?

How competitive are you when it comes to games?

What games do you still play now? Why?

It's hard to go a day without talking about computers. This universal topic could have students discussing quite a few things, much of which could relate to real life too!

Great questions on this could be:

Describe your computer at home/work.

What do you usually use a computer for?

Do you like computers? Why/why not?

What was the first computer you ever had like?

What do you think will be the future of computers?

Even though nobody likes to talk about problems per se, everybody still talks about their problems to other people!

Problems are actually a good topic for discussion since they could help others relate to each other and even present solutions too.

A few fine examples of questions are:

How do you deal with your problems?

What problems do you come across in your work or life?

Do you feel that problems are opportunities? Why or why not?

What was the last problem you solved and how did you do it?

"Problems don't matter. Solutions do." Do you agree or disagree?

Discussion questions like the ones above-questions about everyday things-work well because they really get the brain thinking.

These topics relate directly to students on a familiar level and can even spark some fascinating discussions.

You could even mix up the example questions any way you'd like.

These topics may even inspire you to come up with some of your own, as you begin to understand what works and what doesn't.

Happy discussing!

For more tips, check out this post next:

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An example of a webquest activity - I actually used this to train sts how to google properly. 

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An example of a webquest activity - I actually used this to train sts how to google properly. 

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Using the skills you've learned about searching online try to be the first team to answer the super tough questions - remember to write your team name first. 

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Fun 'what happens next' video to use as a warm up

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Fun 'what happens next' video to use as a warm up

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Emaze for presentation

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Content Creation: Best Presentations, eCards & More | emaze

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Content creation with the help of AI. From amazing presentations and websites, to eCards and more, create beautiful visuals with our ready-to-use templates.

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Make on-brand videos with the leading online video maker. Biteable is the leading solution for creating concise, engaging, on-brand video content.

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http://www.cristinacabal.com/?p=8863

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A nice simple idea to start a lesson.

I always like to start my lessons doing some quick revision of what I taught the previous day. I do it using different techniques, but they always have something in common: they help get students into the mood and start using English from minute one.

The idea in this activity is to combine two things:

Revision of targeted vocabulary

Consolidation of relative sentences

PROCEDURE

1. Divide the class into two teams and ask them to choose a person to play for them and take the "hot seats". These two students will be facing their teams and with their backs to the whiteboard.(see picture above)

2. Decide which team starts the game by tossing a coin. Let's say Team A starts the game.

3. Display the first word cloud on the board.

4. Team A will choose a word or expression from the word cloud and define it for its player. Once the player has guessed the word, the teacher will cross it off and the team will define another one. For every word they guess, they will get 1 point. If the player for Team A doesn't know the word, then Team B gets the chance to define the word for its player. If he guesses, the team gets 2 points for this word and this same team continues defining words and scoring points.

5. Continue until all the words have been defined.

6. Procedure is repeated again with word cloud 2. The teams choose other players to take the "hot seats". Team B starts playing now.

As stated above, the idea is to revise relative sentences, but obviously in the heat of the game I'd allow any paraphrasing students can come up with.

Online Word Cloud used: ABCya. A word of warning: this tool is so easy to use that you'll soon get addicted to it! See tutorial below.
Word Cloud 1 Word Cloud 2

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Vocabulary Competition: a Nice Simple Activity to Revise

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A nice simple idea to start a lesson. I always like to start my lessons doing some quick revision of what I taught the previous day. I do it using different techniques, but they always have something in common: they help get students into the mood and start using English from minute one.

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ESL Games and lesson plan ideas for young learners, teens and adult classes. Games and activities to practice grammar, speaking, vocabulary and writing.

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1. Classes swap next week your students from morning will be in afternoon and vice versa.
2. You will need to do reports next week. I will demonstrate how on Monday.
3. Classes start at 8.30 next week Mon/Tues/Wed but at 9am Thurs/Fri
4. There will be graduation ceremony on Friday in last class of week. I will explain more next week about procedure for this.
5. Remember to 'finish' class straight away - do lesson notes and progress marks after.

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Log in:
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Quizlet has study tools to help you learn anything. Improve your grades and reach your goals with flashcards, practice tests and expert-written solutions today.

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Russel Tarr, International School of Toulouse

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ClassTools.net: Create your own interactive learning resources

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Dozens of templates, quiz generators and learning tools for use in the classroom

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week 7 - parts of the body (4th graders).ppt

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Week 3- Pets (4th, 5th, 6th graders).pptx

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1. Schedule for tomorrow - please note - one off class British Values.
2. Workshop tomorrow about online quizzes and websites at 12.30pm
3. Please do not give out anymore Yellow folders
4. Observation documents are on here.
5. Full observations for tomorrow will be confirmed by Monday.
6. If you have any students who you believe have special educational needs please in put in - Exceptional Student Log.
7. Italian in classroom strategies.
8. Correction feedback strategies.
9. Don't forget students other activities and link in classes if possible.

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RoadtoGrammar.com - Free quizzes, notes and games to improve your grammar

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british values poster Can be used to show values.png

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british values2 Can be used to show values.jpg