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“The Hunger Games” (2012)

Starring: Jennifer Lawrence and Liam Hemsworth.

Story: This story is set in the future and set in a futuristic nation called Panem. Every year there are two people who are chosen to represent their district in the Hunger Games fight. Those who are chosen are done so by a lottery system. This follows the story of Katniss, a 16-year-old girl, from District 12. It shows her intense training and then how she is suddenly thrown into the fight to represent her area in the 74th annual hunger games.

Why it’s a great movie for learning English: This is a very visual movie and what you miss in the dialogue, you’ll be able to be filled in by the visual action. While the actions are fast, the language is relatively easy to understand unlike other sci-fi and futuristic movies which use complex terms.

The accent is a clean North American one so you’ll have no problem understand what the characters say. The characters don’t speak too fast and it’s fairly easy to understand what’s going on. It’s also an action-filled movie and has an interesting plot, which makes it even better. This movie has something for everyone as it cleverly includes action, romance, comedy and the future all in one movie.

Favorite quote: “Here’s some advice, stay alive!”

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Minimal Pairs Bingo

This is one of the easiest ways to focus on particular pairs of sounds.

A Bingo card commonly has 5 x 5 squares, so you can use 25 words (12 minimal pairs, or more than two words for some sounds). One or more spaces on each card could be a “free” spot, or you could change the size, maybe to 4 x 4. (I have found that 25 words works well for a full lesson, and everyone will be able to learn them all by the end.)
http://eslgames.com/esl-pronunciation-activities/

Go to a website such as ESL activities to create your Bingo cards. You simply type in the words you want to use, choose how many individual cards you need and then let the program randomize the cards so that they each have a different arrangement of the same words.

Have a spare card cut up into individual squares that you can jumble and use to call the words.

Don’t let the students mark their cards. Provide markers such as small stones or sunflower seeds that they can put on each word as they hear it (and then remove to play again).

If you have “free” spots they can start the game by putting markers on those.

The first student to get five markers in a row in any direction calls “Bingo!”

Students remove their markers and a new game starts with the winner as the new caller.

After a game or two the students can swap cards to get a different arrangement of words to look at.

At the end of the lesson you can review the words and target sounds with the whole class.

This activity can give students the opportunity to hear the difference between the minimal pairs, recognize the different words written on the card and clearly pronounce the difference when they win and have a chance to be the caller. As each word is called, students tend to all say it quietly to themselves as well.

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https://learnenglishkids.britishcouncil.org/en/fun-games.
https://learnenglishkids.britishcouncil.org/en/games

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Students are required to make sentences using the words and pictures.

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This is a great song that is fun for students and is very engaging. Students will be required to listen to the song and do different activities which include fill in the missing words, this activity will enhance pronunciation and vocabulary
http://www.esolcourses.com/content/topics/songs/katy-perry/firework-gap-fill.html

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Describe traditional dishes or staple foods in your country.
What is your favorite feast?

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English Material for Learners.