Forgetfulness – Billy Collins Animated Poetry

This clip which I borrowed from TEFL Clips is recommended as a conversation prompt for adult students. The website gives a lesson plan which includes vocabulary words and phrases pulled from the poem. The video poem lends itself to many possible extension activities which could include student performance or graphic renditions of comparable poems for [...]

BrainPOP ESL

Earlier I posted a video about the H1N1 flu from BrainPOP, an award winning, curriculum-based site BrainPop, developed by Dr. Avraham Kadar, M.D., an immunologist and pediatrician, as a creative way to explain difficult concepts to his young patients.  But, I didn’t give you any information about the latest addition to this site.  BrainPOP for [...]

Podcasts for ESL

Lots and lots of ESL Podcasts to review for all levels at http://iteslj.org/links/ESL/Listening/Podcasts/