This is an activity to be carried out before introducing phonemic symbols. It is designed to teach students:

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I start with the seven vowel phonemes that the letters of the alphabet can be divided into. I encourage students to try and guess the sounds first (some of them are similar to sounds in Italian so these ones are fairly easy for my students).

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This game is a good way to practise the vowel and diphthong sounds, and it is particularly enjoyed by young learners.

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Sound pictures exploit young learners' love of drawing, associating pictures with sounds and spelling. This also helps students who have a visual learning style.

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This is a communicative exercise to practise using question tags with rising intonation when you are not sure that your ideas are right.

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This is a fun activity which helps students listen out for key words.

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This is a speaking exercise for the future perfect and future continuous forms for intermediate and upper-intermediate students.

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This is a fun activity to create a group story. Each student needs a blank sheet of paper and a pen. If possible, sit in a circle shape to play.

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The present perfect is a tense that many students have problems with. Most course books provide only controlled grammar sentences where students choose the correct tense.

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