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Halloween

Submitted by TE Editor on 27 October, 2011 - 11:26

Happy Halloween from the team at LearnEnglish Kids! There are lots of activities for Halloween on our site and you will find most of the content here:

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Tongue twisters

Submitted by Sally Trowbridge on 10 August, 2010 - 16:15

She sells sea shells by the sea shore. How fast can you say it without making a mistake?

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Vocabulary activities

Submitted by TE Editor on 17 June, 2010 - 14:00

Have you tried these practical activities to help students with vocabulary learning? There's something for all ages and levels.

Evaluating speaking - Part 2

Submitted by TE Editor on 15 May, 2008 - 13:26

This article is in three parts. The first part has already looked at what a speaker needs to be able to do to use spoken English as an effective form of communication.

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Phonemic symbols

Submitted by TE Editor on 8 May, 2008 - 15:24

Help your own and your students' pronunciation with our pronunciation downloads. There are 44 A4 size classroom posters of phonemic symbols with examples to download. The posters are in Portable Document Format (pdf) and have been attached in a zipped folder.

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Using the phonemic chart for autonomous learning

Submitted by TE Editor on 8 May, 2008 - 15:20

If learners have access to a computer outside class, they can use the chart together with a dictionary to check the pronunciation of new words they meet in their own reading. This is particularly useful for learners who are not yet fully familiar with all the sounds on the chart.

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Vocabulary recycling and revision of phonemic symbols

Submitted by TE Editor on 8 May, 2008 - 15:14

If you have an electronic Interactive Whiteboard, or a computer with a data projector, the phonemic chart can be used in class to recycle and reinforce recently learned vocabulary, at the same time as revising the phonemic symbols.

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Using dictionaries

Submitted by TE Editor on 5 September, 2006 - 13:00

Why should we encourage students to use dictionaries? Dictionaries develop learner autonomy. They are a handy resource for researching different meanings, collocations, examples of use and standard pronunciation.

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Vocabulary phonemic revision activity

Submitted by TE Editor on 2 February, 2003 - 13:00

I am a great believer in teaching phonetic script with new words, alongside their spelling, stress patterns and L1 equivalents.

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The tongue twister game

Submitted by TE Editor on 23 June, 2002 - 13:00

All levels and ages enjoy tongue twisters. They work well as a warm up to get students speaking, and they help students to practise pronouncing difficult sounds in English.

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