Beginners and elementary learners often require very careful training.
At this point in their learning confidence is very important and overcorrection
can create a real problem. Also vocabulary is very limited and so each
word you use must be thought about.
Resources on this Website
On the last day of the holidays my 4 year old
son and I decided to create a story. There is a Talking Flash
Animated version, MP3 version and Story Book version.
Animated Story (900KB SWF)
Story Book (995KB PDF)
Audio Story (594KB MP3)
- Letter Pack (290KB PDF)
Letter posters, cards, dotted and grids to help students learn the letters of English.
Speaking & Vocabulary
Includes spoken guide to common sound mistakes, handouts
and tongue twisters.
- International Phonetic alphabet
Step-by-step instructions for making your own handouts
with IPA characters and useful handouts.
- Vocabulary Packs
These packs provide students with essential vocabulary,
activities, definitions and pronunciation guides.
(There are currently packs for travel, food and rooms)
- Greetings (42KB PDF)
A guide to English greetings and a simple body language guide.
to make a vocab book (62KB pdf)
- Verb To Have (62KB PDF)
It's almost impossible to find a simple explanation for the verb
to have. So here it is without the burdens of the perfect tenses
and thousands of modals uses.
- Prepositions with time (25KB PDF)
Prepositions with time matching cards.
- Past Simple Test with Form
Guide (57KB PDF)
This is a Past Simple Test with common regular and
irregular verbs. It also includes the form of the past-simple.
- A Day In The Life Of An English
Teacher (220KB PDF)
Includes sample day in the life of an English Teacher with
regular / irregular verb quiz. Also includes answers and a
form to allow teachers and students to create their own days
in a simple format that encourages use of the Past Simple.
- Seat Plans and Layouts
How to change seating arrangements to suit your classroom. This
resource also includes clipart to make it easier when doing your
- Using Realia
How to use real material in your lessons.
- Top 20 Fillers
We present the ESL Lesson First Aid Kit to revive any flagging
- Dress Codes (317
Complete Lesson plan with Matching cards and exercises
to assist students understanding of dress codes.