An extra Read about Australia activity for Amazing Animals
I’m planning to create an extra interactive classroom activity for all the Read about Australia books – eventually. So far we have an activity for Capital Cities of Australia and another for Outback Australia. Now this one is for Amazing Animals of Australia. It’s designed for reading groups, conversation groups or classroom use….post reading, and perhaps after doing the worksheets … Continue reading
Displaying EAL resources: An inspiring library example
When I created Tabletop English (a set of printable games and activities), I assumed that teachers would browse through and print out what they needed, as they needed it. Which is fine, but what about a centre or a college with multiple lecturers? How can they make sure there’s not an excess of printing, or that communal copies don’t disappear … Continue reading
Tabletop English and EAL mapping
Happy new (teaching) year, everyone. I hope it’s going to be a good one. This is an update to my ‘end-of-year’ post about the launch of Starting Tabletop English and Tabletop English. These are two sets of fun, interactive, group games and activities for pre-beginner and early beginner learners of English. They were written and trialled through 2024.. It was … Continue reading
A new ESL puzzle book
Announcing the arrival of ESL Word Search Plus: Post-Beginner: another printable English Language resource that can be used for independent language reinforcement, as an extra challenge, or as a fun family activity. (It’s aimed at adults and young adults, in terms of the ‘look’ and the vocab it covers, but I know many of my students have children who love to … Continue reading
Easy ESL Wordfind Challenge: Beginner Word Search Puzzles
A puzzle book for beginners, especially those new to our script and the left to right direction of English Continue reading
