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Welome to www.TedPower.co.uk. The following practice materials are listed by LEVEL from low to high.

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Beginners - the letters of the alphabet

[Skip this section if your alphabet is similar to the English one]

• Adult literacy worksheets: materials (using handwriting fonts) to teach beginners to read and write.

Elementary

• "First Time In England": a first graded reader + language practice exercises in pencil & paper form
  
  
• "First Time In England": crosswords: NEW! Test your reading with these fun activities.
  
  

Lower intermediate and Intermediate

• Handouts for learners / teachers to print: introductory classes and general English

• English Pronunciation: common mistakes by language background. Monophthongs and Diphthongs
  
  
• Minimal Pairs
  
  
• Songs for English Pronunciation Practice: lists of suitable songs by level and phoneme
  
  
• Songs with themes for English discussion: lists of suitable songs by level and topic
  

• English Language Teaching Games: games (1 easy - 20 difficult) for the language classroom
  
  
1. Word Prompts
2. Kim's game (longer & longer lists)
3. Guessing nouns via "Is it + adjective" questions
4. Market trader: guess the connection (I can sell + LIST)
5. Comparisons: How is XXX like YYY?
6. BLIP (sometimes known as COFFEE POT) Guess the verb
7. Guess the ADVERB
8. The Preposition Game
9. Classroom observation
10. Simon says (Action verbs + Parts of the body)
11. TELEGRAMS / MESSAGES / ANAGRAMS
12. Find your partner (Stick self adhesive labels to Ss' backs)
13. What's my nationality? Who am I?
14. What's my job? (from open lists) Guessing games (closed lists)
15. The Airline HELP desk - miming
16. The Yes/No Game (from Michael Miles: "Take Your Pick")
17. Word in edgeways (Conversation game)
18. Consequences (Paper & Pencil game)
19. CHARADES: book / play / song / film / musical
20. 20 Questions: Animal, Vegetable or Mineral (Abstract with V connections)

Upper intermediate and Advanced

Discussion & vocabulary for higher levels

I have recently published:

1. Prepare for Discussion which is available as a 198 page paperback.
2. Extend Your Discussion which is available as a 96 page paperback.

The topics covered in Prepare for Discussion include alternative beliefs, animal welfare, the arts, crime and punishment, cultural differences, economics, education, environment, fashion, health, holidays, language learning, male & female roles, marriage, the media, political systems, religion, rich world : poor world, science and technology, society, sport, traditions, transport, travel, violence, work and youth & old age.

These are topics I have found to be popular with learners in my general English classes. The material should prove especially useful to learners intending to study in UK universities where they would be expected to participate in discussions covering a wide range of themes.

The topics covered in Extend Your Discussion include art versus graffiti, climate change, community events, controlled parking zones, cost of living crisis, dogs, homes or open spaces, local history, neighbourhood disputes, the planning system, policing, refuse & recycling, residents associations and wildlife gardening.

These are topics relevant to life in UK towns and cities. Extend Your Discussion is therefore relevant to language classes with an emphasis on British studies and especially useful to students studying in the UK who aim to participate in local communities.

Grammar + Lexis for Higher Levels

PARTICLES

• English WORD + PARTICLE sequences
  
  
1. WATCH YOUR PARTICLES!
2. WORDS "A" only-- - GAP FILL: Paola and her jealous boyfriend
3. WORDS "B" to "C" - GAP FILL: King Richard and the youthful Cordelia
4. WORDS "D" to "E" - GAP FILL: George the Veterinary Surgeon & Susan the Geologist
5. WORDS "F" to "J" - GAP FILL: Diana, Princess of Wales
6. WORDS "K" to "P" - GAP FILL: Jimmy Miller, playwright and folk singer
7. WORDS "Q" to "S" - GAP FILL: Football Managers, Faith Healers and Psychologists
8. WORDS "T" to "Z" - GAP FILL: Lola's Love for Alicante
9. WORDS "A" to "F" + PARTICLES Reference List
10. WORDS "G" to "Z" + PARTICLES Reference List
    
    

PHRASAL VERBS

• "Phrasal and Latinate Verbs In Vocabulary Practice" - worksheets to teach English phrasal verbs within a functional context.
  
  

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• Advanced Reader for learners of English interested in children's education - an autobiographical account by my second cousin, Irene Ellen Power Clifford, of her work in London Primary Schools from 1919 to 1953, her attempts to mitigate the poverty of the 1930s and the disruption of World War II and to promote more modern teaching methods. Irene's account could prove very useful for teachers or teaching assistants with English as a second language, who hope to enlarge their vocabulary prior to a job placement in a British School. Teaching methods may have changed, though there is something in human-beings (and the psychology of managing them!) which remains constant. Individual chapters can be accessed from the list below:
  
  CONTENTS: 'The Growth of a Teacher' 1919-1953, by Irene Ellen Power Clifford | Introduction
  
  
1. I begin to teach
2. From pillar to post
3. My first permanent job
4. Changes in education
5. War years
6. Teaching under strange conditions
7. New blood - advent of a new headmistress
8. Social problems and neighbourhood
9. Further changes in 1953
10. Looking both ways
11. Bibliography
12. Synopsis of chapters

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Writing - external link

• Royal Literacy Fund - help with essay writing for advanced learners hoping to attend UK universities.

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RSS webfeeds
1. -- English pronunciation for L1s: Arabic, Chinese, Croatian, Dutch, Farsi, Finnish, French, German, Greek or Hungarian

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2. -- English pronunciation for L1s: Italian, Japanese, Korean, Spanish, Portuguese, Russian, Swedish, Taiwanese, Thai or Turkish

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