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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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In April and May 2024 I published two discussion books for higher levels of English language learning. I would love them to find an audience among teachers, learners and language schools. If you want to improve your discussion or are planning to teach an English discussion course, please feel free to read my descriptions of Prepare for Discussion and Extend Your Discussion. The first book comprises 28 general English topics, while the second contains 14 topics relevant to students living in UK towns or cities.

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

Grammar + Lexis for Higher Levels

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

• 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

Writing - external link

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

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