ELLLO – English Listening Lab Online. Randall’s Lab – Great Main Ideas and cloze exercises Lyrics Training – Learn English through songs. Check out my full review HERE. ESL Video – Learn English through TV and movie clips. Vocabulary and Spelling City – Listening/Spelling Practice and more! Many Things – Great for pronunciation and listening for vowels and consonants. Movie Segments for Warm Ups Follow Ups – Great classroom listening for a group. Movie Segments for Assessing Grammar Goals – Listening for grammar points in a classroom. Listen and Write – Full and Partial Cloze Exerci ..read more

Here is a narrated video I created to teach you how to effectively start your presentations! Sometimes it is hard to know how we should start a presentation, this video and slide show gives five ways to make that happen. In this video, I go through examples of each type of starter, then I make sure that I give an example of how to use them. I hope this will be of great help to you in starting your presentations. For teachers, if you would like to use this lecture for your classes, here is the downloadable worksheet for the lecture. The post Five Ways to Start a Presentation Effectively appear ..read more

ELLLO – English Listening Lab Online. Randall’s Lab – Great Main Ideas and cloze exercises Lyrics Training – Learn English through songs. Check out my full review HERE. ESL Video – Learn English through TV and movie clips. Vocabulary and Spelling City – Listening/Spelling Practice and more! Many Things – Great for pronunciation and listening for vowels and consonants. Movie Segments for Warm Ups Follow Ups – Great classroom listening for a group. Movie Segments for Assessing Grammar Goals – Listening for grammar points in a classroom. Listen and Write – Full and Partial Cloze Exerci ..read more

Pre-Discussion: Have you ever had a very difficult challenge? What are some challenges we face in our lives? How do difficulties and challenges make us better people? Post-Discussion: What attitude did the boy have when he received the dog? Why did the boy act that way? What changed his mind about the dog? Why do you think the mother chose that dog? The post English Video Discussion – Challenges appeared first on The ESL Commando ..read more

This discussion uses a lot of conditionals like “what would you do?” Key Vocab: Epipen- Medicine to stop your heart from racing after an animal sting Lethal – Can kill you Venom – a deadly liquid in animals that they attack with Swelling – After an injury, the blood rushes to the area of the body and makes it get bigger. Pre- Discussion: Do you have scorpions where you live? Have you ever been stung by a bee, wasp, or other insect? Would you ever do something crazy to get more attention for your Youtube videos? Post-Discussion: What kind of reaction did Coyote have to the scorpion sting? Woul ..read more

Here is a narrated video I created to teach you how to effectively start your presentations! Sometimes it is hard to know how we should start a presentation, this video and slide show gives five ways to make that happen. In this video, I go through examples of each type of starter, then I make sure that I give an example of how to use them. I hope this will be of great help to you in starting your presentations. For teachers, if you would like to use this lecture for your classes, here is the downloadable worksheet for the lecture. The post Five Ways to Start a Presentation Effectively appear ..read more

This is a beautiful video showing how far a parent would go to be with his or her child. It is sad, but it is also hopeful and touching. Pre-Discussion: What are some beliefs that people have about the afterlife (after you die)? How would you feel if you could see someone you had lost to death again? Post -Discussion: What did the father do? Why did he do it? Would you have done the same thing? Why or Why not? The post English Video Discussion – The Afterlife appeared first on The ESL Commando ..read more

Many times, we want to do something important, like lose weight, exercise, or learn a skill, but we put it off for another day. One day becomes two, then three, and a year later, we haven’t even started. That’s the reason why I wrote this post. I want you to start improving your English today! This post is focused on giving you steps that you can take right now to help you achieve your English goals and your career goals. 1.  Entertainment: What kind of movies/TV shows do you like?  Crackle is a service by Sony that has all free full length, high-quality, legal movies to watch. They ..read more

Many of us have experienced the hurt of a relationship breakup, but how long does it take to find the right person again? This video shows how easily a person can think they have found the right person, but then realize that they might not have been the right one after all. Pre-Discussion: Do you believe that dating before marriage is a good idea or bad idea? Why? Have you ever had to break up with someone? Has anyone ever broken up with you? Have you ever thought you loved someone only to find out that he or she wasn’t for you? What qualities do you think are in the ideal (perfect) partner ..read more

There is a saying in English that says, “No risk, no reward.” It basically means that if you don’t take a chance, you will miss good things that could have happened to you if had taken that chance. This video is about how our lives have a certain amount of seconds, and unless we take advantage of those special opportunities, we may miss a lot of good things. Pre-Discussion: Have you ever regretted not taking a risk? What kind of risks are you willing to take in your life to get a reward? Do you have to take risks to improve your English? What kind of risks? Post-Discussion: What kind of ris ..read more