teaching_guides

Find below the largest Repository for Teaching , or study guides. These guides were created by public school English language teachers in Colombia. You can search with key words, grade, skill, or age group to find the right teaching or learning guide for your next class.

Using Letters to Tell Stories in the EFL Classroom

Author: Dario Luis Banegas – Description: Activities with letters you can use in classes. These resources were originally created for English language learners and teachers around the world by the Office of English Language Programs in the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs at the U.S. Department of State. Visit the American English page here: https://americanenglish.state.gov/

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Using Mobile Phone Technology in EFL Classes

Author: Suleyman Nihat Sad – Description: A guide on how to use cell phones in your classes. These resources were originally created for English language learners and teachers around the world by the Office of English Language Programs in the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs at the U.S. Department of State. Visit the American English page here: https://americanenglish.state.gov/

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A Reading Programme for Elementary Schools

Author: Rizwana Habib Latha – Description: A guide to promote reading en your classes and community. These resources were originally created for English language learners and teachers around the world by the Office of English Language Programs in the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs at the U.S. Department of State. Visit the American English page here: https://americanenglish.state.gov/

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Teaching Guide: Eco-friendly Homes

Author: José Ignacio Rojas Vera – Description: This lesson plans focuses on sustainability since students are given the opportunity to analyse the actions that affect the environment. Additionally, this lesson plan promotes critical thinking since students also suggest actions to protect the environment. Formative Assessment techniques are suggested to make learning more meaningful to students.

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Teaching Guide: Sensible Shopping

Author: Diego Alejandro Ariza Devia – Description: This activity plan gives students the opportunity to learn new vocabulary about shopping by playing a board game. Also, this activity gives the opportunity to the teacher to implement Formative Assessment techniques and involve students in their learning process.

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Teaching Guide: Everybody has the right to…

Author: Vanessa Alejandra Claros – Description: This activity plan provides teacher ideas about Human Rights. Students develop creativity and critical thinking because they design a Bill of Rights. Additionally, this activity plan incorporates Formative Assessment by using the Feedback Sandwich technique that promotes peer assessment.

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Teaching Guide: Eating habits

Author: Lyda Nuñez Fuentes – Description: This lesson plan allows students to give information about the nutritional value and health benefits of food. It also gives the opportunity to integrate the four communicative skills and use different assessment strategies (self-assessment/peer-assessment and classroom assessment techniques CATs).

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Teaching Guide: Health Education

Author: Emilce Lamprea – Description: This lesson plan gives students the opportunity to talk about personal interests such as their favourite dish and to ask for suggestions and recommendations about eating habits.

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Teaching Guide: Construction of peace

Author: Carlos Eduardo Marín Orozco – Description: This plan helps students to use the integrated skills (speaking, reading, listening and writing) as well as new vocabulary related to the construction of democracy and peace through positive facts. It also allows students to improve their self-esteem, to see other´s qualities and values, and to reinforce their knowledge about previous topics already taught in class.

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Teaching Guide: Eating disorders

Author: María Cristina Pineda Arboleda – Description: This plan will give the teacher the opportunity to transversalize some subjects in one topic and; on the other hand, students can make different task that will be in a complete prevention plan at the end of the class. Also, the teacher can adapt or modify the context (rural or urban); Finally, the implementation of different types of formative assessment can be found.

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Teaching Guide: School life and people

Author: Alexander Jaramillo Blandón – Description: This lesson plan gives the students a chance to describe themselves physically. They are exposed to read descriptions about famous people. It can also be a useful and productive class since students are able to produce questions and answers which are typically asked in interviews

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