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Most of us spend hours trying to come up with interesting stuff for our students, but why rediscover America? There is a huge amount of material out there – interesting, exciting, motivating! I am talking about ads of course…like this one!
Even if they contain no language we can still use them! They are the perfect way to begin or end a lesson – they are short, authentic and readily available! But there is so much more we can do with them.
In this article I would like to share some of the ideas that have worked for me over the years together with some amazing ads and handouts so that colleagues can use them in class immediately.
To make it easier for colleagues to find the ads which I refer to in the article, I have re-uploaded them on YouTube under ‘Ads for ELT’.
To read the article AND find handouts for the ads, just click on this link
Nick Michelioudakis (B. Econ., Dip. RSA, MSc [TEFL]) is an Academic Consultant with LEH (the representatives of the Pearson PTE G Exams in Greece). In his years of active involvement in the field of ELT he has worked as a teacher, examiner and trainer for both teachers and Oral Examiners. His love of comedy led him to start the ‘Comedy for ELT’ project on YouTube. He has written numerous articles on Methodology, while others from the ‘Psychology and ELT’ series have appeared in many countries. He likes to think of himself as a ‘front-line teacher’ and is interested in one-to-one teaching and student motivation as well as Social and Evolutionary Psychology. When he is not struggling with students, he likes to spend his time in a swimming pool or playing chess. For articles or handouts of his, you can visit his site at www.michelioudakis.org.
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