David S Wills

Running Dictation for Shopping Lesson

I love using running dictation in my classes. I don't do it often, because that would ruin its effect, but…

9 years ago

Fun ESL Intonation Activity

Here's a great activity for teaching your students to speak more naturally. I've found, over my many years of teaching…

9 years ago

ESL Activity: The Price is Right

Today I was teaching my students how to say numbers. They're in university and have quite a high level of…

9 years ago

ESL Auction Game

I used this activity with two different groups of students yesterday and it worked perfectly. They absolutely loved it, and…

9 years ago

CELTA Summary

I did a CELTA course earlier this summer in Chiang Mai, Thailand, and was recently thinking about the things I'd…

9 years ago

Past Tense Review Lesson – Running Dictation and Guided Discovery

I just did this lesson today with two groups of sophomore university students and it went rather well, so I'm…

9 years ago

Job Application Task

I made this for my final CELTA class. It's a fake newspaper jobs page. I wanted my students to write…

10 years ago

Love/Hate + verb-ing Worksheet

I recently taught a CELTA class about saying whether you like/love/hate etc doing something. The grammar is pretty simple. subject…

10 years ago

IELTS Speaking Advice – Describe an Animal

I recently made this video, which I have uploaded to YouTube, to help IELTS learners prepare for a difficult speaking…

10 years ago

ESL Airport Lesson

Here's a lesson I put together with vocabulary, questions, and role playing for various situations in an airport and on…

10 years ago