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Author: Justin Donlon

English Teacher & Content Developer Over 15 years of experience in engaging educational content

La Costa Brava – Describing Pictures from National Geographic

Intermediate Speaking and Description class: Vocab building: general, historic and nature. Skills: sentence construction and general description creation. Discussion: speaking practice. Duration: 45 minutes Notes to the Teacher: I try to remove myself from the class generally and especially in an exercise like this. I only try to prompt change or necessary corrections and spent […]

The Battle of Anghiari – A mysterious conversation English class

The Battle of AnghiariUpper Intermediate + : conversation and comprehension class Vocab building: general, historic and art.Skills: paraphrasing & general context comprehension.Writing exercise: using new vocabulary in different contextsDiscussion: speaking practice.Duration: 90 minutesSource: National Geographic (text & Video)   The Battle of Anghiari – The ultimate DaVinci mystery Intro: 1. Do you know any of […]

Murmuration – A conversation about film and nature

Culture  – Film shorts The Startling Science of a Starling Murmuration   Definition: Murmuration = a flock of starlings. Pronunciation: (criticality = crit tic cal ity)    Text: Video of a massive starling flock turning and twisting over a river in Ireland has gone viral, and with good reason. Flocking starlings are one of nature’s […]

YouTube: 100 online TV channels

Conversational English Class – Upper Intermediate + Vocab: technology, general, phrasal verbs. Text only. Source: The Guardian (news – technology – youtube) Intro: What are some of the biggest changes to the TV industry in recent years? Read the sub headline and discuss your immediate impression about the business strategy.   YouTube to launch 100 […]

“El USO DEL VERBO “FEEL”

Take the FREE 5-Day Challenge “El USO DEL VERBO “FEEL” = SENTIR Y MUCHO MAS COSAS El verbo “FEEL” = sentir / encontrar / tocar: se puede usar de varias maneras en español Ejemplos: 1. How do you feel? = Como te encuentras? 2. I feel good this morning  = Me siento bien esta mañana […]

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