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Predicament Room on FRIENDS

I've recently been asked by a few "What is a predicament room?" because they've seen this scene in Friends.

Essentially, it was a 'play on words' by Chandler from Emergency Room.

Here is the scene breakdown and I've highlighted some useful expressions to learn.

<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UCWjye6_JYE" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UCWjye6_JYE</a>

٢٢ مايو ٢٠٢٠

English With Movies

I've started a new style lesson for my group of learners called English With Movies. Watch a film with me scene-by-scene and I break down useful expressions and vocabulary from the scene.

This month we're watching Coco!

You can sign up (FREE) to get the Zoom link and reminders when the lessons start.

<a href="https://www.sweedacademy.com/moviesignup.html" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.sweedacademy.com/moviesignup.html</a>

If you prefer, you could join the Sweed Participating Member Facebook group.

<a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/847273458787004/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/groups/847273458787004/</a>

(It will ask you if you're a member, just mention you're from italki)

The next lesson is this Saturday at 16:00 (local Spain time)

Hope to see you there!

Don't worry, the setting is set so your camera is off when you join. You will only be able to see me and

٩ أبريل ٢٠٢٠

Some Tips and Ideas for Kids Lessons

I recently spoke with italki tutor Camille about teaching online lessons. She shared some good ideas for teaching kids. See if this helps you if you have kids lessons, plus share any ideas you've done that works!

https://youtu.be/6hZZPv2fCpA

I also get my first French lesson :/

(It's always good to empathize with learners)

١١ أكتوبر ٢٠١٩

Fun Game Idea To Do With Students

I've recently interviewed fellow italki French and English teacher Camille, and we talked about giving online lessons, and she shared this awesome resource with me. It's called Wheel Decide.

If you like this clip, check out the full interview and our other interviews to help raise your teaching game.

Interview <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h4wkEkw7n50" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h4wkEkw7n50</a>

Wheel Decide <a href="https://wheeldecide.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://wheeldecide.com/</a>

٨ أكتوبر ٢٠١٩

7 Great YouTube Channels for Business English

**note- this is for INTERMEDIATE or ADVANCED learners**

Learning English with authentic material is the best way to learn. I've put together a list of 7 of my favorite YouTube channels that I like to recommend to my Business English students. I prefer these to "English Learning Channels" that teach expressions and vocabulary to use because we actually learn about business as well with these channels.

Check it out and let me know what non-English learning YouTube channels that you would add to this list.

<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GGV1YAMQGwM&feature=youtu.be" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GGV1YAMQGwM&feature=youtu.be</a>

Follow the link and download the listening worksheet to share with your students for FREE

<a href="https://www.sweedacademy.com/teacher-support-blog/7-great-youtube-channels-for-genuine-business-english-not-english-learning-channels" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.sweedacademy.com/teacher-support-blog/7-great-youtube-channels-for-genuine-business-english-not-english-learning-channels</a>

٢٦ سبتمبر ٢٠١٩

Checklist for Daily Practice

Hey teachers and students,

We know that daily practice is necessary to learn a language, but when life gets in the way, it's difficult to get motivated to do that when we don't have much direction of HOW to do that.

I've created a checklist for you to give your students (or to do for yourself) to give specific tasks to the students based on things that interest them. I also have worksheets to direct them to get the most out of English things they watch or listen to.

Language-Learning Checklist: <a href="https://www.sweedacademy.com/teacher-support-blog/language-learning-checklist-work-at-it-everyday" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.sweedacademy.com/teacher-support-blog/language-learning-checklist-work-at-it-everyday</a>

Listening Practice: <a href="https://www.sweedacademy.com/teacher-support-blog/real-listening-practice-for-students-intermediate-english-speakers-works-with-any-listening" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.sweedacademy.com/teacher-support-blog/real-listening-practice-for-students-intermediate-english-speakers-works-with-any-listening</a>

At the moment, these materials are free, so take full advantage of them!

Let me know how they work!

٢٣ سبتمبر ٢٠١٩

Teachers: When You Have Connection Issues...

Hi Online Teachers, (Watch a VIDEO BELOW)

We all have connection issues and technological problems during some of our classes. What do you do when this happens?

I've given some reminders and steps to follow when this kind of thing happens (video below).

#1 - Connection issues is like a fart. Don't play the blame game.

#2 - Relax. These things happen. Turn the negative into a positive.

#3 - Turn it into a language lesson. Vocabulary, Expressions, and Phrasal Verbs about this theme!

How about you? What do you do?

https://youtu.be/0pcxDheFrKM

(COPY PASTE THE LINK ABOVE FOR THE VIDEO)

٢٠ يونيو ٢٠١٩

Teachers: My Typical First Lesson With Students

Hi Teachers!... and students!!

If we haven't met, I'm Jesse. I wanted to share one of my typical first lessons in 1-on-1 lessons either online or in person. You may do a similar thing to this, and if you do, then pass right by. If you like the channel, subscribe because I share tips and ideas for teachers of EFL.

Basically, the first lesson with the student is to find out their goals. Sometimes, students won't have thought about their goals, so they will need some guidance. (If you're a student, this is a good thing to think about)

Goals should be:

- Concrete - that means specific

- Measurable - that means you should be able to check off when you've done it

One thing I didn't mention in the video is that I have a Google Doc for each of my students, and we keep notes and exercises there. (If you want a video on this, let me know)

First Lesson Idea:

https://youtu.be/eAxZN-sVxSs

Thanks!

Jesse

١٠ يونيو ٢٠١٩

Getting Started Teaching EFL

Hey guys,

Most of you already probably know how to find a job teaching EFL abroad. If you haven't ever looked into it, I've put together some advice and strategy to look for an English teaching job. Check it out for yourself of somebody you think could use it!

<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2QlRUZ57su4">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2QlRUZ57su4</a>

Let me know if there are any teaching videos you'd like to see.

٢٠ مايو ٢٠١٩

A fox, A chicken, and A bag of chicken food... (RIDDLE)

Hey guys,

I like to do this riddle with my students, so I'm posting it here for students and teachers.

The riddle:

There are 2 islands. On one island, you have a chicken, a fox, and a bag of chicken food.

You have a small boat, and the objective is to take all three items from island 1 to island 2. The problem is you can take only one item on your boat at a time.

If you leave the fox and the chicken alone, the fox will eat the chicken.
If you leave the chicken and the chicken food alone, the chicken will eat the food.

TEACHERS

Here is a tutorial of how I do this to teach a grammar or speaking lesson. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0WYF8YXnpZA&t=1s" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: Roboto, "PingFang SC", "Open Sans", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0WYF8YXnpZA&t=1s</a>

The solution is in the video as well if you need it! Let me know what you think!

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