Teaching English skills: reading, writing, listening, speaking - online resources

1. 24 September 2015
LIVE ETRC Session
Presenter: Irina Pomazanovschi,
ETRC / IRIM
pomazanovschi@gmail.com
Teaching English Skills

2. What techniques/activities do you use to
teach …?

3. Sample (11th grade textbook)

5. Cultural component – 5th skill
One today is worth two tomorrows.
• Лучше синица в руках, чем журавль в небе.
• Одна вещь сегодня стоит двух завтра.
Un ceas al dimineţii plăteşte cât trei după prânz.
Today is a sure thing. Tomorrow might not happen.

6. Lost time is never found again.
While it may be tempting to think that it's okay to put
something off, the truth is you'll never get those minutes back.
Потерянного времени не воротишь. Timpul pierdut nu se mai întoarce.

7. Time heals all wounds.
People eventually get over insults, injuries, and hatreds.
Время — лучший доктор.
Время лечит все раны. Timpul e doctorul cel mai bun.

8. Better late than never.
It is better to do something after it was supposed to have
been done than not to do it at all.
Лучше поздно, чем никогда. Mai bine mai tarziu decat niciodata.

9. A stitch in time saves nine.
A timely effort will prevent more work later.
Cine nu cârpeşte spărtura mică are necaz să dreagăborta mare.
Leneşul mai mult aleargă.
Дорога ложка к обеду.
Все хорошо вовремя.
Минутка час бережёт.

10. Early bird catches the worm.
Whoever arrives first has the best chance of success; some
opportunities are only available to the first competitors.
Кто раньше встаёт тому бог по/даёт.
Cine se scoală de dimineaţă, departe ajunge.

11. Time and tide wait for no man.
No one is so powerful that they can stop the march of time.
≈ время не ждёт [tide в этом выражении употребляется в уст. значении
время; благоприятный случай]
Куй железо, пока горячо.
Не откладывай на завтра то, что можешь сделать сегодня.
Timpul nu stă pe loc.
Timpul nu aşteaptă.

12. I do not know whether to wind a
watch or bark at the moon.
Not to know what to do.

13. Time flies at a party because you’re
having so much fun!

14. Leo made the big time when he
was promoted the boss of the
company.

15. Phil had to turn back the hands
of time and wear his tracksuit
from the 1990s for a fancy dress
party.

16. Chase is behind the times because
he just listens to Simon & Garfunkel
all day.

17. Ben beat the clock and
booked an English course
before prices increased!

18. Rob buys a round at the
bar once in a blue moon.

19. Hazel was just wasting time at
the bus stop playing on her
phone.

20. Mike arrived to the party early so
he had to kill time waiting
outside the venue.

21. http://elllo.org/

22. Time
 1110 Are you good at managing your time?
http://www.elllo.org/video/1101/V1110-Schedule.htm
 928 Free Time
Naomi, a middle school student from Wales, talks about
her free time activities.
http://www.elllo.org/english/0901/T928-Naomi-
FreeTime.htm
 Mixer #27 Waste Of Time
Find out what six people say they waste too much time
doing.
http://www.elllo.org/english/Mixer026/T027-
WasteTime.htm

23. http://www.englishpage.com/readingroom/readingroomintro.html
• Matching headlines
• Yes / No / Not Given
• Multiple choice
• Surveying
• Skimming
• Scanning
• Close reading
• Inferring meaning
• Deducing meaning

24. http://www.gcflearnfree.org/practicereading

25. http://www.manythings.org/voa/scripts/

26. Writing = Good Grammar
Moldovan teachers were asked to think of most
frequent mistakes their students make in English
committed by their students and present the results
 http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/interactives/essaymap/
 http://thejournal.com/Articles/2015/06/25/15-Online-Resources-That-Help-
Improve-Essay-Writing-Skills.aspx?Page=1
 http://www.readwritethink.org/classroom-resources/student-interactives/
 http://interactivesites.weebly.com/language-arts.html
 http://www.eduplace.com/kids/hme/k_5/graphorg/index.html

27. Speaking
 Viocethread.com
 Keypals from abroad