This is a document containing just one thing: a large-print list of adjectives for clothing, to be using in question forming exercises at a very basic level.

This document is an exercise for description. The first part is for dealing with physical description. The teacher has students ask him questions about some specific person (I usually say his best friend). As he answers the questions, he draws a picture of the person on the board, element by element, only drawing what is known from his answers. Students must ask more questions, about specific elements, until the picture is complete. The second half of the document includes some material for questioning one’s partner about the best friend’s character. (No picture is necessary here, but students should be asked …

Hey, for ESL teachers… I was asked to plug it, so what the hell. I don’t have time to test myself, but… there’s a new ESL information source that supposed to “enable teachers to interact and add information on agents, schools, countries, working, living, travelling, teaching and even write a personal diary complete with photo galleries!” If you wanna take part in the beta-test, go here. But I don’t know any more about it. This is just a plug for something that might (or might not) be interesting.

Here is an idioms sheet for describing people that’s more suited to Intro A level, taking of course for granted the level of English that most Korean Uni students (the bulk of my Intro A students are these) have these days… which isn’t astounding but is better than one might imagine.

Here’s an interview sheet for my Let’s Go 4A kids, where they can practice using the past perfect (was going, was doing).