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TEFL Graduates of The Language House - Talva

Talva Brunette - TLH Grad If you are thinking about teaching abroad, it's wise to connect with new teachers currently in the field.    I try my best at The Language House TEFL to get as many voices from past graduates as I can to talk about their experience. Teaching abroad is fun. It's exciting to pack up your bags and try something completely new in a new country far away from home, and more importantly, far away from your comfort zone. Over the next few months, I'm going to be posting stories from our graduates. Learn from their experiences! If you'd like to write me about teaching abroad, I'm happy to answer your inquiries - chris@thelanguagehouse.net Here's the first one -  Language House alum and the very popular Talva Brunette. Read up on her experience teaching here -  Language House TEFL graduate Talva .

The Best Bond - ESL Lesson - Compartives vs Superlatives - Intermediate and up

Comparative/Superlative lesson plan featuring James Bond. Students at the end of the lesson will contrast and compare the different James Bonds on a variety of different qualities and come to a consensus on who is the best 007 of all time. Aside from the grammatical point, this lesson can teach/train a lot of new personality adjectives. Note: For this to work, your students have to have some knowledge of the 007 movies. Check this out beforehand. Materials: James bond theme music. Pictures of different James Bond actors. Introduction: a few minutes.  Version 1: Come into class dressed in a large coat, sunglasses and a hat. Proceed to interact with your students in 'spy like' ways. Try to elicit the concept of spy/espionage. Versions 2: You might just come in playing the James Bond theme music to elicit James Bond/Spies. Lead In: 10 minutes at least with boarding lexis Students in groups answer these questions. 1. Name three famous spy agencies from around the wor