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The nearer the bone the sweeter the meat
This proverb series episode focuses on speaking opportunities, for use in the ESL classroom. Encouraging students to speak more and use vocabulary fluently. Teachers can use this proverb in a variety of ways and offer some clear explanations and examples…
Every cloud has a silver lining
Here’s a great proverb idea for speaking in the ESL classroom. In this episode I cover how teachers can use this proverb in class with their students, living it open to some interpretation. Want more ideas sign up for the…
Talking about risk
Sign up for the newsletter: This week’s episode is on Risk. I’ve focused on common collocations, verbs used with risk or to talk about risk as well some common adjectives to describe risk. There’s a lot of vocabulary in…
Professional vocabulary: Describing Trends
This week’s episode covers language for describing trends. It’s an incredibly practical topic for university students writing a dissertation/thesis paper or for IELTS exam students because they need this language to describe their research results and graphs respectively. Additionally, professionals…
Ep.77 It’s not what you know…
Need something to compliment your lesson? This proverb does just the trick for teachers looking for a time-filler or a discussion starter. Speaking and vocabulary-use opportunity.
Ep.78 Clothes make the man (proverb series)
In this episode of the proverb series I discuss a proverb related to fashion, social trends, generation gap and how you can incorporate it into your ESL classroom for speaking and vocabulary practice. Short and sweet as promised.
How to give presentations Part 1: Styles
sign up for the newsletter: https://www.nondas.eu/sample-page-2/ne… Effective presentations are an essential aspect of our personal and professional development. In this first episode of the 3-part series I discuss two different presentation styles and how to find the right balance between…
The Proverb lesson series begins
This is the start of the proverb lesson series and we begin with the proverb ‘The devil is in the details’ with ways on how ESL teachers can incorporate it into their lessons to promote speaking and vocabulary use by…
Ep.13 Describing change
An ESL lesson idea one of the most versatile and useful words to use when speaking English or any language for that matter.
The art of small talk
Freshen Up Friday newsletter signup: https://www.nondas.eu/sample-page-2/ne… This is the start of a new series of videos on the channel dedicated to lesson ideas for teachers. In this first episode of the series we cover ‘Small Talk’ as a lesson idea…
Writing Emails in English(Episode 8)
Want a quick response to your email? This form of written communication is part of our everyday lives so we should know how to do it correctly and effectively. Whether you’re writing to a prospective client, coworker, boss or a…
Networking language video
This episode is summer special before the beginning of season 2 of ESL Trailblazer. I am focusing on Networking skills and their importance as well as the language you can use to assist you in networking more effectively when at…
Describing choices, useful Americanisms (Ep.14)
We make decisions and choices everyday ALL the time with everything. It can be daunting, whether it’s decisions in the workplace, in our private lives or when shopping. So since we’re doing it so often we should be able to…
Describing decisions and outcomes (Ep.40)
What are the anticipated outcomes with your lesson/work/collaboration? Are you making critical/key decisions in your work? Whatever the context the language is extremely valuable. You can describe decisions and results in a sophisticated, more fluent way just by mixing up…