26th September 2020
Albert Einstein said that. Alternately:
“Insanity is telling Vietnamese students the classroom rules and expecting them to comply.”
I said that.
Teaching Notes: Classroom rules in Sai Gon
Category: Teaching Notes
Teaching Notes: Thank you, Miss Linh
22nd September 2020
A quick shout-out to a great student, Ms Linh. Very briefly, I teach a 90-minute speaking class; the work is prepared form me, I just have to deliver the lesson, and check for pronunciation, intonation and stress.
Now, although the students choose which lessons and subjects to attend, they can find the subject rather tedious, the work repetitive and therefore, they get bored and when students get bored, they may project their annoyances onto the teacher, such as mumbling or whispering a response, yawning and sighing (loudly), avoiding eye contact or outright refusing to answer.
I had such a situation last night, a miserable wet Monday. I’m supposed to make the students repeat the target language until they can pronounce it perfectly … but it just wasn’t happening.
You can lead a horse to water but you can’t make it drink
Eventually, like pulling hen’s teeth, the class began talking more and trying to use the new expressions I had offered them.
At the end of the class, while some students couldn’t wait to split, one or two came up and were complimentary. The aforementioned Ms Linh said that although the subject was less than fascinating, she could see that I was really trying to make it interesting.
That was such a lovely thing to say, so now I say to you, Ms Linh:
IELTS Listening Notes
20th September 2020
Some notes I found as I was cleaning my old Apple Mac. I’m not sure where they are from; a book, website or centre notes. I thought they may be of some use to teachers of IELTS.
IELTS Listening
Before I do a listening practice, I tell my students to R.U.P.
read, underline key words and predict the answer.
TOP-DOWN LISTENING
(Going from meaning to language, using background knowledge to understand the meaning of a message).
Activities:
Students generate a list of things they already know about a topic and things they would like to learn more about, then listen and compare.
Students generate a set of questions they expect to hear about a topic, then listen to see if they are answered.
Students look at the question sheet and identify its structure before listening.
Students read a list of key points to be covered in a talk, then listen to see which ones are mentioned.
BOTTOM-UP LISTENING
(Going from language to meaning, using linguistic knowledge clues to understand the message).
Activities:
Students listen and distinguish between positive and negative statements.
Students listen and identify key words that occur in a spoken text.
Students listen to a conservation and complete a form.
Students use stress and intonation to identify word and sentence functions.
SOME EXAMPLES OF MICRO LISTENING SKILLS:
Discriminate among the distinctive sounds
Recognize the functions of stress patterns, intonation contours
Recognize reduced forms of words (contractions)
Recognize grammatical word classes (noun, verb, etc.), systems (tense, agreement, pluralization), patterns, rules and elliptical forms
Recognize that a particular meaning may be expressed in different grammatical forms
Recognize cohesive devices in spoken discourse
So, I made a lesson plan for teaching section 4 of the listening test like this.
Pre-listening:
1. read the instructions carefully to see what they are expected to do (especially the number of words they can write for each answer) R.U.P.
2. identify the topic of the lecture. Teacher can activate their background knowledge by asking them what they know about it, maybe showing a short video clip
3. identify the structure of the test (how many parts, key words) so that students do not get lost in the middle of the listening
4. pair a weak student and a strong student so that they can help each other in predicting the answers
a. part of speech (e.g. expressions or idioms)
b. collocations
c. meaning (make a list of guesses to help the weaker students)
While-listening:
1. Students listen to the recording and do the task individually.
2. Peer check
3. Task correction (the teacher then plays the recording again bit by bit to check the answers)
Post-listening:
1. Students work in group to share their experience after doing the task. What difficulties they had or how they could recognize the answers. (5minutes).
To build confidence, I often play a recording up to three times, highlighting new vocabulary or expressions. I then let the students write the answer on the board, so everyone can see, correcting if necessary.
2. sharpening the macro skils:
Activity to help students recognize paraphrases:
Students stand in 2 lines. There are 2 circles in front. The teacher shows 1 word (e.g crowded) and plays the recording. When the students hear the paraphrase of that word (e.g a lot of people), the first pair jump into the circle. Who can do that first gets 1 point for his team. The first pair then go the back and the procedure is repeated with another word. This can be adapted for older and adult students.
Activity to teach new vocabulary after listening:
The teacher can choose 5 or 6 words that he would like to teach and print them out. Then, put students into groups with a set of words for each group and play the recording. When students hear the word from that set, they have to quickly knock on their desk and take that piece of paper. Who gets the most words wins. The students in group read the words and explain the meaning. Teacher checks the pronunciation and meaning as a class.
The Teacher may wish to set a speaking task related to the topic as a post-listening activity
I believe the students can do better if they are well-prepared in ‘pre-listening’, and for ‘post-listening’, if we can make use of the recording to teach them some skills in doing the task, they will perform better the next time.
Thank you, Princess
4th August 2020
Last night, after a three-hour IELTS class, another IELTS student was waiting to speak to me. It was one of my ‘Top Cats’, someone of whom I’m expecting great things.
The student, who I call Princess as she is so elegant, polite, refined and respectful, presented me with the following gifts:
September is a special month in Vietnam what with Independence Day (2nd), the anniversary of Ho Chi Minh’s death (also the 2nd, though some say 3rd) and the Mid-Autumn festival which this year falls on the 13th.
Thank you my Princess … see you next week 🙂
Quotes for the classroom
2nd September 2020
Today is Independence Day in Vietnam, so let’s start with Uncle Ho, Ho Chi Minh (1890 – 1969). He has some very sage advise, especially for Vietnamese students:
“We need to work much harder.”
Don’t take my word for it, listen to Uncle Ho. Now, let’s go back to Ancient China and listen to Master Kong … Kong Fuzi … Latinised as Confucius (551 BC – 479 BC):
Moving forward, and westward, we come to Ancient Greece and the philosophy of Aristotle (384 BC – 322 BC). I think he deserves two quotes n’est-ce pas ?
Our inspirational journey takes us my homeland, a “Precious stone set in the silver sea,” (Shakespeare, and more from the Bard, later). The court of Queen Elizabeth, and her adviser and alchemist, the mysterious John Dee (1527 – 1608 or 1609), furthermore, the man credited with coining the phrase “British Empire.”
As promised, something from Shakespeare (1564 – 1616)
I totally agree. The quote is from Henry VI, Part II.
Finally … Nelson Mandela (1918 – 2013):
Young Learners classroom games: word battleship, snakes and ladders.
24th August 2020
I’ve spent so much time reading books about classroom activities, looking at websites and blogs only to reject the vast majority as not being suitable for my level of students. Here are a couple of games that have been successful over the years, in different centres and with different ages, though I usually employ them with students aged between 6 and 10. Adapt them as you wish, and have fun.
Word Battleship
This is based on the old paper and pencil game (later upgraded for the electronic and computer age).
| A | B | C | D | |
| 1 | ||||
| 2 | ||||
| 3 | ||||
| 4 |
Board a grid as above (add more cells as required). Put the class into teams.
[I let them choose their own names, and if a student says, ‘Errrrrr,” then that’s the name I give them … additionally, this always gets a laugh]
Ask the teams questions based on previous lessons, general knowledge, whatever suits your class. You could either elicit an answer from the team as a whole, or individual members.
If the student answers correctly, they are allowed to choose a cell, example “C3.” On a separate sheet, have the same grid with scores assigned to each square. In the example that follows, C3 would score 25 points.
The following questions were used to review past tense grammar, as well as forming collocations:
Put the sentences into the past tense (simple past). Say complete sentence.
1 Last week we learn about technology
2 I buy a new iPhone last night.
3 Michael Jackson write many good songs.
4 Oh, no … I do not do my homework !
5 Have they decide what printer to buy ?
6 He see all the ‘Avengers’ films in one day !
7 It’s Friday ! I think today was Wednesday !
8 On holiday, I walk along the beach.
9 My grandmother send me an email.
10 Have you play the new video game ?
Complete the collocation
11 (go) to the cinema [I _______ to the cinema]
12 (play) guitar
13 (take) a photo
14 (chat / go) online
15 (do) voluntary work
16 (make) a decision
| A | B | C | D | |
| 1 | 25 | 50 | 10 | 5 |
| 2 | 10 | 25 | 100 | 25 |
| 3 | 50 | 10 | 25 | 5 |
| 4 | 5 | 25 | 10 | 50 |
Snakes and ladders
Another activity based on a classic game. I first used this in a very energetic class of 9 – 11 year olds and, thanks to the size of the room, I was able to draw a grid on the floor and use students as ‘counters’, to move around the ‘board’.
If that isn’t possible, just board a grid like so:
| START | GO FORWARD 2 | |||
| GO BACK 1 | ||||
| GO FORWARD 1 | ||||
| HA HA BACK TO START | ||||
| GO BACK 3 | FINISH |
All you need is a die or dice and different colour board markers. As before, arrange the class in teams, then ask each team a question. The student who answers then throws the die (preferably NOT at the teacher but one thing at a time), and I chart their progress on the board. You can decide whether or not the students need an exact score to land on Finish or not … play it by ear.
[ ‘dice’ is generally accepted for both singular and plural. For English-language learners it’s probably better to use ‘dice’.]
iTalk Lesson Structure: What to expect
7th August 2020
For my iTalk customers, there have been some changes to the lesson structures.
The lessons will focus on vocabulary and pronunciation. We want you to sound like a native-speaker and that means hard work.
From now, the lesson will be arranged as follows:
A quick warm up to practise recent phrases or vocabulary, and to pass the time until all the students arrive.
This will be a chance for you to do some extended talking to develop sentence-building skills, incorporate idioms, expressions and prepare yourself for a speaking lesson.
The main lesson will be the handout ONLY.
Firstly you will learn new vocabulary and practice:
pronunciation, stress and intonation
Next there is usually some listening so you can hear native speakers use these words. The recording will be played two or three times for you to hear and copy.
Next up is the main language of this lesson. You will repeat these expressions several times and test each other. During this time, the teacher will listen and give guidance.
The idea is for you to sound like a native-speaker. You will ONLY achieve that by practice and practice.
Finally, the remainder of the lesson is for YOU to practice using the language, in various scenarios. I recommend changing speaking partners. Practice means repeating and improving.
Practice does NOT MEAN saying the text once, as quickly as possible, then declaring, “Teacher, finished !”
The teacher is here to help YOU learn.
We are not here to entertain you.
I will not tolerate any sarcasm, rudeness, insults or disrespect.
In the event that I have been insulted or disrespected, I shall end the lesson and you can answer for your actions to the management
I do not plan these lessons – it is just my job to deliver them and help your pronunciation
YOU chose the lesson … if you are bored, that is not my problem. This is a language school not an entertainment centre.
QI: Quite interesting
27th July 2020
QI – Interesting facts
1 Under extreme high pressure, diamonds can be made from peanut butter.
2 Women buy 80% of everything that is for sale.
3 In ancient Greek the word “idiot” meant anyone who wasn’t a politician.
4 Just like humans, British cows moo in regional accents.
5 Until 1913, children in America could legally be sent by parcel post.
6 Americans eat 10 billion doughnuts every year.
7 A group of kittens is called “a kindle”.
8 Albert Einstein claimed that his second best idea was to boil his eggs in his soup, thereby saving on washing up.
9 Science students who wear white lab coats perform better in tests.
10 Hewlett Packard printer ink is 20 times more expensive than 2003 Dom Perignon
For the teacher:
Silent letters in words such as “knife” and “psychic” are called aphthongs.
Three English poems and some Shakespeare
19th July 2020
W.H. Auden
1907 – 1973
Are you there ?
Each lover has some theory of his own
About the difference between the ache
Of being with his love, and being alone:
Why what, when dreaming, is dear flesh and bone
That really stirs the senses, when awake,
Appears a simulacrum of his own.
Narcissus disbelieves in the unknown;
He cannot join his image in the lake
So long as he assumes he is alone.
The child, the waterfall, the fire, the stone,
Are always up to mischief, though, and take
The universe for granted as their own.
The elderly, like Proust, are always prone
To think of love as a subjective fake;
The more they love, the more they feel alone.
Whatever view we hold, it must be shown
Why every lover has a wish to make
Some kind of otherness his own:
Perhaps, in fact, we never are alone.
John Betjemin
1906 – 1984
This poem is about a small industrial town, outside of London. The poet criticises the place for its lack of culture and atmosphere, and the people for being mediocre. The place is pronounced ‘sl – owl’ to rhyme with ‘cow’ and ‘now’.
Slough
Come friendly bombs and fall on Slough!
It isn’t fit for humans now,
There isn’t grass to graze a cow.
Swarm over, Death!
Come, bombs and blow to smithereens
Those air -conditioned, bright canteens,
Tinned fruit, tinned meat, tinned milk, tinned beans,
Tinned minds, tinned breath.
Mess up the mess they call a town-
A house for ninety-seven down
And once a week a half a crown
For twenty years.
And get that man with double chin
Who’ll always cheat and always win,
Who washes his repulsive skin
In women’s tears:
And smash his desk of polished oak
And smash his hands so used to stroke
And stop his boring dirty joke
And make him yell.
But spare the bald young clerks who add
The profits of the stinking cad;
It’s not their fault that they are mad,
They’ve tasted Hell.
It’s not their fault they do not know
The birdsong from the radio,
It’s not their fault they often go
To Maidenhead
And talk of sport and makes of cars
In various bogus-Tudor bars
And daren’t look up and see the stars
But belch instead.
In labour-saving homes, with care
Their wives frizz out peroxide hair
And dry it in synthetic air
And paint their nails.
Come, friendly bombs and fall on Slough
To get it ready for the plough.
The cabbages are coming now;
The earth exhales.
Slough
Philip Larkin
1922 – 1985
Toads
Why should I let the toad work
Squat on my life?
Can’t I use my wit as a pitchfork
And drive the brute off ?
Six days of the week it soils
With its sickening poison –
Just for paying a few bills!
That’s out of proportion.
Lots of folk live on their wits:
Lecturers, lispers,
Losels, loblolly-men, louts-
They don’t end as paupers;
Lots of folk live up lanes
With fires in a bucket,
Eat windfalls and tinned sardines-
they seem to like it.
Their nippers have got bare feet,
Their unspeakable wives
Are skinny as whippets – and yet
No one actually starves.
Ah, were I courageous enough
To shout Stuff your pension!
But I know, all too well, that’s the stuff
That dreams are made on:
For something sufficiently toad-like
Squats in me, too;
Its hunkers are heavy as hard luck,
And cold as snow,
And will never allow me to blarney
My way of getting
The fame and the girl and the money
All at one sitting.
I don’t say, one bodies the other
One’s spiritual truth;
But I do say it’s hard to lose either,
When you have both.
William Shakespeare
1564 – 1616
Hamlet, Act II, Scene II
Ham. I will tell you why; so shall my anticipation prevent your discovery, and your secrecy to the king and queen moult no feather. I have of late,—but wherefore I know not,—lost all my mirth, forgone all custom of exercises; and indeed it goes so heavily with my disposition that this goodly frame, the earth, seems to me a sterile promontory; this most excellent canopy, the air, look you, this brave o’erhanging firmament, this majestical roof fretted with golden fire, why, it appears no other thing to me but a foul and pestilent congregation of vapours. What a piece of work is a man! How noble in reason! how infinite in faculty! in form, in moving, how express and admirable! in action how like an angel! in apprehension how like a god! the beauty of the world! the paragon of animals! And yet, to me, what is this quintessence of dust? man delights not me; no, nor woman neither, though, by your smiling, you seem to say so.
Subject Index
Seahorse Productions: my films, theatre and writing
Ao Tuong (dreams) 2020 // short film // Seahorse Productions 30th April 2020
Bad Faith 2005 // short film // Seahorse Productions 6th May 2020
Inferno 2007 // short film // Seahorse Productions 25th May 2020
Shadow Sonata 2014 // short film // Seahorse Productions 8th June 2020
Steppenwolf (2008) 2014 // short film // Seahorse Productions 15th May 2020
Waiting Fo(u)r Godard // one-actor play / Royalty-free // Seahorse Productions 5th September 2020
Cinema
The Cranes Are Flying // USSR, 1957 (Dir: Kalatozov) // Cinema // 13th June 2020
Distracted // UK, 2018 (Dir James Devereaux) // 9th August 2020
Harold Lloyd // Hooray for Harold Lloyd // 28th June 2020
Noirish Project // UK, 2018 (Dir James Devereaux) // 11th July 2020
Subject // Lesson // Date
Ancient Egypt // Teenagers: Architecture & Mythology // 13th March 2020
Ancient Greece // Teenagers: Architecture & Mythology // 13th March 2020
Apple iPhones // Adult C, L 3 // 14 November 2019
Apple workers in China // IELTS // 30th July 2019
April 30th Vietnam // Adult Speaking Class, level 3: April 30th // 5th April 2020
Arabian Nights // Adult Speaking Class, level 2, Part 6 24th January 2020
Area 51 // Adult C, L 3 // 12 November 2019
Architecture // Adult professionals // architecture
Architecture: Burj Khalife & Willis Tower // Adult professionals. Mechanics, Part 3 // 7th Feb 2020
Architecture: giving opinions // Adult Speaking Class, level 2 // 9th April 2020
Art // Adult C, L 1 // 12 & 19 December 2018
Art: giving opinion // Adult Speaking Class, level 3: Art // 13th April 2020
Art: DaDa & Surrealism // Adult Speaking Class, level 3: Dali, Dada & Surrealism // 23rd April 2020
Australia // IELTS 5-6.5 // 21st August 2019
Bad Day – create narrative // IELTS, Lesson 3 // 19th January 2019
Banks // Adult Speaking Class, L2 Part 2
Beginners’ English
https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2019/12/11/beginners-english/
The verb ‘to like’ // Beginners’ English // 24th June 42020
Grammar exercises // Beginners’ English // 23rd June 2020
Grammar past continuous // Beginners’ English // 2nd July 2020
How was your day ? // Beginners’ English // 26th May 2020
Introductions // Beginners’ English: dialogues // 5th June 2020
Introducing Yourself // Beginners’ English: dialogues // 25th June 2020
Past continuous // Beginners’ English: I was reading your blog // 2nd July 2020
Past tense pronunciation // Beginners’ English: The past is passed // 7th July 2020
Sentence building & irregular verbs // Beginners’ English // 27th May 2020
Sentence building // Beginners’ English // 5th June 2020
Sentence building // Beginners’ English // 24th June 2020
Useful sounds ‘en’ and letter ‘g’ // Beginners’ English // 20th May 2020
Vowels and it’s a / it’s an // Beginners’ English: vowels // 20th May 2020
What did you do yesterday ? // Beginners’ English // 26th May 2020
What’s it for ? // Beginners’ English // 25th June 2020
Bonfire, Guy Fawkes // Adult C, L 3 // 5th November 2019
Bonfire Night // Young Learners 4 // 9th November 2019
Boys’ Night Out // Adult C, L 3 // 3rd December 2019
Bristol, UK // Young Teens // 21st February 2019
Business English
Accountancy // Business English: Accountancy // 6th May 2020
Business chat and idioms // Business English: Office chat // 29th April 2020
Business email writing // Business English // email writing // 8th March 2020
Business icons // Adult C, L 3 // 5th November 2019 (S. Jobs, M. Zuckerberg, Pham Nhat Vuong)
Business meetings // Business English: Time management // 29th April 2020
Cars // Adult pros // Adult mechanics: What can go wrong ?
Castles in Europe // Adult C, L 1 // 2 January 2019
Character building // Adult Speaking Class, Level 3: Character development // 18th June 2020
Christmas food in UK // Adult Speaking Class, Level 3: food // 19th April 2020
Cinema choice // Adult Speaking Class, Level 2: Cinema // 9th May 2020
Cities (UK) and areas // IELTS // 31st December 2018
Clothes // Adult Speaking Class, Level 2: Describing clothes // 19th March 2020
Coffee in Viet Nam // Adult Speaking Class, level 2
Coffee in Viet Nam // Adult Speaking Class, Level 2, Part 4
Complaining // Adult C, L 3 // 18th March 2019
Complaints // IELTS: Making complaints // 24th July 2020
Computers // Adult C, L 1 // 20th February 2019
Concorde // Adult professionals. Mechanics, Part 3 // 7th Feb 2020
Corona Virus in Vietnam // IELTS 4 – 5 // Implementing precautions // 25th March 2020
Corona Virus: news from UK // Listening Exercises, Corona Special // 6th April 2020
Countries (Brazil, Canada, Sth Korea, Egypt) // Young Learners 2 // 1st June 2019
Countries (VN, UK, Mexico, Russia) // Young Learners 3 // 7th September 2019
Countries // Young Learners 5 // 27th October 2019
Cracking codes // Young Learners 5 // 17th November 2019
Creative writing // Adult Speaking Class, Level 3: Storytelling // 29th March 2020
Creative writing // Adult Speaking Class, Level 3: Storytelling part 2 // 30th March 2020
Crime and punishment // Adult Speaking Class, Level 3. Theme: Crime & Punishment
Culture shock // Adult C, L 3 // 15th January 2019
Easter // Adult Speaking Class, Level 2 // 1st January 2020
Emotions // Young Learners 3 // 6th July 2019
English for engineers, mechanics, science: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/category/adult-professionals/
Enigma machine // Young Learners 5 // 17th November 2019
Entropy // Adult professionals. Mechanics, Part 3 // 7th Feb 2020
Environment // Adult professionals // Adult mechanics: What can go wrong ?
Explorers // Young Learners 5 // 10th November 2019
Family // Adult C, L 3 // 6th November 2019
Flea markets // Adult Speaking Class, Level 2: Gift of the gab // 10th May 2020
Food
Food (Korea, Germany, UK Christmas, Vietnam traditional) // Adult Speaking Class, Level 2, Theme: food https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2020/01/22/adult-speaking-class-level-3-theme-food/
Food (healthy or snack) // Young Learners 3 // 13th July 2019
Food (Sweden) // Young Learners 2 // 18th May 2019
Food (4 countries) // Young Learners 3 // 6th July 2019
Food // Sai Gon street food // Sai Gon General Notes // Street Food Summer 2020 // 22nd Sept 2020
Fortune telling // Adult C, L 1 // 30th January 2019
Fortune telling // Young Teens // 31st January 2019
Friction // Adult professionals. Mechanics, Part 3 // 7th Feb 2020
Germany // Adult Speaking Class, Level 3. Theme: Germany // 26th February 2020
Greece – land and myths // Young Learners 5 // 6th October 2019
Greek Myths – Theseus // Public Speaking for Young Learners // 17th August 2020
Hair styles // Adult C, L 1 // 19th October 2019
Hang Soon Dong cave // Young Teens // 27th February 2019
Health // Young Learners 3 // 17th August 2019
Health // Adult Speaking Class, Level 3. Theme: Health // 27th January 2020
Hotels // Adult Speaking Class, Level 3. Theme: Hotels // 8th February 2020
How was your day // Adult Speaking Class, level 1: How was your day ? // 5th April 2020
Idioms
Idioms & expressions // Adult Speaking Class, Level 2, Part 4
Idioms: food // Adult Speaking Class, Level 3: food // 19th April 2020
Idioms: a piece of cake // Teaching Notes // 1st June 2020
Idioms: are you pulling my leg ? // Teaching Notes // 2nd June 2020
Idioms: everyday idioms, everyday // Teaching Notes // 3rd June 2020
Idioms: part 3 extended idioms use // Teaching Notes // 4th June 2020
IELTS: Mindset Introduction // IELTS // 23rd June 2020
IELTS: Mindset 2 Introduction // Language I expect // IELTS // 15th July 2020
India // IELTS: Hello, India // 24th January 2020
Insults and disrespect // Adult Speaking Class, Level 3. Theme: Causing offence // 3rd Feb 2020
Internet // Adult C, L 1 // 20th February 2019
Internet use by area and gender // Adult C, L 1 // 20th February 2019
Information from poster // Adult Speaking Class, Level 1: information // 16th April 2020
Japan // Adult Speaking Class, Level 2, Part 6, 25th January 2020
Jazz music // Adult Speaking Class, Level 2, Part 4
Job interviews // Adult Speaking Class, Level 3. Theme: Job interviews // 12th Feb 2020
Kindle // IELTS 5 – 6.5. Writing example // 15th March 2020
Landmark 81 // Adult Professionals / Mechanics Part 2 // 23rd January 2020
Letter ‘t’ // KG 1 // 5th May 2019
Listening exercises:
Teaching clips and exercises: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2019/01/23/listening-skills-tips-and-links/
Listening to native and non-native speakers: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2019/12/30/listening-skills-real-english-native-and-non-native-speakers/
Listening to Photography and photos descriptions // Adult Speaking Class, Level 2, // 25th April 2020
Listening: real-life clips //20th April 2020
Listening TOEIC practice // Adult Speaking Class, Level 2, Part 3
Listening to computer safety // Listening exercises // 13th May 2020
Listening to COVID 19 news / Listening Exercises, Corona Special // 6th April 2020
Listening to Having a meal // Adult Speaking Class, Level 2: Recent review // 28th June 2020
Listening to London guide // Adult Speaking Class, Level 2: London // 22nd May 2020
Listening to Taiwan news stories (WHO) // Taiwan: Listening Extra 12th April 2020
Listening to Top Gear // Top Gear Special: What can go wrong ? // 28th April 2020
Listening to UK news // Adult pros// Adult mechanics: What can go wrong ?
Listening to UK train prices // Adult Speaking Class, Level 2, Part 5
Listening to UK TV // Adult professionals // Adult mechanics: What can go wrong ?
Listening to USA children speak // Adult C, L 1 // 20th February 2019
News with Vietnamese subtitles // Adult Speaking Class, Level 3 // 11th March 2020
Loch Ness Monster // Adult C, L 3 // 12 November 2019
London
London // Adult Speaking Class, Level 3. Theme: London 3rd March 2020
London // Adult Speaking Class, Level 3. Theme: London Part 2 5th March 2020
London directions and Leytonstone // Adult Speaking Class, Level 2: London // 29th June 2020
London history and architecture // Adult Speaking Class, Level 2: London // 18th April 2020
London street market // Adult C, L 3 // 14 November 2019
London tourism // Adult C, L 3 // 21st November 2019
London: what to see // Adult Speaking Class, Level 2: London // 22nd May 2020
London: unusual buildings // IELTS / Adult Speaking Class, Level 2 // 6th September 2020
Love and dating // Adult Speaking Class. Theme: Love & marriage
Love and marriage // Adult Speaking Class. Theme: Love & marriage Part 2
Love, marriage, children // Adult Speaking Class. Theme: Love & marriage Part 3
Love, marriage // Adult Speaking Class, Level 3 // Married Life, phrasal verbs // 19th Sept 2020
May Day – history, myth and politics //Adult Speaking Class, Level 2: May Day // 5th May 2020
Making excuses IELTS // Speaking exercises // small talk & making excuses // 12th May 2020
Manufacturing in Vietnam // IELTS // 30th July 2019
McDonalds // Adult Speaking Class, level 2
Mobile phones // Adult C, L 3 // 8th January 2019
Money // Adult C, L 3 // 14 November 2019
Money // Adult Speaking Class, Level 2, Part 3
Murder mysteries // Adult C, L 3 // 12th November 2019
Olympics (London, Beijing) // Adult Professionals // 10th February 2019
Orion constellation // Teenagers: Architecture & Mythology // 13th March 2020
Personality adjectives // Adult Speaking Class, Level 3, Personality adjectives // 7th June 2020
Photography and photos // Adult Speaking Class, Level 2, Part 4
Photography and photos descriptions (advanced) // Adult Speaking Class, Level 2, // 25th April 2020
The plague // Adult C, L 1 // 12 & 19 December 2018
Poland salt mine // Adult Speaking Class, Level 2
Politics // Adult Speaking Class, Level 3
Presentation skills // Teenagers // 20th January 2019
Pyramids // Teenagers: Architecture & Mythology // 13th March 2020
QI – Quite Interesting facts // Teaching Notes // 27th July 2020
Reading practice // Adult Speaking Class, Level 3. Theme: Crime & Punishment
Robots in industry // Adult professionals // Adult mechanics: What can go wrong ?
Rolex // Adult C, L 3 // 14th November 2019
Russia // Adult C, L 3 // 4th December 2019
Sai Gon for kids //Young Learners 4 // 23rd November 2019
Schools in UK // IELTS: UK school system // IELTS // 17th September 2020
Shinkanshen (Bullet Train) // Adult professionals. Mechanics, Part 3 // 7th Feb 2020
Shopping
Shopping // Adult Speaking Class, level 2
Shopping // Adult Speaking Class Level 2: Deciding what to buy // 11th May 2020
Shopping, haggling, role – play // Adult Speaking Class Level 2: Going shopping // 7th April 2020
Shop work (role-play) // Young Learners 3 // 3rd August 2019
Shopping (role-play) // Young Learners 3 // 17th August 2019
Shops and shopping // Young Learners 3 // 17th August 2019
Shopping // Adult C, L 3 // 14th November 2019
Shopping // IELTS-level exercises //IELTS, theme: shopping // 5th August 2020
Signs, symbols, icons // 21st August 2019: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2019/08/21/signs-symbols-and-icons-information-and-worksheet/
Small talk // Adult C, L 3 // 26th November 2019
Smoking and No Tobacco Day // Adult Speaking Class, Level 3. Theme: Health // 27th Jan. 2020
Solar system & space // Young Learners 4 // 16th November 2019
Street crime // Adult Speaking Class, Level 3: Street crime // 23rd July 2020
Stereotypes // Adult C, L 3 // 19th August 2019
Stereotypes // Adult Class, Level 3: Generally speaking // 28th April 2020
Stories in basic English // Adult Speaking Class, level 2, Part 6 // 24th January 2020
Sweden // Young Learners 2 // 18th May 2019
Switzerland // Adult Speaking Class, level 3. Theme:Travel // 11th February 2020
Taiwan // Taiwan: Listening Extra 12th April 2020
Tallest, longest, biggest // Young Learners 5 // 10th November 2019
Technology (old) // Young Learners 5 // 17th November 2019
Tet Holiday // Adult C, L 1 // 30th January 2019
Tet Holiday // IELTS // 28th January 2019
Travel
Around the world in 80 minutes // Adult L 1 / Young Learners 5 // 26th July 2020
Holiday plans (Buenos Aires, Nairobi, Copenhagen, Moscow) // A. S. C. Level 2 // 20th May 2020
Holiday projects : Bangkok, Munich, Ha Noi, Egypt, London // A.S.C. Level 3 // 9th June 20202
IELTS Project // Holiday language, prepare an advert, plan a day // IELTS // 16th June 2020
Tourism (Thailand, VN & project) // Teenagers // 20th January 2019
Traffic and travel // Adult Speaking Class. Theme: Traffic
Traffic in Vietnam // Adult C, L 3 // 25th December 2018
Travel: airport to city centre (HCM) // IELTS // 10th February 2019
Travel USA: planning // Adult Speaking Class, level 3: USA sun, surf, sand // 18th May 2020
Travel USA: 3 cities // Adult Speaking Class, level 3: San Fran, Boston, Chicago // 18th May 2020
Tuareg people // Adult Speaking Class, level 3. Theme:Travel // 11th February 2020
Turbulence // Adult Professionals / Mechanics Part 2 // 23rd January 2020
UNESCO // Young Teens // 31st January 2019
UNESCO // Young Teens // 27th February 2019
Van Heusen shirts // Adult C, L 3 // 14th November 2019
Vietnamese cities // Adult C, L 3 // 21st November 2019
Vietnamese places // Young Learners 5 // 27th October 2019
Vietnamese food // Young Teens // 27th February 2019
Vietnamese law and police // Adult C, L 1 // 5th March 2019
War Museum, Sai Gon // Adult Class // 17- 19th December 2019
War Remnants Museums, Sai Gon // Adult Speaking Class, Level 3. Theme: War Museum
Weather: snow and floods // Beginners’ English, Part 2
Workplace: issues & problems // Adult Speaking Class, Level 3. Theme: Work-place problems // 5th February 2020
Yoga & exercise // IELTS writing practice // 25th April 2020
Dialogues
Accountancy & business chat // Business English: Office chat // 6th May 2020
Afternoon plans // Adult Speaking Class, Level 2, Part 4
Beginners‘ short conversations // Beginners’ English: Short dialogues // 8th April 2020
Introductions // Beginners’ English: dialogues // 5th June 2020
Black Friday shopping // Adult Speaking Class, Level 2
Calling a friend at work // Adult Speaking Class, Level 1
Catching up // Adult Speaking Class, Level 2, Part 5
Canada holiday // Adult Speaking Class, level 2, Part 2
Cinema tickets // Adult Speaking Class, Level 2, Part 4
Coffee shop // Adult Speaking Class, Level 2, Part 5
Coffee shop chat // Adult Speaking Class, Level 2, Coffee shop // 11th June
Eating out // Adult Speaking Class, level 2
English course //Adult Speaking Class, Level 3: Dialogue practice // 14th June 2020
Environment // Adult professionals // Adult mechanics: What can go wrong ?
General review: // Adult Speaking Class, level 2: dialogue practice // 4th June 20202
Germany // Adult Speaking Class, Level 3. Theme: Germany // 26th Feb 2020
The gym and keep fit // Adult Speaking Class, Level 3. Theme: Health // 27th January 2020
Idioms & grammar // Adult Speaking Class, level 2: Long time, no see // 12th June 2020
Idiom practice // Cat got your tongue ? // Teaching Notes // 6th June 2020
Law, embezzling // Adult professionals // Adult mechanics: What can go wrong ?
Low-frequency words and phrasal verbs // Adult Speaking Class, level 2, Part 6 24th Jan. 2020
McDonalds ordering food // Adult Speaking Class, level 2
Money // Adult Speaking Class, Level 2, Part 3
New boss // Adult Speaking Class, level 2, Part 2
Office small talk // Adult Speaking Class, level 2 // 15th May 20202
Phrasal verbs & collocations // Teaching Notes // 15th June 2020
Phrasal verbs & idioms // Teaching Notes // 15th June 2020
Poland holiday // Adult Speaking Class, level 2
Present perfect exercises // Adult Class, Level 2 // 4th July 2020
Reflexive verbs // Adult Speaking Class, level 2, Part 2
Russian meets Englishman // Adult C, L 3 // 4th December 2019
Short scenarios // Adult Speaking Class, level 3: Short scenarios // 10th June 2020
Small talk, idioms, dialogue practice // Adult Speaking Class, Level 2 // 8th July 2020
Symbols // Adult Speaking Class, level 2, Part 2
Tet Holiday // IELTS // 28th January 2019
Traffic // Adult C, L 3 // 25th December 2018 //Adult Speaking Class. Theme: Traffic
Famous Quotes
Inspirational quotes https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2020/09/02/quotes-for-the-classroom/
Bible “Whatever a man sows …” // IELTS 5 – 6.5. Writing example // 15th March 2020
David Bowie “Ground control” // Young Learners 4 // 8th June 2019
Chaucer “Time & tide …” // Teenagers: Architecture & Mythology // 13th March 2020
Ho Chi Minh “need to work much harder” // IELTS: Hello, India // 24th January 2020
Shakespeare “All that glisters …” // Adult Speaking Class, Level 2: luxury day // 12th March 2020
Shakespeare “More things in Heaven … ” // Teenagers: Architecture & Mythology // 13 Mch 2020
Shakespeare “To be or not to be” // Adult C, L 2 // 27th May 2019
Shakespeare “We are such stuff …” // Adult C, L 1 // 5th March 2019
Shakespeare “Neither a borrower …” // Adult C, L 3 // 14 November 2019
Shakespeare “All the world’s a stage” // Adult Speaking Class, Level 2, Part 6, 25th January 2020
Tarantino “Shutting your butt down.” // Adult C, L 3 // 26th November 2019
Twin Peaks “Damn fine coffee,” // Young Learners 5 // 17th November 2019
Lao-Tzu ‘Give a man a fish …” // IELTS 5 – 6.5. Writing example // 15th March 2020
Andy Warhol “Famous for 15 mins” // Adult Speaking Class, Level 3, Part 4 // 27th January 2020
Wittgenstein “Limits of my language …” // IELTS // 28th January 2019
Films, TV & Theatre
Around the World in 80 Days // Young Learners 5 // 27th October 2019
Big Bang Theory // Young Learners 5 // 17th November 2019
Blind Date // Adult Speaking Class. Theme: Love & marriage
Car Share // IELTS // 19th February 2019
Chungking Express // Adult C, L 1 // 5th March 2019 /// IELTS // 16th April 2019 /// IELTS // 4th March 2019
Dead Poet Society // Adult C, L 3 // 7th November 2019
Dracula // Adult C, L 1 // 2nd January 2019
Dragon’s Den (US Shark’s Tank) // Adult C, L 3 // 18th March 2019
Far Flung Floyd // Adult professionals // Adult mechanics: What can go wrong ?
Far Flung Floyd // Vietnamese Party Food // 19th May 2020
Four Weddings and a Funeral // Adult Speaking Class. Theme: Love & marriage Part 2
Holidays from Hell // IELTS // 10th February 2019
Ing … // IELTS 5-6.5 // 4th September 2019
Inglorious Besterds // Adult C, L 1 // 26th February 2019
Live and Let Die // Young Teens // 27th February 2019
Lost in Translation // IELTS // What do you like this film ? // 6th April 2020
Man Who Fell To Earth // Young Learners 4 // 16th November 2019
Most Haunted // Adult C, L 1 // 2 January 2019
Nosferatu // Adult C, L 1 // 2 January 2019
The Owl and the Sparrow (Vietnam) // IELTS // 16th April 2019
Psycho // Adult C, L 3 // 12 November 2019
Rebel Without A Cause // Adult C, L 3 // 15 August 2019 12 November 2019
Reservoir Dogs // Adult C, L 3 // 23rd September 2019
Social Network // IELTS 5-6.5 // 4th September 2019 /// Adult C, L 3 // 5th September 2019
Star Wars The Last Jedi // IELTS // 14th January 2019
Summer Holiday //Young Learners 4 // 23rd November 2019
Take Care of my Cat (South Korea) // IELTS // 16th April 2019
Tokyo Story (Japan) // IELTS // 16th April 2019
Top Gear // Adult professionals // Adult mechanics: What can go wrong ?
Top Gear / Vietnam / Porsche challenge / Tesla car / Break for the border /
Twin Peaks // Young Learners 5 // 17th November 2019
2001: A Space Odyssey // Young Learners 4 // 16th November 2019
Waiting For Godot // Adult C, L 1 // 5th March 2019
Grammar
Adjectives // Young Learners 4 // 26th October 2019
Adjectives // Adult Speaking Class, Level 1 // 14th October 2019
Adjectives // Adult C, L 1 // 14th October 2019
Adjectives: order // Adult Speaking Class, Level 2: Describing clothes // 19th March 2020
Adjectives: clothes and materials // Adult Speaking Class, L 2: Describing clothes // 19th March 2020
Adjectives: describing people // Adult Speaking Class, L 3: Describing people // 27th May 2020
Adjectives: personality // Adult Speaking Class, Level 2: What type of person ? // 19th June 2020
Adjectives: personality // Adult Speaking Class, Level 2: Extended exercises // 20th June 2020
Adjectives: personality // Adult Speaking Class, Level 3: // 21st June 2020
Adjectives // Adult Speaking Class, Level 3, Personality adjectives // 7th June 2020
Adjectives: people and hair // Adult Speaking Class, Level 1 // 14th October 2019
Adverbs // Young Teens // 21st February 2019
Adverb + adjectives // Young Learners 4 // 16th November 2019
Adverbs of degree // Adult Speaking Class, Level 2, Part 4
Adverbs of degree // Adult Speaking Class, Level 3, Part 4 // 27th January 2020
Adverbs of frequency // Adult Speaking Class, Level 2, Quick review // 7th June 2020
Adverbs of frequency // Adult Speaking Class, Level 1, How often do you … ? // 16th August 2020
Adverbs & expressions // // Adult Speaking Class, Level 2: Adverbs // 26th June 2020
Adverb exercise // IELTS: use adverbs frequently // 3rd July 2020
Creative writing // Adult Speaking Class, Level 3: Storytelling part 2 // 30th March 2020
As … as // Adult Speaking Class, Level 3, Part 5 // 4th February 2020
Auxiliary (helping) verbs // Beginners’ English: Sentence Building // 16th March 2020
Can, could, be able to // Adult C, L 3 // 12th December 2019
Collocations // Adult Speaking Class, level 2: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2020/01/18/adult-speaking-class-level-2-collocations/
Collocations // Adult Speaking Class, level 2: More collocations // 16th May 2020
Contractions (video) // Beginners’ English, Part 2
Discourse Markers // IELTS 5-6.5 // 25th September 2019 /// IELTS // 7th January 2019 //// IELTS 5 – 6.5. Writing example // 15th March 2020
First & second conditional // Adult C, L 3 // 22nd April 2019
Future plans Signs // Young Learners 4 // 22nd June 2019
Future plans // Young Learners 4 // 9th November 2019
Future plans // Adult Speaking Class, level 1: What will you do ? // 24th April 2020
Future tense // Adult C, L 3 // 6th November 2019
Have to or must ? // Adult Speaking Class, level 2 // 20th December 2019
Have to or must ? // Beginners’ English // 1st July 2020
Idioms // IELTS 5 – 6.5. Writing example // 15th March 2020
Idioms // Adult Speaking Class / IELTS: Right up your street // 26th August 2020
Idioms // Adult Speaking Class, level 2: In order to improve // 30th June 2020
Idioms, expression practice // Adult Speaking Class, Level 3 // New slang // 15th July 2020
IELTS
Pre-IELTS challenge: creative writing, plan a day, pronunciation // Adult Class L 3 // 30th May 2020
IELTS: Adverb exercise // use adverbs frequently // 3rd July 2020
IELTS: Mindset first day warm up // IELTS: Mindset // 23rd June 2020
IELTS: warm up games // https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2019/02/25/ielts-warm-up-games/
IELTS: vocabulary building // IELTS: Vocabulary activities // 24th April 2020
IELTS // idioms and vocabulary games // Preparing for speaking test // 15th May 20202
Modal verbs // Adult Speaking Class, Level 2 // 25th July 2020
‘ness’ or ‘ment’ ? // IELTS // 28th January 2019
Past continuous // Young Teens // 17th January 2019
Past continuous // Adult Class, Level 3 // 23rd September 2019
Past continuous exercises // Beginners’ English, Part 2
Past perfect // Adult Class, Level 3 // 23rd September 2019
Past simple // Adult Class, Level 3 // 23rd September 2019
Past simple & past continuous exercise // Adult Speaking Class, Level 1 // 16th August 2020
Past tense // Beginners’ English // Beginners’ English Part 4
Past tense exercise // Adult Speaking Class, L2 Part 2
Past tense exercise // Beginners’ English, Part 2
Past tense past continuous exercises // Teaching Notes // 12th July 2020
Past tense pronunciation // Beginners’ English: The past is passed // 7th July 2020
Past tense & past continuous // Adult Speaking Class, Level 2: Grammar quiz // 27th June 2020
Past tense & past perfect/ // Adult Speaking Class, L 2: Grammar – perfect form // 25th May 2020
Phrasal verbs // Adult Speaking Class. Theme: Love & marriage Part 3
Phrasal verbs & collocations // Beginners’ English Part 4
Phrasal verb exercises // Teaching Notes: Phrasal verbs // 16th June 2020
Possessives // Young Learners 3 // 7th September 2019
Present continuous (house plan) // Adult Speaking Class, Level 3, Part 4 // 27th January 2020
Present perfect exercises // 6th September 2020 // Beginners’ English // Adult Speaking Class Level 1: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2020/09/06/present-perfect-exercises/
Present perfect exercises // Adult Class, Level 2 // 4th July 2020
Present perfect exercises // Beginners’ English
Present perfect // Adult Class, Level 3 // 23rd September 2019
Present perfect (have you ever ?) // Adult C, L 1 // 26th February 2019
Present perfect (for & since) // Adult C, L 3 // 21st November 2019
Present perfect review // Adult C, L 1 // 5th March 2019
Regular & irregular verbs // Beginners’ English Part 4
Reflexive verbs // Adult Speaking Class, Level 2 Part 2
Relative clauses // Adult Class, Level 3 // 5th November 2019
Relative pronouns // IELTS 5-6.5 // 25th September 2019 / // Adult C, L 3 // 5th November 2019
Relative pronouns quiz // IELTS Review // vocabulary, discourse, sentence building // 25th June 2020
Relative pronouns // IELTS // 1st July 2020
Reported Speech // Adult C, L 3 // 8th October 2019
Reported Speech // Adult Speaking Class, Level 3, Part 5 // 4th February 2020
Review (irregular verbs, adverbs) // Adult Speaking Class, Level 2, Quick review // 7th June 2020
Sentence correction (basic) // Young Learners 4 // 16th November 2019
Similes // Adult Speaking Class, Level 3, Part 5 // 4th February 2020
Tag questions // Adult C, L 3 // 15 August 2019 12 November 2019
Third Conditional // Adult C, L 3 // 22nd October 2019
Third conditional // Adult Speaking Class, Level 2, Part 3
Third Conditional exercise // Adult Speaking Class, Level 3: Third Conditional 23 Jan 2020
15 most common verbs // Adult C, L 3 // 23rd September 2019 // Beginners’ English Part 4 //
Verb ‘to have’ & Viet translation // Young Learners 1 // 16th March 2019
Verb ‘to have’ // Young Learners 1 // 26th May 2019
Verb ‘need’ // Adult Speaking Class, Level 1:What do you need ? // 21st May 2020
What do they like ? // Adult Speaking Class, Level 1:What do they like ? // 22nd June 2020
Games
Adult level activities (compilation) // Adult C, L 3 // 27th November 2019
https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2019/11/27/adult-class-level-3-games-without-frontiers/
Activity sheet for young learners // Young Learners 2 // 25th August 2019
Activity sheet (3) // Young Learners 3 // 14th December 2019
Activity sheet (4) // Young Learners 4 // 7th December 2019
Anecdotes // Young Teens // 17th January 2019
Birthday horseshoe // Young Teens // 29th November 2018
Blind Date // Adult C, L 1 // 20th February 2019
Break a code // Young Learners 5 // 17th November 2019
Call My Bluff // Teenagers // 12th January 2019
Call My Bluff // IELTS 5-6.5 // 28th August 2019
Call My Bluff // Adult C, L 3 // 26th November 2019
Can you see … (a frog ?) // Young Learners 1 // 24th April 2019
Chinese Whispers // IELTS 5-6.5 // 4th September 2019
Countries // Young Learners 3 // 7th September 2019
Describe an everyday object // Adult Speaking Class, Level 3. Theme: London 3rd March 2020
Describe the people (photo back to board) // Adult C, L 3 // 8th October 2019
Desert Survival // Adult C, L 3 // 27th November 2019
Exchanging information // Adult Speaking Class, Level 2, Part 6, 25th January 2020
Eyewitness // Adult Speaking Class, Level 3. Theme: Crime & Punishment
Family Fortunes // Young Teens // 27th February 2019
Family Fortunes // Adult C, L 3 // 6th November 2019
Family Fortunes // Adult C, L 3 // 27th November 2019
Food – organise a work party // Adult Speaking Class, Level 3, Part 5 // 4th February 2020
Fortune Teller // Young Teens // 31st January 2019 (// Adult C, L 3 // 12th December 2019)
Four People (likes, dislikes etc) // Young Teens // 21st February 2019
Friends (hobbies and creativity) // Young Learners 4 // 1st May 2019
Friends (job and personality) // Adult C, L 3 // 27th November 2019
Friends (men) // Teenagers // 12th January 2019 https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2018/12/28/friends-men-teaching-sheet/
Gather information (countries) // Young Learners 5 // 29th August 2019
Guess the countries (pictures) Signs // Young Learners 4 // 22nd June 2019
Guess the music (countries) // Young Learners 5 // 27th October 2019
Horseshoe Birthday // Young Teens // 29th November 2018
Interview your (famous) partner // Adult Speaking Class, Level 3, Part 4 // 27th January 2020
Just a Minute // Adult C, L 3 // 14 November 2019
Just a Minute // Adult C, L 3 // 21 November 2019
Magic bag // Young Learners 2 // 26th April 2019
Make a presentation (famous people) // Adult C, L 3 // 23rd September 2019
Match the image to the fact // Young Teens // 31st January 2019
Mime // Young Learners 3 // 7th September 2019
Mr Paul’s Wonderful Store // Adult Speaking Class, Level 2: Gift of the gab // 10th May 2020
New Persona // Adult C, L 3 // 21st November 2019
Picture description // Adult Speaking Class, Level 3, Part 6 // 8th February 2020
Plan a day for visitors // Adult Speaking Class, Level 3, Part 4 // 27th January 2020
Plan a day out (children) //Young Learners 4 // 23rd November 2019
Plan a luxury day // Adult Speaking Class, Level 2: luxury day // 12th March 2020
Presentation: Vietnamese cities // Adult C, L 3 // 21st November 2019
Role-play: Job markets and interviews // Business English: Role-playing 6 – 8 May 2020
Role-play: shopping// IELTS 5-6.5 // 28th August 2019
Role-play: shopping // Adult C, L 3 // 14 November 2019
Role-play: shopping & haggling // Adult Speaking Class Level 2: Going shopping // 7th April 2020
Run and Write (past tense) // Young Learners 5 // 29th August 2019
Run and Write (personal likes) // Young Teens // 29th November 2018
Run and Write // Young Teens // 27th February 2019
Runaround // Young Learners 4 // 9th November 2019
Runaround (space) // Young Learners 4 // 16th November 2019
Runaround // Young Learners 5 // 10th November 2019
Screen Test //Young Learners 4 // 23rd November 2019
Sentence rewrite // Young Teens // 29th November 2018
Shopping on a budget // Young Learners 3 // 17th August 2019
Sticky ball (animals) // KG Safari 1 // 2nd March 2019
Stop the Bus // Young Teens // 27th February 2019
travel:plan a luxury day //Adult Class, L 3 // 14th November 2019
True or false (3 statements) // Teenagers // 12th January 2019
True or false (4 photos) // Teenagers // 12th January 2019
TV talkshow interview // Young Learners 4 // 1st June 2019
What difference (definitions) // IELTS 5-6.5 // 25th September 2019
What do you see (cartoon picture) ? // Young Learners 2 // 25th August 2019
What happened next ? (video clips) // Young Teens // 31st January 2019 ( Adult C, L 3 // 12th December 2019)
What my friends can so in Sai Gon / / IELTS 5-6.5 // 21st August 2019
What happens next (video clips) // Adult C, L 1 // 30th January 2019
What would you do IF … // Adult C, L 1 // 2 January 2019
What’s My Line // Adult C, L 3 // 3rd December 2019
What’s the story (Tom Cruise) // Young Teens // 17th January 2019
What’s the Story (Chinese film) // IELTS 5-6.5 // 11th September 2019
Where am I going ? (info gathering) Signs // Young Learners 4 // 15th June 2019
Where am I going ? //Young Learners 4 // 23rd November 2019
Whisper run ‘n’ write // Young Learners 3 // 13th July 2019
Word bomb (hobbies) // Young Teens // 29th November 2018
Young Learners, warm-ups games and surveys // 2nd August 2020
Young Learners classroom games // Word Battleship, Snakes & Ladders // 24th August 2020
Young Learners, Level 2 // Classroom Activities // 26th September 2020: (Mid Autumn Festival video) https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2020/09/26/young-learners-level-2/
Student surveys
Are you able to ? // Adult C, L 3 // 12th December 2019
Future activities // Adult C, L 1 // 30th January 2019
General questions // Adult C, L 3 // 8th January 2019
Hobbies // Young Teens // 29th November 2018
Young Learners, warm-ups games and surveys // 2nd August 2020
IELTS introduction // IELTS // 31st December 2018
Internet survey // Adult C, L 1 // 20th February 2019
Mobile phone survey // Adult C, L 3 // 21st November 2019
What did you do / like // Young Learners 4 // 1st May 2019
Where do you want to go ? // Young Teens // 27th February 2019
Music
Abba ‘Mamma Mia’ // Young Learners 2 // 18th May 2019
The Archies ‘Sugar, Sugar’ // KG 1 // 5th May 2019
Louis Armstrong ‘Hello Dolly’ // Young Learners 2 // 26th April 2019
Louis Armstrong ‘Wonderful World’ // Young Learners 2 // 1st June 2019
The Bangles ‘Walk Like An Egyptian’ // Young Learners 2 // 1st June 2019
The Beatles ‘I’ll Be Back’ // Adult Speaking Class, Level 1
Beatles ‘Can’t Buy Me Love’ // Adult C, L 3 // 14 November 2019
David Bowie ‘Changes’ // IELTS // 16th April 2019
David Bowie ‘Space Oddity’ // Young Learners 4 // 16th November 2019
Bucks Fizz ‘Making Your Mind Up’ // Adult C, L 2 // 27th May 2019
Chic ‘Good Times’ // IELTS 5-6.5 // 25th September 2019
The Coasters ‘Poison Ivy’ // Teenagers: Architecture & Mythology // 13th March 2020
The Deep Six ‘It’s Happening’ // IELTS 5-6.5 // 25th September 2019
Bob Dylan ‘Times They Are A-Changin’ // Adult C, L 3 // 3rd December 2019
Eifel 65 ‘Move Your Body’ // KG Safari 1 // 2nd March 2019
Flying Lizards ‘Money’ // Adult C, L 3 // 14 November 2019
Human League ‘Don’t You Want Me ?’ // IELTS: Going for a song // 21st August 2020
James ‘Sit Down’ // KG 1 // 24th January 2019
Gene Kelly ‘Singing in the Rain’ // Young Learners 3 // 17th August 2019
Gladys Knight ‘Baby, Don’t Change Your Mind’ // IELTS // 16th April 2019
Kraftwerk ‘The Model’ // Young Learners 5 // 17th November 2019
Kraftwerk ‘We Are The Robots’ // KG 1 // 24th January 2019
Ali Hassan Kuban ‘Habibi’ // Teenagers: Architecture & Mythology // 13th March 2020
Led Zepplin ‘Whole Lotta Love’ // Adult C, L 1 // 12 & 19 December 2018
John Lennon ‘Starting Over’ // IELTS 5-6.5 // 14th August 2019
John Lennon ‘Imagine’ // IELTS 5-6.5 // 25th September 2019
Lykki Li ‘Little Bit’ // Young Learners 4 // 1st May 2019
Don McLean ‘Vincent’ // Young Learners 4 // 26th October 2019
Men At Work ‘Down Under’ // IELTS 5-6.5 // 21st August 2019
Paul McCartney ‘Another Day’ // Adult Speaking Class, level 2
Kylie Minogue ‘can’t get you’ // IELTS // 21st January 2019
Nirvana ‘Teen Spirit’ // IELTS 5-6.5 // 25th September 2019
Ohio Express ‘Yummy, Yummy, Yummy’ // KG 1 // 5th May 2019
Otis Redding “Dock of the Bay’ // IELTS // 16th April 2019
REM ‘Stand’ // KG 1 // 24th January 2019
Cliff Richard ‘Summer Holiday’ // Young Learners 4 // 23rd November 2019
Russian National Anthem (2 versions) // Young Learners 3 // 7th September 2019
The Sonics ‘Have Love, Will Travel’ // IELTS // 10th February 2019
Spice Girls ‘Tell Me What You Want’ // Young Learners 4 // 9th November 2019
Steppenwolf ‘Born To Be Wild’ // Adult C, L 3 // 22nd April 2019
Stray Cats ‘Strut’ // IELTS 5-6.5 // 25th September 2019
Sweet ‘Love is like Oxygen’ // IELTS 5-6.5 // 25th September 2019
Talking Heads ‘Once In A Lifetime’ // Adult Speaking Class, level 2
Tchaikovsky ‘Swan Lake’ // Adult C, L 3 // 4th December 2019
Tuareg music // Adult Speaking Class, level 3. Theme: Travel // 11th February 2020
10cc ‘Dreadlock Holiday’ // IELTS 5-6.5 // 4th September 2019
Hank Williams ‘I’m so lonesome’ // IELTS // 21st January 2019
‘Run, Rabbit, Run’ // KG 1 // 24th January 2019
People
Alice in Wonderland (book and picture) // Young Learners 4 // 26th October 2019
Archimedes // Adult Professionals. Mechanics. Theme: Archimedes // 26th February 2020
Buzz Aldrin // Young Learners 5 // 10th November 2019
Louis Armstrong // Young Learners 2 // 1st June 2019
Art: Dali, Dada, Surrealism // Adult Speaking Class, level 3: Dali, Dada & Surrealism // 23rd April 2020
Asian salesgirls (mobiles) // Adult C, L 1 // 20th February 2019
David Bowie // Young Learners 4 // 16th November 2019
Isabard Kingdom Brunel // Adult Professionals / Mechanics Part 2 // 23rd January 2020
Fillipo Brunelleschi // Adult professionals // architecture
Robert Capa // Adult Speaking Class, Level 3. Theme: War Museum
Captain Cook // Young Learners 5 // 10th November 2019
Tom Cruise // Young Teens // 17th January 2019
Salvador Dali // Young Teens // 27th February 2019
Salvador Dali // Adult C, L 3 // 23rd September 2019
Dali & his art // Young Learners 4 // 26th October 2019
Dali // Adult Speaking Class, level 3: Dali, Dada & Surrealism // 23rd April 2020
Charles Dickens // Adult Speaking Class, Level 3
Fyodor Dostoevsky // Adult Speaking Class, Level 3. Theme: Crime & Punishment
Nguyen Du (‘Tale of Kieu’) // Young Teens // 17th January 2019
Le Duan // Adult Speaking Class, level 3: April 30th // 5th April 2020
Bob Dylan // Adult C, L 3 // 3rd December 2019 /// Adult C, L 3 / // 19th August 2019
Guy Fawkes // Adult C, L 3 // 5th November 2019
Guy Fawkes // Young Learners 5 // 10th November 2019
Alfred Hitchcock // Adult C, L 3 // 12 November 2019
Sherlock Homes // Adult C, L 3 // 12 November 2019
Lê Hoàng Hùng // Adult C, L 3 // 12 November 2019
James I // Young Learners 5 // 10th November 2019
The Joker (Heath Ledger) // Young Teens // 27th February 2019
Steve Jobs, Mark Zuckerberg, Pham Nhat Vuong //Adult C, L 3 //5th Nov 2019
Scarlett Johannsson // IELTS // What do you like this film ? // 6th April 2020
Kenny Jones // IELTS 5-6.5 // 25th September 2019
Franz Kafka // Adult C, L 3 // 23rd September 2019
Franz Kafka // IELTS 5-6.5 // 25th September 2019
Dr Henry Kissinger // Adult Speaking Class, level 3: April 30th // 5th April 2020
Stanley Kubrick // Young Learners 4 // 16th November 2019
Christopher Lee // Adult C, L 1 // 2 January 2019
Bela Legosi // Adult C, L 1 // 2 January 2019
John Lennon // Adult C, L 3 // 23rd September 2019
John Lennon // IELTS 5-6.5 // 25th September 2019
Wyndham Lewis // Adult C, L 1 // 12 & 19 December 2018
George Mallory // Young Learners 5 // 10th November 2019
Sir Ian McKellen // Adult C, L 1 // 5th March 2019
Man from Taured // Adult C, L 3 // 12 November 2019
Ho Chi Minh // Adult C, L 3 // 23rd September 2019
Ho Chi Minh // IELTS 5-6.5 // 25th September 2019
Wei Minzhi // IELTS 5-6.5 // 25th September 2019
Kim Phuc // Adult Speaking Class, level 3: April 30th // 5th April 2020
Peter O’Toole on Letterman // Young Teens // 17th January 2019
Marco Polo // Young Learners 5 // 10th November 2019
Elvis Presley // Adult Speaking Class, Level 2
REM // Adult Speaking Class, Level 1: information // 16th April 2020
Mies van der Rohe // Adult professionals // architecture
Shakespeare // Adult Speaking Class, Level 3
Ringo Starr // Adult C, L 1 // 5th March 2019
T-ara // Adult C, L 3 // 23rd September 2019
Tchaikovsky // Adult C, L 3 // 4th December 2019
Theseus & the Minotaur // Young Learners 5 // 6th October 2019
Tsai Ing-wen // Taiwan: Listening Extra 12th April 2020
Alan Turing // Young Learners 5 // 17th November 2019
Vlad The impalor // Adult C, L 1 // 2 January 2019
Christop Waltz // Adult C, L 1 // 26th February 2019
Ludwig Wittgenstein // IELTS // 28th January 2019
Natalie Wood // Adult C, L 3 // 15 August 2019 12 November 2019
Photos
Alcimbado // Young Learners 1 // 26th May 2019
Animals // KG 1 // 2nd March 2019
Architectural styles // Adult Speaking Class, level 2 // 9th January 2020
Art // Adult Speaking Class, level 3: Art // 13th April 2020
Asian icons // Adult C, L 3 // 15th August 2019
Bad note-taking // Teenagers // 12th January 2019
Basquet // Teenagers: Architecture & Mythology // 13th March 2020
John Bercow // Young Learners 1 // 13th April 2019
Siddharta, the Buddha // IELTS: Hello, India // 24th January 2020
David Carradine (Kill Bill) // Young Learners 1 // 24th April 2019
Henri Cartier-Bresson // Young Learners 4 // 26th October 2019
Marc Chagall // Young Learners 1 // 26th May 2019
Marc Chagall // KG 1 // 7th December 2019
Kalpana Chawla (Indian astronaut) // IELTS: Hello, India // 24th January 2020
Child proteges // Young Learners 4 // 1st June 2019
Chimp feeding tiger // Adult Speaking Class, Level 1:What do you need ? // 21st May 2020
John Constable // Teenagers: Architecture & Mythology // 13th March 2020
Christmas, Germany // Adult Speaking Class, Level 2
Christmas, UK // Adult Speaking Class, Level 2
Christmas, UK – food // Adult Speaking Class, Level 3: food // 19th April 2020
Corona virus in Vietnam // IELTS 4 – 5 // Implementing precautions // 25th March 2020
Countries // Young Learners 5 // 29th August 2019
Cute Japanese cafe Travel talk // Adult Speaking Class, Level 2: Travel talk // 5th May 2020
Cute McDonalds girl // Adult Speaking Class, Level 2
Benedict Cumberbatch photobomb // Teenagers // 20th January 2019
Daisy & Anna // Beginners’ English Part 4
Julie Delpy // Adult Class, Level 3: Generally speaking // 28th April 2020
Dynamo (magician) on bus Travel talk // Adult Speaking Class, Level 2: Travel talk // 5th May 2020
Families // Adult C, L 3 // 7th November 2019
Food: English breakfast // Adult Speaking Class, Level 1
Food (UK, USA, Korea, Sweden) // Young Learners 3 // 13th July 2019
Gandhi // IELTS: Hello, India // 24th January 2020
Gym equipment // Adult Speaking Class, Level 3. Theme: Health // 27th January 2020
Hamley’s toy shop // Young Learners 2 // 26th April 2019
Kitchen items // Beginners’ English Part 4
Kraftwerk // Adult Speaking Class, Level 2: Describing clothes // 19th March 2020
Interesting buildings // Young Learners 3 // 13th July 2019
Jazz stars // Young Learners 1 // 24th April 2019
Jun Ji-hyun // Young Learners 2 // 1st June 2019
Las Vegas hotels // Adult Speaking Class, Level 1: information // 16th April 2020
London history and architecture // Adult Speaking Class, Level 2: London // 18th April 2020
Lost in Translation // IELTS // What do you like this film ? // 6th April 2020
Wyndham Lewis // Teenagers: Architecture & Mythology // 13th March 2020
May Day – Nigeria, Hawaii, USSR, UK //Adult Speaking Class, Level 2: May Day // 5th May 2020
Nelson Mandela // Adult Speaking Class, Level 2: Describing clothes // 19th March 2020
‘Man Pointing’ // Young Learners 4 // 26th October 2019
Market research call centre // Adult C, L 3 // 8th January 2019
Mike the Monkey as animals // KG 1 // 7th December 2019
Ho Chi Minh’s house // Adult C, L 3 // 4th December 2019
National Museum, Seoul // Adult Speaking Class, Level 1: information // 16th April 2020
Noble laureates // IELTS // Writing exercises // re-arrange poor writing // 12th May 2020
Kim Phuc // Adult Speaking Class, level 3: April 30th // 5th April 2020
Ngo Than Van (Veronica Ngo) // IELTS // 14th January 2019
Nicholas ‘Elvis’ (friend) // Young Learners 4 // 1st May 2019
Robert de Niro // Beginners’ English, Part 2
Pete (friend) on bass // Young Learners 4 // 22nd June 2019
Pete with Kenny Jones // IELTS 5-6.5 // 25th September 2019
Poland (Krakow) // Adult Speaking Class, level 2
Ms Quynh (friend) // Young Learners 4 // 26th October 2019
Rock stars // Adult Speaking Class, L 3: Describing people // 27th May 2020
Ronaldinho // Young Learners 2 // 1st June 2019
Russia // Adult C, L 3 // 4th December 2019
Seurat ‘Sunday Grande Jatte // Young Learners 1 // 16th March 2019
Shops // Young Learners 3 // 3rd August 2019
Shopping – compound nouns // IELTS // 7th January 2019
Shopping in Viet Nam // IELTS // 10th April 2019
Signs (Indonesia) // Young Learners 4 // 22nd June 2019
Signs (Singapore) // 21st August 2019
Sleeping student // Young Learners 4 // 22nd June 2019
Sleeping student // Young Learners 5 // 25th August 2019
Nicola Sturgeon // IELTS 4 – 5 // Implementing precautions // 25th March 2020
‘t’ words // KG 1 // 5th May 2019
Tutankhamun // Young Learners 2 // 1st June 2019
UK (beach, breakfast, pub) // Adult C, L 2 // 27th May 2019
Vietnam // Young Learners 5 // 25th August 2019
Vietnam – famous Vietnamese // IELTS // 14th January 2019
Vietnamese folk painting // Young Learners 1 // 26th May 2019
Vietnamese karaoke // Young Learners 3 // 17th August 2019
Vietnamese police stopping cyclists // Adult C, L 1 // 5th March 2019
Vietnam traditional industries // IELTS // 30th July 2019
Vietnam war and related // Adult Speaking Class, level 3: April 30th // 5th April 2020
Wedding dresses // Adult Speaking Class. Theme: Love & marriage Part 2
Mark Wiens // Young Learners 2 // 25th August 2019
Harri Won // IELTS // 7th January 2019
Thay Paul photos
Bangkok (Al & Alison) // Adult Speaking Class, Level 3, Part 4 // 27th January 2020
Berlin 1990s // Young Learners 4 // 9th November 2019
Drinking coffee (Singapore) // Adult Speaking Class, Level 1
Driving (fairground) // Young Learners 4 // 9th November 2019
Elephant // Young Learners 3 // 7th September 2019
Elephant // Young Learners 4 // 9th November 2019
Elephant // Young Learners 5 // 25th August 2019
Playing guitar // Young Learners 4 // 9th November 2019
With friends // Young Learners 4 // 7th December 2019
With Martin (London) // Adult Speaking Class, Level 1
With students (Ha Noi) // Young Learners 5 // 27th October 2019
With students (Ha Noi) // Adult Class, Level 3: Generally speaking // 28th April 2020
Reading exercises
Arabian Nights // Adult Speaking Class, level 2, Part 6 24th January 2020
Reading practice // Adult Speaking Class, Level 3. Theme: Crime & Punishment
Sherlock Holmes // Adult Speaking Class, Level 3. Theme: London 3rd March 2020
Sentence building
Adult class exercises (various) // Adult Class // 17- 19 December 2019
Bad Day – create a narrative // IELTS, Lesson 3 // 19th January 2019
Basics // Adult Speaking Class, level 1: Sentence building // 27th June 2020
Beginners: helping verbs // Beginners’ English: Sentence Building // 16th March 2020
Character // Adult Speaking Class, Level 3: Character development // 18th June 2020
Coffee in Viet Nam // Adult Speaking Class, level 2 /// Adult C, L 3 // 8th October 2019
Creative writing // Adult Speaking Class, Level 3: Storytelling // 29th March 2020
// Adult Class, Level 3 // Relationships // 26th May 2020
Describing people // Adult Speaking Class, L 3: Describing people // 27th May 2020
Describing photos (Vietnam War) // Adult Speaking Class, level 3: April 30th // 5th April 2020
Describing photos (police etc) // Adult Speaking Class, level 2: Tell what you see // 23rd April 2020
Discourse Markers activity // IELTS 5-6.5 // 25th September 2019
Expressions // Adult Class, Level 3 // 3rd December 2019
Expressions // Adult Class, Level 2 // 28th June 2020
Film review // Adult C, L 3 // 12 November 2019
Fixed expressions // Adult C, L 1 // 26th February 2019
Food (most unusual) // Adult Speaking Class, Level 3: food // 19th April 2020
General // Adult Speaking Class, Level 2 Part 2
Giving directions // Adult Speaking Class, Level 2: London // 29th June 2020
How was your day ? // Adult Speaking Class, Level 1: sentence building // 27th June 2020
IELTS Level
IELTS sentence building // IELTS //22nd July 2019 https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2019/07/22/ielts-sentence-building/
IELTS basic sentence building // IELTS // 28th January 2019 // // IELTS // 14th January 2019
IELTS making complaints // 24th July 2020
IELTS complex sentences // IELTS, Mindset: Complex sentences // 30th April 2020
IELTS complex sentences // It’s not that complicated // 24th May 2020
IELTS complex sentences // Sentence building:piece of cake // 16th August 2020
IELTS describe a film // IELTS // What do you like this film ? // 6th April 2020
IELTS describe a gadget // IELTS 5 – 6.5. Writing example // 15th March 2020
IELTS // Quick-fire talking // Part 2 questions // 12th May 2020
IELTS // Review // vocabulary, discourse markers, sentence building // 25th June 2020
IELTS // Sentence building; a piece of cake // IELTS // 16th August 2020
Narrative structure // Adult C, L 3 // 14 November 2019
Past time expressions // Adult Speaking Class, Level 2, Part 2
Photography and photos descriptions (advanced) // Adult Speaking Class, Level 2, // 25th April 2020
Sentence building plan // Adult Speaking Class, Level 2: Ideas for sentence building // 6th June 2020
Travel and holidays
Travel talk // Adult Speaking Class, Level 2: Travel talk // 5th May 2020
Travel: holiday plans // Adult Speaking Class, Level 2 // Holiday Plans // 20th May 2020
Travel review // Adult Speaking Class, Level 2: Travel language revisited // 22nd June 2020
What is happening // Adult Speaking Class, level 2, Part 2
Word order // Adult Speaking Class, Level 3, Part 2
Speaking exercises
Buying a motorbike // Adult mechanics: What can go wrong ?
Characters // Adult Speaking Class, Level 3
Coffee drinking in Viet Nam // Adult Speaking Class, Level 2 // IELTS sentence building
Contractions // Adult Speaking Class, Level 1
Conversation practice // Adult Speaking Class, Level 3, Part 4 // 27th January 2020
Describe a friend // Adult C, L 3 // 7th November 2019
Describing people and clothes // Adult Speaking Class, Level 1
Easter // Adult Speaking Class, Level 2 // 1st January 2020
Electronic devises // IELTS // 4th March 2019
Everyday expressions // IELTS / Adult Speaking 3 // Everyday expressions // 28th August 2020
Everyday expressions database // IELTS / Adult Speaking 3 // 25th August 2020
Expressions // Adult Class, Level 3 // 15th January 2019
Film and acting reviews // Adult Class, Level 1 // 5th March 2019
Free speaking exercises // Adult Speaking Class, Level 2, Part 4
General review: // Adult Speaking Class, level 2: dialogue practice // 4th June 20202
General speaking tips // Adult C, L 3 // 16th September 2019
Grammar
Adverbs of frequency // Adult Speaking Class, Level 1: How often do you ? // 16th August 2020
Past Tense // Adult Speaking Class, Level 1 /// Adult C, L 3 // 23rd September 2019 /// Adult C, L 3 // 16th September 2019
Past-time expressions // Adult Speaking Class, Level 3, Part 6 // 8th February 2020
Third Conditional: Mr Bowditch // Adult C, L 3 // 22nd October 2019
Holidays // Adult Speaking Class, level 3. Theme: Travel // 11th February 2020
IELTS // intonation and stress // speaking exercises // 31st August 2020
IELTS // Replace standard English with IELTS language // 19th August 2020
IELTS // Quick-fire talking // Part 2 questions // 12th May 2020
IELTS // Speaking exercises // small talk & making excuses // 12th May 2020
IELTS // Speaking exercises // idioms, relative pronouns, LRW, discourse markers // 17th July 2020
IELTS // Speaking practice // IELTS language // IELTS // 10th August 2020
IELTS // Preparing for speaking test // 14th May 20202
IELTS // Speaking Test Part 3 // IELTS: How to nail it // IELTS // 12th September 2020
IELTS // Speaking Test preparation // Last Chance Saloon // IELTS // 8th September 2020
Introductions Queen Elizabeth II (Christmas 2015) // Adult Speaking Class, level 2 // 15th May 20202
Job interviews // Adult Class // 17- 19 December 2019
Job interviews // Adult Speaking Class, Level 3. Theme: Job interviews // 12th Feb 2020
Music // Small talk // Adult Speaking Class, Level 3: Small talk and music // 31st July 2020
Not the …… man in the world // Adult C, L 3 // 3rd December 2019
Olympics in Vietnam ? // Adult C, L 3 // 10th February 2019
One of those days // IELTS // 14th January 2019
Pronunciation quiz // Adult Speaking Class, L2 Part 2
Public speaking // Public speaking for young learners // 31st July 2020
Shopping // Adult Speaking Class, Level 2
Small talk exercises: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2019/12/09/vocabulary-building-exercises/
Small talk // IELTS 5-6.5 // 28th August 2019
Small talk // Adult Speaking Class, Level 3, Part 3
Small talk // Adult Speaking Class, Level 2, Review // 11th May 2020
Small talk // Adult Speaking Class, Level 3: Small talk and music // 31st July 2020
Telephone conversation // Adult Speaking Class, L 2 Part 2
Travel
Tet Holiday // IELTS // 28th January 2019
Travel (key words) // Adult C, L 1 // 26th February 2019
Travel: airport to city centre // IELTS // 10th February 2019
Travel in two minutes // IELTS // 19th February 2019
Travel // Hotel vocabulary // Adult Speaking Class, Level 3 // 18th September 2020
Travel // IELTS 5-6.5 // 14th August 2019
Travel: my stay in Bangkok in pictures // IELTS // 10th February 2019
Travel: Nha Trang // Adult Speaking Class, Level 1
Travel: one day in Sai Gon // IELTS 5-6.5 // 14th August 2019 / // Adult C, L 3 // 7th November 2019 // // Adult C, L 3 // 22nd October 2019
Travel: recommend a holiday // IELTS // 4th March 2019
What’s the story (lazy student) // IELTS // 7th January 2019
Work – new staff // Adult Speaking Class, Level 3, Part 6 // 8th February 2020
Work party – organise the food // Adult Speaking Class, Level 3, Part 5 // 4th February 2020
Work problems // Adult Speaking Class, Level 3. Theme: Work-place problems // 5th February 2020
Video Clips
ABC song // KG Safari 1 // 10 March 2019
ABC (Richard Scary) // KG Safari 1 // 2nd March 2019
Airport – passport control // Adult Speaking Class, level 3: // sun, surf, sand // 18th May 2020
Angry Vietnamese woman // Adult Class, Level 3: Generally speaking // 28th April 2020
Archimedes screw pump. Theory & in practice // Adult Professionals. Mechanics. Theme: Archimedes // 26th February 2020
Australian hero – Aussie slang // IELTS 5-6.5 // 21st August 2019
John Bercow ‘Order !’ // Young Learners 1 // 13th April 2019
Black Friday // Adult Speaking Class, Level 2
Blind Date TV dating show // Adult Speaking Class. Theme: Love & marriage
Blur (‘Parklife’) // Young Learners 1 // 16th March 2019
Boy wiggles ears // Adult C, L 3 // 12th December 2019
Adrian Brody as Dali (Woody Allen) // Young Learners 4 // 26th October 2019
George W. Bush leaves room // Young Teens // 31st January 2019
Chicago, Willis Tower // Adult professionals. Mechanics, Part 3 // 7th Feb 2020
Chimpanzee tea-party (1955) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OPD_m2laITc
Christmas UK // Adult Speaking Class, Level 2
Class Rules // Young Learners 1 // 16th March 2019
Complaints // IELTS: Making complaints // 24th July 2020
Concorde // Adult professionals. Mechanics, Part 3 // 7th Feb 2020
Cooking Vietnamese food // Vietnamese Party Food // 19th May 2020
Corona Virus Government video // IELTS 4 – 5 // Implementing precautions // 25th March 2020
Benedict Cumberbatch (voices and accents) // Listening: real-life clips //20th April 2020
Customer complaints // Adult Speaking Class, L2 Part 2
Damn fine coffee // IELTS 5-6.5 // 4th September 2019
Dickens ‘Christmas Carol’ // Adult Speaking Class, Level 3
Robert Downey Jr awkward interview // Adult C, L 3 // 26th November 2019
Dragon’s Den pitch (beard grooming) // Adult C, L 3 // 18th March 2019
Dumb criminals // Adult Speaking Class, Level 3: Street crime // 23rd July 2020
Dynamo magic // Adult C, L 3 // 12th December 2019
Easter traditions // Adult Speaking Class, Level 2 // 1st January 2020
Ancient Egypt (for children) // Young Learners 2 // 1st June 2019
Engineering fails // Adult Professionals / Mechanics Part 2 // 23rd January 2020
Entropy // Adult professionals. Mechanics, Part 3 // 7th Feb 2020
Eyewitnesses // Adult Speaking Class, Level 3. Theme: Crime & Punishment
Four Weddings bad vicar speech // Adult Speak Class. Theme: Love & marriage Part 2
Friction // Adult professionals. Mechanics, Part 3 // 7th Feb 2020
Funny animals // Young Learners 1 // 26th May 2019
Germany: Top Attractions // Adult Speaking Class, Level 3. Theme: Germany // 26th Feb 2020
Germany: Top Ten Facts // Adult Speaking Class, Level 3. Theme: Germany // 26th Feb 2020
Germany: Krautrock // Adult Speaking Class, Level 3. Theme: Germany // 26th February 2020
Greek dancing // Young Learners 5 // 6th October 2019
How couples meet // Adult Speaking Class. Theme: Love & marriage
Inbetweeners (Jay on motorbike) // Adult Class // 17- 19 December 2019
Internal combustion engine // Adult Professionals / Mechanics Part 2 // 23rd January 2020
Introductions – what’s your name // Beginners’ English, Part 2
iPhone in a vacuum // Young Learners 4 // 16th November 2019
Job interviews // Adult Speaking Class, Level 3. Theme: Job interviews // 12th Feb 2020
Karaoke (noise pollution) // Adult Speaking Class, level 2
Buster Keaton GIF // Young Learners, Level 5 // 6th June 2020
Kicked out of Starbucks // Adult C, L 3 // 18th March 2019
Kids guide to London // Young Learners 5 // 25th August 2019
Kids guide to HCMC //Young Learners 4 // 23rd November 2019
Kids’ parade USA // Young Learners 4 // 1st May 2019
Japan: 3 days in Tokyo // Adult Speaking Class, Level 2, Part 6, 25th January 2020
Japan: 7 cool things // Adult Speaking Class, Level 2, Part 6, 25th January 2020
Japan: 10 facts // Adult Speaking Class, Level 2, Part 6, 25th January 2020
Japan:Shinkanshen (Bullet Train) // Adult professionals. Mechanics, Part 3 // 7th Feb 2020
Joker (H. Ledger GIF) // Young Teens // 27th February 2019
Last Jedi trailer // Beginners’ English
David Letterman // Young Learners 4 // 1st June 2019
London cost of living // Adult Speaking Class, Level 3. Theme: London 3rd March 2020
London street trader // IELTS 5-6.5 // 28th August 2019
London Top 10 Attractions // Teenagers // 16th December 2018 /// // Adult Speaking Class, Level 3. Theme: London 3rd march 2020
London getting around (Oyster Card) // Adult Speaking Class, Level 3. Theme: London 3rd March 2020
London Tube (busy) // KG Safari 1 // 2nd March 2019
London Tube (rush hour) // Adult Speaking Class. Theme: Traffic
London Tube guide // Adult Speaking Class. Theme: Traffic
McDonalds ordering fast food // Adult Speaking Class, level 2
Making a video // Adult Speaking Class, level 2
Milk box fail // Adult C, L 3 // 18th March 2019
New Zealand Haka // Young Learners 5 // 27th October 2019
Not One Less // IELTS 5-6.5 // 25th September 2019
Olympics (Beijing) // Adult Professionals // 10th February 2019
Paris love-locks // // Adult Speaking Class, Level 2: Adverbs & expressions // 26th June 2020
Peter O’Toole // Young Teens // 17th January 2019
Phrasal verbs (family) // Adult Speaking Class. Theme: Love & marriage Part 3
Poland beer review // Adult Speaking Class, level 2
Poland tourist guide // Adult Speaking Class, level 2
Politicians attacked // Adult Speaking Class, Level 3
Pulp Fiction coffee shop // Adult Speaking Class, level 2
Queen Elizabeth II (Christmas 2011) // Listening: real-life clips //20th April 2020
Queen Elizabeth II (Christmas 2015) // Adult Speaking Class, level 2 // 15th May 20202
Queen Elizabeth II (corona address) // Listening Exercises, Corona Special // 6th April 2020
Rain forest // Young Learners, Level 5 // 6th June 2020
Richard III // Listening: real-life clips //20th April 2020
Romeo and Juliet // // Adult Speaking Class, level 3
Jerry Seinfeld GIF //Adult Speaking Class, Level 2: What type of person ? // 19th June 2020
Social Network // IELTS 5-6.5 // 4th September 2019
Ringo Starr being knighted // Adult Class, Level 1 // 5th March 2019
Snow // Beginners’ English, Part 2
Sir Kier Starmer (Labour leader, UK) // Listening Exercises, Corona Special // 6th April 2020
Supersize Me // Adult Speaking Class, level 2
Taiwan (four videos – WHO dodge, Tsai Ing-wen) // Taiwan: Listening Extra 12th April 2020
Quentin Tarantino awkward interview // Adult C, L 3 // 26th November 2019
Tarantino on Chungking Express // 16th April 2019 /// IELTS // 4th March 2019
Nikola Tesla // Adult professionals. Mechanics, Part 3 // 7th Feb 2020
Theseus & the Minotaur (Lego) // Young Learners 5 // 6th October 2019
Top Gear: Vietnamese driving school // Adult C, L 3 // 25th December 2018 // Adult Speaking Class. Theme: Traffic
Top Gear Vietnam // Top Gear Special: What can go wrong ? // 28th April 2020
Train videos compilation for listening skills:https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2020/09/12/train-kept-a-rollin-train-videos-for-listening-and-vocabulary/
Train, high-speed in China // Adult pros // Adult mechanics: What can go wrong ?
Train song // KG Safari 1 // 2nd March 2019
President Trump news (Viet subs) // Adult Speaking Class, Level 3 // 11th March 2020
Tuareg people // Adult Speaking Class, level 3. Theme: Travel // 11th February 2020
Universeum, Sweden // Young Learners 3 // 14th December 2019
USA – San Francisco // Adult Speaking Class, level 3: San Fran, Boston, Chicago // 18th May 2020
Vietnam – country in transition // IELTS // 30th July 2019
Vietnamese culture (weird) // Adult Speaking Class, level 2, Part 6 24th January 2020
Vietnam (first impressions) // Teenagers // 12th January 2019
Vietnam – 5 weird things // Adult Speaking Class, level 2
Vietnam – 7 fun facts // Beginners’ English
Vietnamese beer review (Sai Gon Red) // IELTS // 21st January 2019
Vietnamese beer review (Sai Gon Red) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rKr6Cj-Xr9g&list=LLfquznE0joCgmA3v1PIQ0CQ&index=8&t=1s
Vietnam (safety in Sai Gon) // Teenagers // 20th January 2019 /// Adult Class, Level 3 // 5th September 2019 // Adult Speaking Class, Level 3: Street crime // 23rd July 2020
Vietnamese cop on speeding bus // Adult C, L 3 // 25th December 2018// Adult Speaking Class. Theme: Traffic
Vietnam (unexpected things vlog) // IELTS 5-6.5 // 14th August 2019
Vietnamese urban myths // Adult Speaking Class, level 2, Part 6 24th January 2020
Christoph Waltz ‘Inglorious’ // Adult Class, L 1 // 26th February 2019
Wedding fails // Adult Speaking Class. Theme: Love & marriage
Wedding language // Adult Speaking Class. Theme: Love & marriage Part 2
Wedding parties (Jewish & Mexican) // Adult Class. Theme: Love & marriage Part 2
Arsene Wenger zipper fail // Beginners’ English, Part 2
What happened next ? (video clips) // Young Teens // 31st January 2019
When the band comes marching // Young Learners 1 // 26th May 2019
Mark Wiens eats VN breakfast // Young Learners 2 // 25th August 2019
Mark Wiens Kolkata, India // IELTS: Hello, India // 24th January 2020
(// Young Learners 4 // 9th November 2019) // Adult C, L 3 // 8th October 2019
Workplace fails // Adult Speaking Class, Level 3. Theme: Work-place problems // 5th February 2020
Vocabulary building
Adjectives // Beginners’ English
Adult class (various) // Adult Class // 17- 19 December 2019
Asking about jobs // Young Teens // 21st February 2019
Business meetings // Business English: What’s on the agenda ? // 5th May 2020
Cinema choice // Adult Speaking Class, Level 2: Cinema // 9th May 2020
Cities, areas, descriptions // IELTS // 31st December 2018
Clothes // Adult Speaking Class, Level 2: Describing clothes // 19th March 2020
Coffee shops // Adult Speaking Class, level 2
Colour association Signs // Young Learners 4 // 1st June 2019
Come or go // Beginners’ English Part 4
Computer phrasal verbs // Young Learners 5 // 17th November 2019
Crime and punishment // Adult Speaking Class, Level 3. Theme: Crime & Punishment
Cultural differences (Ha Noi) // Adult Speaking Class, Level 3 // 24th April 2020
Drama films // Adult C, L 3 // 12th November 2019
Driving expressions // Beginners’ English
Emotions // Young Learners 2 // 6th July 2019
Emotions //Beginners’ English: How do you feel ? // 17th March 2020
Expressions and phrases // IELTS // 19th February 2019
Expressions // Adult C, L 3 // 18th March 2019
Expressions // Adult Speaking Class, Level 2
Film vocabulary // Beginners’ English /// Adult Speaking Class, level 2
Film for IELTS // IELTS // What do you like this film ? // 6th April 2020
Food // Adult Speaking Class, Level 1
General // IELTS: Final Review // 5th March 2019
Friends and occupations (photos) // Adult C, L 3 // 5th September 2019
General // IELTS // 19th February 2019
General // Young Teens // 29th November 2018
I live in a … // Adult Speaking Class, Level 2, Part 4
Idioms (sweets) // IELTS // 19th February 2019
IELTS // Preparing for speaking test // 14th May 20202
IELTS language // IELTS 5 – 6.5. Writing example // 15th March 2020
IELTS vocabulary & expressions review // IELTS: The story so far // 7th July 2020
Job and interviews // Adult Speaking Class, Level 3. Theme: Job interviews // 12th Feb 2020
Like or dislike // IELTS // 16th April 2019
Low-frequency words // Adult Speaking Class, Level 3, Part 2
Low-frequency words // Adult Speaking Class, Level 3, Part 3
Low-frequency words // Adult Speaking Class, Level 3, Part 4 // 27th January 2020
Money and shopping // Adult C, L 3 // 14 November 2019
Money expressions // Adult Speaking Class, Level 2: luxury day // 12th March 2020
Music // IELTS // 16th April 2019
Music // IELTS 5-6.5 // 11th September 2019
Music // IELTS 5-6.5 // 25th September 2019
Phrases // IELTS // 21st January 2019
Shopping // Adult Speaking Class, level 2
Opinion phrases // Young Learners 4 // 26th October 2019
Opinion phrases // Adult Speaking Class, level 3: Art // 13th April 2020
To what extent … ? // Adult C, L 3 // 19th August 2019
Tourism language // Teenagers // 20th January 2019
Travel advert language // Adult Speaking Class, level 3: Holiday of a lifetime // 9th June 2020
Travel with new expressions // Adult C, L 1 // 26th February 2019
Vietnam War // Adult Speaking Class, level 3: April 30th // 5th April 2020
Vocabulary review // Adult Speaking Class, level 2
Young Learners, Level 1: Fast, slow, noisy, quiet // 22nd August 2020
Vocabulary exercises:
https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2019/12/09/vocabulary-building-exercises/
How was your day ? // Adult Speaking Class, level 1: How was your day ? // 5th April 2020
Match new vocabulary with definitions then practice.
Personality adjectives
Phrasal verbs & expressions // Adult Speaking Class, Level 3, Married Life // 19th September 2020
Small talk responses
Small talk, idioms, dialogue practice // Adult Speaking Class, Level 2 // 8th July 2020
Tourism presentation // Teenagers // 20th January 2019
Travel with new expressions
Travel – hotel guide
Travel – life in Sai Gon
What Difference Does It Make – definitions of similar words
Writing exercises and reading exercises and links
Business job interview // Business English: What’s on the agenda ? // 5th May 2020
Condensing text (‘1001 Nights) // Adult Speaking Class, level 2, Part 6 24th January 2020
Correcting texts & emails // Writing corrections (all levels) // 15th May 2020
Creative writing // Adult Class, Level 3 // Relationships // 26th May 2020
IELTS cultural differences // Adult Speaking Class, Level 3 // 24th April 2020
IELTS // Writing exercises // re-arrange poor writing // 12th May 2020
IELTS // IELTS 5 – 6.5. Writing example // 15th March 2020
Yoga & exercise // IELTS writing practice // 25th April 2020
Creative writing // Adult Speaking Class, Level 3: Storytelling // 29th March 2020
Reading
Short stories (Sherlock Holmes) // Adult Speaking Class, Level 3. Theme: Crime & Punishment
Using a thesaurus // Creative writing // Adult Speaking Class, Level 3: Storytelling part 2 // 30th March 2020
Bible (Tower of Babel) Genesis 11 // Adult Speaking Class, level 2 // 9th January 2020
