4th December 2020
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 Class, Level 3 // 5th November 2019 (Steve Jobs, Mark Zuckerberg, Pham Nhat Vuong)
Business meetings // Business English: Time management // 29th April 2020
4th December 2020
Thay Paul’s Video Lessons
Level 1 [1] // Letters of the alphabet & spelling animals // 30th May 2023: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2023/05/30/thay-pauls-video-lessons/
Level 1 [2] // Letters & What animals are at the zoo ? // 9th June 2023: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2023/06/09/thay-pauls-video-lessons-level-1-video-2/
Video Clips
ABC song // Kindergarten Safari 1 // 10 March 2019: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2019/03/09/surfin-safari-level-1-what-is-it/
ABC (Richard Scary) // Kindergarten Safari 1 // 2nd March 2019: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2019/03/02/kindergartensurfin-safari-level-1/
Airport (passport control) // Adult Speaking Class, level 3: // sun, surf, sand // 18th May 2020: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2020/05/18/adult-speaking-class-level-3-usa-sun-surf-sand/
Ancient Egyptian Gods // Young Learners, Level 6 // 12th May 2022: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2022/05/12/young-learners-ancient-egyptian-gods/
Animal videos and activities: a compilation // Young Learners // 25th January 2022: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2022/01/25/young-learners-animal-magic/
Archimedes screw pump: theory & practice // Adult Professionals. Mechanics. Theme: Archimedes // 26th February 2020: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2020/02/26/adult-professionals-mechanics-theme-archimedes/
Architecture – world’s tallest buildings // Adult Speaking Class Level 2 // 9th April 2020: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2020/04/09/adult-speaking-class-level-2-giving-opinions-architecture/
Australian hero – Aussie slang // IELTS 5-6.5 // 21st August 2019: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2020/10/28/past-simple-and-past-continuous/
John Bercow ‘Order !’ // Young Learners 1 // 13th April 2019: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2019/04/09/young-learners-its-all-happening-at-the-zoo/
Black Friday // Adult Speaking Class, Level 2: shopping expressions // 14th December 2020: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2020/12/14/shopping-vocabulary-speaking-exercises-fixed-prices-fixed-expressions/
Blind Date TV dating show // Adult Speaking Class. Theme: Love & marriage // 11th January 2020: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2020/01/11/adult-speaking-class-theme-traffic/
Boy dances ballet in Nigeria // Young Learners, Level 4 // 23rd December 2019: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2021/12/23/young-learners-level-4-what-can-you-do/
Boy wiggles ears // Adult Class, Level 3 // 12th December 2019: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2019/12/11/adult-class-level-3-can-the-can/
Boy wiggles ears // Young Learners, Level 4 // 23rd December 2019: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2021/12/23/young-learners-level-4-what-can-you-do/
Adrian Brody as Dali (Woody Allen) // Young Learners 4 // 26th October 2019: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2019/10/24/young-learners-level-4-daaaaaaaallliiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii/
George W. Bush leaves room // Young Teens // 31st January 2019: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2019/01/31/young-teens-unesco-sites/
Chicago, Willis Tower // Adult professionals. Mechanics, Part 3 // 7th Feb 2020: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2020/02/07/adult-professionals-mechanics-part-3/
Chimpanzee tea-party (1955) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OPD_m2laITc
Chinese Magic Fail: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2019/01/31/young-teens-unesco-sites/
Christmas UK // Adult Speaking Class, Level 2 // 20th December 2019: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2019/12/20/adult-speaking-class-level-2/
Concorde // Adult professionals. Mechanics, Part 3 // 7th Feb 2020: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2020/02/07/adult-professionals-mechanics-part-3/
Corona Virus Government video // IELTS 4 – 5 // Implementing precautions // 25th March 2020: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2020/03/25/ielts-4-5-mindset-implementing-precautions/
Countries (festivals) // (Spain, UK, Niger, Mexico, Thailand) // Young Learners, Level 6 // 3rd September 2022: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2022/09/03/young-learners-level-6-its-festival-time/
Benedict Cumberbatch (voices and accents) // Listening: real-life clips //20th April 2020: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2020/04/20/listening-real-world-clips/
Customer complaints // Adult Speaking Class, Level 2 Part 2 // 6th January 2020: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2020/01/06/adult-speaking-class-level-2-part-2/
Dickens ‘Christmas Carol’ // Adult Speaking Class, Level 3 // 17th January 2020: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2020/01/17/adult-speaking-class-level-3/
Robert Downey Jr awkward interview // Adult Class, Level 3 // 26th November 2019: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2019/11/26/adult-class-level-3-a-diva-moi/
Dynamo magic // Adult Class, Level 3 // 12th December 2019: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2019/12/11/adult-class-level-3-can-the-can/
Dynamo magic // Young Learners, Level 4 // 23rd December 2019: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2021/12/23/young-learners-level-4-what-can-you-do/
Easter traditions // Adult Speaking Class, Level 2 // 1st January 2020: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2020/01/01/adult-speaking-class-level-2-easter/
Ancient Egypt (for children) // Young Learners 2 // 1st June 2019: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2019/05/31/young-learners-level-2-what-a-wonderful-world/
Engineering fails // Adult Professionals / Mechanics Part 2 // 23rd January 2020: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2020/01/23/adult-professionals-mechanics-part-2/
Entropy // Adult professionals. Mechanics, Part 3 // 7th Feb 2020: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2020/02/07/adult-professionals-mechanics-part-3/
Eyewitnesses // Adult Speaking Class, Level 3. Theme: Crime & Punishment / 1st February 2020: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2020/02/01/adult-speaking-class-level-3-theme-crime-and-punishment/
Four Weddings bad vicar speech // Adult Speaking Class. Theme: Love & marriage Part 2: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2020/01/12/adult-speaking-class-theme-love-marriage-part-2/
Friction // Adult professionals. Mechanics, Part 3 // 7th Feb 2020: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2020/02/07/adult-professionals-mechanics-part-3/
Funny animals // Young Learners 1 // 26th May 2019: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2019/05/24/young-learners-level-1-i-spy-with-my-little-eye/
Funny Animals, pandas & a Jackass // Some Light Relief // 15th January 2022: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2022/01/15/some-light-relief/
Germany: Top Attractions // Adult Speaking Class, Level 3. Theme: Germany // 26th Feb 2020: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2020/02/26/adult-speaking-class-level-3-theme-germany/
Germany: Top Ten Facts // Adult Speaking Class, Level 3. Theme: Germany // 26th Feb 2020: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2020/02/26/adult-speaking-class-level-3-theme-germany/
Germany: Krautrock // Adult Speaking Class, Level 3. Theme: Germany // 26th February 2020: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2020/02/26/adult-speaking-class-level-3-theme-germany/
Greek dancing // Young Learners 5 // 6th October 2019: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2019/10/04/young-learners-level-5-welcome-to-athens/
How couples meet // Adult Speaking Class. Theme: Love & marriage: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2020/01/11/adult-speaking-class-theme-traffic/
Inbetweeners (Jay on motorbike) // Adult Class, Level 3 // 19th December 2019: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2019/12/15/adult-class-level-3-sentence-building/
Indian lady teaches vocabulary // Adult Class, Level 3 // 11th December 2021: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2021/12/11/two-birds-with-one-stone-listening-and-vocabulary/
Internal combustion engine // Adult Professionals / Mechanics Part 2 // 23rd January 2020: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2020/01/23/adult-professionals-mechanics-part-2/
Introductions – what’s your name // Beginners’ English, Part 2 // January 9th 2020: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2020/01/09/beginners-english-part-2/
Introductions // Introductions and small talk // Adult Speaking Class, Level 2 // 29th January 2022: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2022/01/29/adult-speaking-class-level-2-introducing-yourself-and-small-talk/
iPhone in a vacuum // Young Learners 4 // 16th November 2019: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2019/11/15/young-learners-level-4-can-you-hear-me-major-tom-2/
iPhone in a vacuum // Young Learners, Level 4 // 30th January 2022: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2022/01/30/young-learners-level-4-fun-facts-about-space/
Karaoke (noise pollution) // Adult Speaking Class, level 2 // 20th December 2019: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2019/12/20/adult-speaking-class-level-2/
Senri Kawaguchi // Adult Class, Level 3 // 12th December 2019: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2019/12/11/adult-class-level-3-can-the-can/
Buster Keaton GIF // Young Learners, Level 5 // 6th June 2020: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2020/06/05/young-learners-level-5-sounds-of-the-rain-forest/
Kids guide to HCMC // Young Learners 4 // 23rd November 2019: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2019/11/21/young-learners-level-4-were-all-going-on-a-summer-holiday/
Kids’ Guide to HCMC & London // Young Learners // 5th February 2022: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2022/02/05/young-learners-kids-guide-to-listening-and-comprehension-exercises/
Kids’ parade USA // Young Learners 4 // 1st May 2019: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2019/05/01/young-learners-level-4-be-creative/
Rachel Kim – Koreans speaking English // Adult Class Level 3 // 31st March 2020: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2020/03/31/adult-class-level-3-storytelling-part-3/
Japan // IELTS listening practice // 18th October 2021: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2021/10/18/ielts-focus-on-japan/
Japan: 3 days in Tokyo // Adult Speaking Class, Level 2, Part 6, 25th January 2020: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2020/01/25/adult-speaking-class-level-2-part-6-2/
Japan: 7 cool things // Adult Speaking Class, Level 2, Part 6, 25th January 2020: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2020/01/25/adult-speaking-class-level-2-part-6-2/
Japan: 10 facts // Adult Speaking Class, Level 2, Part 6, 25th January 2020: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2020/01/25/adult-speaking-class-level-2-part-6-2/
Japan: Shinkanshen (Bullet Train) // Adult professionals. Mechanics, Part 3 // 7th Feb 2020: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2020/02/07/adult-professionals-mechanics-part-3/
Joker (H. Ledger GIF) // Young Teens // 27th February 2019: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2019/02/27/young-teens-course-review/
Love and Marriage // compilation of videos // 27th January 2022: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2022/01/27/adult-speaking-class-level-3-love-and-marriage-a-video-compilation/
David Letterman // Young Learners 4 // 30th May 2019: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2019/05/30/young-learners-level-4-what-does-the-future-hold-and-a-repeat-of-the-late-show/
London
Kids guide to London // Young Learners 5 // 25th August 2019: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2019/08/20/young-learners-level-5-feelings-nothing-more-than-feelings/
London cost of living // Adult Speaking Class, Level 3. Theme: London 3rd March 2020: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2020/03/03/adult-speaking-class-level-3-theme-london/
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: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2020/03/03/adult-speaking-class-level-3-theme-london/
London getting around (Oyster Card) // Adult Speaking Class, Level 3. Theme: London 3rd March 2020: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2020/03/03/adult-speaking-class-level-3-theme-london/
London How to use the Tube // Young Learners, Level 6 // 5th December 2020: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2020/12/05/young-learners-level-6-london-screen-test/
London Tube (busy) // KG Safari 1 // 2nd March 2019: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2019/03/02/kindergartensurfin-safari-level-1/
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 Class, Level 3 // 18th March 2019: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2019/03/18/adult-class-level-3-sharks-and-dragons/
Music – 6-year old Chinese Girl, and 8-year old Japanese drummer // 15th January 2022: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2022/01/15/some-light-relief/
New Zealand Haka // Young Learners 5 // 27th October 2019: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2019/10/26/young-learners-level-5-around-the-world-in-eighty-minutes/
Paris love-locks // // Adult Speaking Class, Level 2: Adverbs & expressions // 26th June 2020
Peter O’Toole // A legend // Adult Speaking Class, Level 3 // 24th December 2021: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2021/12/24/peter-otoole-a-legend/
Peter O’Toole // Young Teens // 17th January 2019: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2019/01/17/young-teens-a-funny-thing-happened-to-me/
Phrasal verbs (family) // Adult Speaking Class. Theme: Love & marriage Part 3
Poland beer review // Adult Speaking Class, level 3 // 27th December 2021: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2021/12/27/poland-history-culture-and-beer/
Poland tourist guide // Adult Speaking Class, level 3 // 27th December 2021: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2021/12/27/poland-history-culture-and-beer/
Politicians attacked (John Prescott) // Adult Speaking Class, Level 3 // 17th January 2020: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2020/01/17/adult-speaking-class-level-3/
Pulp Fiction coffee shop // Adult Speaking Class, level 2 // 20th December 2019: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2019/12/20/adult-speaking-class-level-2/
Queen Elizabeth II (Christmas 2011) // Listening: real-life clips //20th April 2020: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2020/04/20/listening-real-world-clips/
Queen Elizabeth II (Christmas 1985) // Adult Speaking Class, level 2 // 15th May 2020: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2020/05/15/adult-speaking-class-level-2-conversation-practice/
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: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2020/04/20/listening-real-world-clips/
Robin Hood // Young Teens // 13th May 2022: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2022/05/13/young-teens-three-british-legends/
Romeo and Juliet // Adult Speaking Class, level 3 // 14th January 2022: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2022/01/14/famous-shakespeare-quotes/
Jerry Seinfeld GIF //Adult Speaking Class, Level 2: What type of person ? // 19th June 2020
Social Network // IELTS 5-6.5 // 4th September 2019
Spain, Pamplona running with the bulls // Young Learners, Level 6 // 5th December 2020: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2020/12/05/young-learners-level-6-london-screen-test/
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 – junk food // Adult Speaking Class, level 2 // 20th December 2019: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2019/12/20/adult-speaking-class-level-2/
Taiwan (four videos – WHO dodge, Tsai Ing-wen) // Taiwan: Listening Extra 12th April 2020: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2020/04/12/taiwan-listening-special/
Quentin Tarantino awkward interview // Adult C, L 3 // 26th November 2019: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2019/11/26/adult-class-level-3-a-diva-moi/
Tarantino on Chungking Express // 16th April 2019 /// IELTS // 4th March 2019
Nikola Tesla // Adult professionals. Mechanics, Part 3 // 7th Feb 2020: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2020/02/07/adult-professionals-mechanics-part-3/
Theseus & the Minotaur (Lego) // Young Learners 5 // 6th October 2019 https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2019/10/04/young-learners-level-5-welcome-to-athens/
Top Gear: Vietnamese driving school // Adult Class, Level 3 // 7th December 2021: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2021/12/07/traffic-talking-points/
Top Gear: Driving an old car // Adult Professionals / Mechanics Part 2 // 23rd January 2020: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2020/01/23/adult-professionals-mechanics-part-2/
Top Gear Vietnam // Top Gear Special: What can go wrong ? // 28th April 2020
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
Twin Peaks ‘Damn fine coffee’: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2020/05/30/adult-class-level-3-keep-on-rockin-in-the-free-world/
Universeum, Sweden // Young Learners 3 // 14th December 2019: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2019/12/13/young-learners-level-3-final-review/
USA // Adult Speaking Class, level 3: San Francisco, Boston, Chicago // 18th May 2020: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2020/05/18/adult-speaking-class-level-3-lets-go-to-san-francisco-or-boston-or-chicago/
Vietnam
Vietnam on video Part 1 (3 clips: beer / weird culture / superstitions // Part 1 // 23rd October 2020: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2020/10/23/vietnam-on-video-part-1/
Vietnam on Video Part 2 (Ha Noi & SG, Top Gear driving school, Floyd on pho) // 26th October 2020: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2020/10/26/vietnam-on-video-part-2/
Vietnam – kids’ Guide to Sai Gon // Young Learners, Level 2 // 8th November 2022: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2022/11/08/young-learners-levels-1-2-what-to-do-in-sai-gon/
Angry Vietnamese woman // Adult Class, Level 3: Generally speaking // 28th April 2020
Cooking Vietnamese food // Keith Floyd // Vietnamese Party Food // 19th May 2020: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2020/05/19/vietnamese-party-food/
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 // 28th December 2020: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2020/12/28/love-and-marriage-the-best-bits/
Vietnam – 5 weird things Vietnamese people do // Adult Speaking Class, Level 2 // 20th December 2019: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2019/12/20/adult-speaking-class-level-2/
Vietnam – 7 fun facts // Beginners’ English
Vietnamese beer review (Sai Gon Red) // IELTS // 21st January 2019: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2019/01/21/ielts-i-love-it-i-hate-it-its-not-my-cup-of-tea-its-ok/
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 C, L 3 // 5th September 2019
Vietnamese cop on speeding bus // Adult Class, Level 3 // 7th December 2021: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2021/12/07/traffic-talking-points/
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, Level 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 Class, Level 3 // 8th October 2019
Woman kicked out of Starbucks // Adult Class, Level 3 //18th March 2019: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2019/03/18/adult-class-level-3-sharks-and-dragons/
Workplace fails // Adult Speaking Class, Level 3. Theme: Work-place problems // 5th February 2020
4th December 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: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2019/08/21/young-learners-level-2-group-work-and-review/
Activity sheet (3) // Young Learners 3 // 14th December 2019: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2019/12/13/young-learners-level-3-final-review/
Activity sheet (4) // Young Learners 4 // 7th December 2019: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2019/12/04/young-learners-level-4-final-activity-sheet/
Anecdotes // Young Teens // 17th January 2019: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2019/01/17/young-teens-a-funny-thing-happened-to-me/
Birthday horseshoe // Young Teens // 29th November 2018: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2018/12/17/young-teens-ages-10-12/
Blind Date // Adult Class, Level 1 // 20th February 2019: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2019/02/20/adult-class-level-1-computer-world/
Break a code // Young Learners, Level 5 // 17th November 2019 : https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2019/11/16/young-learners-level-5-cracking-the-enigma/
Pieter Bruegel the Elder // Young Learners // 9th January 2023: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2023/01/09/young-learners-time-travellers/
Call My Bluff // Teenagers // 12th January 2019: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2019/01/11/teenage-class-the-truth-is-out-there/
Call My Bluff // IELTS 5-6.5 // 28th August 2019: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2019/08/28/ielts-5-65-talking-englishes/
Call My Bluff // Adult Class, Level 3 // 27th November 2019: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2019/11/27/adult-class-level-3-games-without-frontiers/
Can you see … (a frog ?) // Young Learners 1 // 24th April 2019: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2019/04/24/young-learners-lets-get-them-speaking/
Chinese Whispers // IELTS 5-6.5 // 4th September 2019:
Countries // Young Learners, Level 3 // 7th September 2019
Countries (Brazil, South Korea, Spain) // Young Learners, Level 6 // 19th November 2020: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2020/11/19/young-learners-level-6-round-round-get-around/
Countries (Canada, Egypt, South Korea, Spain) // Young Learners, Level 6 // 6th January 2021: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2021/01/06/young-learners-level-6-collecting-information-making-a-presentation/
Describe an everyday object // Adult Speaking Class, Level 3. Theme: London 3rd March 2020
Describe the people (photo back to board) // Adult Class, Level 3 // 8th October 2019
Desert Survival // Adult Class, Level 3 // 27th November 2019: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2019/11/27/adult-class-level-3-games-without-frontiers/
Enter the Matrix // Young Learners, Levels 2 – 4 // 6th December 2022: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2022/12/06/enter-the-matrix-young-learners-levels-2-4/
Exchanging information // Adult Speaking Class, Level 2, Part 6, 25th January 2020
Eyewitness // Adult Speaking Class, Level 3. Theme: Crime & Punishment // 1st February 2020: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2020/02/01/adult-speaking-class-level-3-theme-crime-and-punishment/
Eyewitness // Young Teens // 16th March 2026: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2026/03/16/eyewitness-can-you-identify-the-criminal/
Family Fortunes // Young Teens // 27th February 2019
Family Fortunes // Adult Class, Level 3 // 6th November 2019
Family Fortunes // Adult Class, Level 3 // 27th November 2019: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2019/11/27/adult-class-level-3-games-without-frontiers/
Food – organise a work party // Adult Speaking Class, Level 3, Part 5 // 4th February 2020
Fortune Teller // Young Teens // 31st January 2019 (// Adult Class, Level 3 //12th December 2019): https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2019/01/31/young-teens-unesco-sites/
Four People (likes, dislikes etc) // Young Teens // 21st February 2019: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2019/02/21/young-teens-deeply-madly-truly/
Friends (hobbies and creativity) // Young Learners 4 // 1st May 2019
Friends (job and personality) // Adult C, L 3 // 27th November 2019: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2019/11/27/adult-class-level-3-games-without-frontiers/
Friends (men) // Teenagers // 12th January 2019 https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2018/12/28/friends-men-teaching-sheet/
Gather information (countries) // Young Learners 5 // 20th August 2019: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2019/08/20/young-learners-level-5-feelings-nothing-more-than-feelings/
Grammarians of the Galaxy // Young Learners, levels 2 & 3 // 21st December 2022: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2022/12/21/young-learners-levels-2-3-grammarians-of-the-galaxy/
Grammarians of the Galaxy // Young Learners, levels 1& 2 // 28th December 2022: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2022/12/28/grammarians-of-the-galaxy-for-young-learners-levels-1-2/
Greek Heroes // Young Learners, Level 2 Review Game // 14th November 2022: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2022/11/14/young-learners-level-2-greek-heroes-to-help-you-learn/
Guess the countries (pictures) Signs // Young Learners 4 // 22nd June 2019
Guess the music (countries) // Young Learners 5 // 27th October 2019
Halloween // Young Learners, level 3 // 1st November 2022: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2022/11/01/how-to-kill-a-vampire-post-halloween-review-game/
Horseshoe Birthday // Young Teens // 29th November 2018: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2018/12/17/young-teens-ages-10-12/
Interview your (famous) partner // Adult Speaking Class, Level 3, Part 4 // 27th January 2020
Just a Minute // Adult Class, Level 3 // 14 November 2019
Just a Minute // Adult Class, Level 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: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2019/01/31/young-teens-unesco-sites/
Mime // Young Learners 3 // 7th September 2019
Monopoly template // Young Learners // 12th December 2022: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2022/12/12/young-learners-all-levels-board-game-template/
Monopoly – Christmas Market // Young Learners, Levels 3 & 4 // 12th December 2022: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2022/12/12/young-learners-levels-3-4-monopoly-christmas-market/
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 Class, Level 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 Class, Level 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: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2018/12/17/young-teens-ages-10-12/
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 // Summer Holiday // Young Learners, Level 4 // 23rd November 2019: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2019/11/21/young-learners-level-4-were-all-going-on-a-summer-holiday/
Screen Test Christmas // John Lewis TV ad (and Summer Holiday) // 23rd December 2020: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2020/12/23/young-learners-screen-test-game/
Screen Test Compilation // Summer Holiday, Tallest Buildings, Egyptian Gods // 23rd June 2022: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2022/06/23/screen-test-compilation-video-clips-for-classroom-games/
Sentence rewrite // Young Teens // 29th November 2018: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2018/12/17/young-teens-ages-10-12/
Shopping on a budget // Young Learners 3 // 17th August 2019
Snakes & Ladders // Young learners, Level 2 // 29th November 2022: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2022/11/29/young-learners-levels-2-3-snakes-ladders-review-games/
Snakes & Ladders // Young Learners, Level 4 // 30th November 2022: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2022/11/30/young-learners-level-4-and-top-cats-snakes-ladders-review-game/
Sticky ball (animals) // KG Safari 1 // 2nd March 2019
Stop the Bus // Young Teens // 27th February 2019
Summer School Multi-Talent Contest // 19th July 2023: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2023/07/19/summer-multi-talent-contest/
Toy Theatres // How to make & King Arthur // Young Learners // 3rd August 2023: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2023/08/03/summer-project-make-a-toy-theatre/
travel:plan a luxury day //Adult Class, Level 3 // 14th November 2019
True or false (3 statements) // Teenagers // 12th January 2019: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2019/01/11/teenage-class-the-truth-is-out-there/
True or false (4 photos) // Teenagers // 12th January 2019: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2019/01/11/teenage-class-the-truth-is-out-there/
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 Class, Level 3 // 12th December 2019: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2019/01/31/young-teens-unesco-sites/
What happens next (video clips) // Adult Class, Level 1 // 30th January 2019
What my friends can do in Sai Gon / / IELTS 5-6.5 // 21st August 2019: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2019/08/15/ielts-5-6-5-i-come-from-a-land-down-under/
What would you do IF … // Adult Class, Level 1 // 2 January 2019
What’s My Line // Adult Class, Level 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 https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2018/12/17/young-teens-ages-10-12/
Young Learners // Runaround & Snakes ‘n’ Ladders // 14th August 2023: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2023/08/14/young-learners-level-1-some-classroom-games/
Student surveys
Are you able to ? // Adult Class, Level 3 // 12th December 2019
Future activities // Adult Class, Level 1 // 30th January 2019
General questions // Adult Class, Level 3 // 8th January 2019
Hobbies // Young Teens // 29th November 2018
IELTS introduction // IELTS // 28th December 2018: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2018/12/28/friends-men-teaching-sheet/
Internet survey // Adult Class, Level 1 // 20th February 2019: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2019/02/20/adult-class-level-1-computer-world/
Mobile phone survey // Adult Class, Level 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
4th December 2020
Sentence building
Adult class exercises (various) // Adult Class // 17- 19 December 2019
Beginners and Young Learners // Let’s build sentences Part 1 // 5th October 2021: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2021/10/05/young-learners-4-lets-build-some-sentences-part-1/
Beginners and Young Learners // Let’s build sentences Part 2 // 6th October 2021: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2021/10/06/young-learners-4-lets-build-some-sentences-part-2/
Beginners and Young Learners // Great games // 15th October 2021: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2021/10/15/young-learners-level-6-sensational-sentences-a-great-game/
Beginners and Young Learners // Sensational sentences // Class games // 28th October 2021: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2021/10/28/young-learners-level-6-sensational-sentence-building/
Beginners and Young Learners // Six adjectives // Young Learners 2 // 23rd July 2022: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2022/07/23/young-learners-level-2-be-clever-and-wonderful/
Beginners and Young Learners // four-word sentences // Young Learners, Level 1 // 7th September 2022: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2022/09/07/young-learners-level-1-the-basics/
Create a narrative
Bad Day – create a narrative // IELTS, Lesson 3 // 19th January 2019: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2019/01/14/ielts-lesson-3-may-the-force-be-with-you/
Bad Student – create a narrative // IELTS Speaking Class 4.5 // 7th January 2019: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2019/01/06/ielts-4-5-speaking-class/
Bangkok in pictures – create a narrative // IELTS // 10th February 2019: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2019/02/10/ielts-have-love-will-travel/
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
Cinema: why do you like ‘Star Wars’ ? // Sentence Building & Zoom Warm Up Games // Young Learners // 2nd August 2021: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2021/08/02/young-learners-sentence-building-and-zoom-warm-up-games/
Coffee in Viet Nam // Adult Speaking Class, level 2 /// Adult Class, Level 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 people from photos // “I’ve just seen a face …” // 6th October 2023: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2023/10/06/young-teens-ive-just-seen-a-face-i-cant-forget/
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 Class, Level 1 // 26th February 2019:
Food (most unusual) // Adult Speaking Class, Level 3: food // 19th April 2020
Future plans // wish + discourse marker + reason // Adult Speaking Class, level 2 // 11th January 2020: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2021/01/11/adult-speaking-class-level-2-future-plans/
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
Kindergarten // What is it ? Basic sentence building // 14th August 2022: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2022/08/14/kindergarten-student-as-teacher/
Theseus and the Minotaur // Young Learners, Levels 3 & 4 // 2nd December 2022: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2022/12/02/young-learners-levels-3-4-tell-me-a-classical-story/
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 complex sentences // IELTS, Mindset: Complex sentences // 30th April 2020
IELTS complex sentences // It’s not that complicated // 24th May 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
Mind map // Building sentences // Young Learners, Level 4 // 23rd May 2023: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2023/05/23/boost-your-english-speaking/
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
Tell me a story // Beginners & Young Learners, Level 4 // 12th October 2021: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2021/10/12/young-learners-level-4-tell-me-a-story/
Tell me more, tell me more // Sentence building exercises for speaking tests // Young Learners // 26th September 2023: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2023/09/26/young-learners-tell-me-more-tell-me-more/
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
4th December 2020
Speaking exercises
All the world’s a stage // write a short play // Young Learners, Level 5 // 1st May 2023: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2023/05/01/all-the-worlds-a-stage-and-my-students-shall-play-their-parts/
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
Expressions // Adult Class, Level 3 // 15th January 2019
Film and acting reviews // Adult Class, Level 1 // 5th March 2019
Food & Drink // What is your favourite ? // Let’s Get talking (‘Happy Talk’) // Young Learners // 28th August 2023: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2023/08/28/young-learners-lets-get-talking/
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 Class, Level 3 // 16th September 2019
English Speaking: Grammar
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
IELTS // Quick-fire talking // Part 2 questions // 12th May 2020
IELTS // Speaking exercises // small talk & making excuses // 12th May 2020
IELTS // Preparing for speaking test // 14th May 20202
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
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
Pronunciation, intonation & stress // IELTS, intonation Volume 1 // 16th November 2020 https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2020/11/16/ielts-intonation-stress-let-me-feel-the-emotion-volume-1/
Pronunciation // A princess should sound like a Queen // 30th March 2021: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2021/03/30/a-princess-should-speak-like-a-queen/
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
Telephone conversation // Adult Speaking Class, L 2 Part 2
English Speaking: Travel
Holidays // Adult Speaking Class, level 3. Theme: Travel // 11th February 2020
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 // 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
Travel: Where shall we go ? (USA, Russia, India, Norway) // Young Learners & ASC Level 1: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2020/10/08/where-shall-we-go-young-learners-adult-speaking-class-level-1/
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
4th December 2020
Vocabulary building
Adjectives // Beginners’ English
Adult class (various) // Adult Class // 17- 19 December 2019
Animal idioms and expressions // A – D // 3rd April 2022: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2022/04/03/animals-idioms-phrases-and-interesting-facts-a-d/
Animal idioms and expressions // A – D (Part 2) // 6th April 2022: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2022/04/06/animals-idioms-phrases-and-interesting-facts-a-d-part-2/
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, Level 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, Level 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
Food // Adult Speaking Class, Level 1
Foot expressions // IELTS // 25th November 2022: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2022/11/25/ielts-some-footnotes-to-help-you-stand-on-your-own-two-feet/
General // IELTS: Final Review // 5th March 2019
Friends and occupations (photos) // Adult Class, Level 3 // 5th September 2019
General // Young Teens // 29th November 2018
I live in a … // Adult Speaking Class, Level 2, Part 4
Indian lady teaches vocabulary // Adult Class, Level 3 // 11th December 2021: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2021/12/11/two-birds-with-one-stone-listening-and-vocabulary/
IELTS // Film for IELTS // What do you like this film ? // 6th April 2020
IELTS // General // 19th February 2019
IELTS // Idioms (sweets) // 19th February 2019
IELTS // Preparing for speaking test // 14th May 20202
IELTS language // IELTS 5 – 6.5. Writing example // 15th March 2020
IELTS // Like or dislike // 16th April 2019
IELTS // Music // 16th April 2019
IELTS 5-6.5 // Music // 11th September 2019
IELTS 5-6.5 // Music // 25th September 2019
IELTS // Phrases // 21st January 2019
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
Jobs // Asking about jobs // Young Teens // 21st February 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 Class, Level 3 // 14 November 2019
Money expressions // Adult Speaking Class, Level 2: luxury day // 12th March 2020
Opinion phrases // Young Learners 4 // 26th October 2019
Opinion phrases // Adult Speaking Class, level 3: Art // 13th April 2020
Science jargon // Radio telescope // Adult Speaking Class, Level 2 // 1st March 2021 : https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2021/03/01/adult-speaking-class-level-2-maintain-radio-silence/
Science jargon // Adult Speaking Class, Level 2 // 2nd March 2021: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2021/03/02/adult-speaking-class-level-2-breaking-the-silence/
Semantics // New Words // 5th May 2022: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2022/05/05/semantics-new-words/
Shell expressions // Teaching Notes // 3rd February 2023: https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2023/02/03/shell-phrases-in-a-nutshell/
Shopping // Adult Speaking Class, level 2
To what extent … ? // Adult Class, Level 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 Class, Level 1 // 26th February 2019
Vietnam War // Adult Speaking Class, level 3: April 30th // 5th April 2020
Vocabulary review // Adult Speaking Class, level 2
Vocabulary exercises:
How was your day ? // Adult Speaking Class, level 1: How was your day ? // 5th April 2020
Small talk, idioms, dialogue practice // Adult Speaking Class, Level 2 // 8th July 2020
Tourism presentation // Teenagers // 20th January 2019
Compilation of exercises:
https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2019/12/09/vocabulary-building-exercises/
This compilation includes:
Match new vocabulary with definitions then practice.
Personality adjectives
Relative pronouns
Small talk responses
Travel with new expressions
Travel – hotel guide
Travel – life in Sai Gon
What Difference Does It Make – definitions of similar words
19th November 2020
Everybody Up 6, Unit 1, Lesson 4
Can you guess the three countries ?
Divide the class into three teams, named after Brazil, South Korea and Spain. On the board write three columns or project an image like this:
Ask questions and one player from each team has to run to the board and slap the correct number
Example: The capital of the UK is: 1 Manchester 2 Cardiff 3 London
What language do people speak in Brazil 1) Portuguese 2) Spanish 3) French
The Great Wall is in 1) Japan 2) Germany 3) China
How do you say ‘Hello’ in Spanish ? 1) Xin chao 2) Hola ! 3) Annyeonghaseyo
You can walk under 1) the street 2) the fountain 3) the train tracks
Walk around 1) the fountain 2) the stairs 3) the river
Which country doesn’t have camels (not in zoos) 1) China 2) Egypt 3) Japan
Now, run and write
Where can you:
see fish, sharks and sea creatures ? buy clothes and shoes and books and toys ? ride a rollercoaster ? borrow books ?
Now, sentence building
Show students two flashcards from previous lessons. They have to combine to form a long sentence, using the past tense.
EXAMPLE:
First I walked over the bridge then took the train to the museum
First I walk__ ______ the river then _____ the ferry to the aquarium
First we walk__ _____ the train tracks then _______ the subway to the department store.
He walk__ ______ the fountain then ______ a car to the library
She (run) ________ the stairs then __________ a taxi to the zoo
Now, guess the country: This music is from ?
If the class is active and outgoing, they may want to try some Flamenco dancing, in which case, Ole !
11th November 2020
A step up in the musical education of my younglings. After teaching them to say … to scream, “I feel good,” a la James Brown (because I cannot stand the pre-programmed, “I’m fine,”) we’re moving on to one of my favourite bands: The Smiths. This song has a reference to clothing albeit in rather high-level English. However, the motivated students, with repetition, can absorb so much and really boost their vocabulary. So, without further ado … The Smiths with ‘This Charming Man’ : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cJRP3LRcUFg
The lines in question start at 0:45 – 0:51
“I would go out tonight but I haven’t got a stitch to wear.”
This means that the singer doesn’t has any nice clothes to go out or has no money to buy new clothes
Play the song and the younglings have to shout out every time they hear the lyrics.
Bonus questions:
What is the singer wearing ? What is he doing ?
What instruments are the band playing ?
Clothes: a previous blog covered clothing vocabulary. Select what is appropriate for this level, e.g. for material just choose cotton, silk and plastic : https://thaypaulsnotes.com/2020/03/19/adult-speaking-class-level-2-describing-clothes/
What are they wearing ?
She is wearing a white cotton T-shirt with ‘The Smiths’ in blue as well as a brown skirt and a white headband.
Now … your turn
Design your own T-shirt:
10th November 2020
E Up 4, U 2 review
Let’s kick off with an appropriate song – REM and ‘The One I Love.’
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j7oQEPfe-O8
I love playing guitar but I really want a new guitar.
I love playing guitar but I really want a new one.
The noun is ‘guitar‘. We can use the word ‘one‘ so we don’t need to say the same noun twice.
OK, which guitar would you like ?
I would like the black guitar.
OR
I would like the black one.
T-shirts – which one would you like ?
Doughnuts – what is the question ?
Animals – which one is the fastest ?
QUIZ
Birds – which one can fly backwards ?
Insects – which ones never sleep ?
Mammals – which ones can fly ?
Which ones can’t jump ?
Which one can’t make a sound ?
Review
What do you like doing ? Are you good at it ?
I like riding elephants. I really like riding elephants. I’m good at it.
What do you not like doing ? What are you not good at ?
I don’t like speaking Vietnamese. I’m not very good at it.
6th November 2020
IELTS Mindset 2 Unit 1:Listening
How to start turning standard English into IELTS-style answers
Tips:
Introduce your answer
Paraphrase the question
Use low-frequency words (LFW)
Think what idiom or expression is appropriate
Use intonation and stress
Speak fluently and pace yourself
For a database of idioms and IELTS – language you will need to know, click here:
Example:
Last week we used these words:
city centre / industrial / residential / suburban
quite / safe / vibrant / boring / peaceful
bustling / gritty
Which adjectives could describe the four types of area ?
NEXT UP:
Speaking exercise – imagine you live in the first picture. Describe the neighbourhood and your life. However, when you get a high-paying job, you want to take out a mortgage and move to the second picture. Describe that neighbourhood.
NEXT UP:
Introducing and expanding your answer
Do you like coffee ?
I like many drinks however coffee is my favourite because it tastes great and makes me wake up although too much will stop me from sleeping at night but, in my opinion, the benefits far out weigh the disadvantages.
NB (Latin – nota bene = note well, please read, important information)
Try these:
New vocabulary
ubiquitous everywhere, very common
naïve innocent, inexperienced
stroll a gentle walk, for exercise (collocation: take a stroll)
a bazaar (noun) a permanent, covered market
bizarre (adjective) very strange, unusual
absent-minded extremely forgetful
sky-high, astronomical very expensive, maybe too expensive
predictable it is possible to guess the answer, people doing the same thing
hawkers
Street _______ are common in Vietnam, and they are _________ in District 1. It is nearly impossible for a westerner to take a ________ without being approached. Some claim to sell Ray Bans or designer sunglasses, but you would have to be extremely ________ to believe they are genuine ! They are all fake, probably made in China. Many people try to _____(collocation) money by selling to tourists especially around Ben Thanh Market, a kind of _______, though this is strictly for tourists as the prices are ____________ !
Pronunciation Practice
First time in Viet Nam – First impressions of Viet Nam
A vlog by Divert Living, posted just over two years ago and which has already received more than a million hits:
[American English accent]
Try 04:44 – 04:53
” … and I asked them, ‘How much is aqua (water) ?’ Aqua’s fifteen thousand, beer’s twenty thousand … of course I’m gonna get the beer, now … it’s just as expensive as the water.”
09:00 – 0913
“Fun fact, Vietnamese cuisine is considered one of the healthiest cuisines in the world … and, to go with the food, the size of the dining tables and chairs are super small.”
Thay Paul's Notes 