People are Using English Banana.com Free Licences – 3 Great Examples!

English Banana.com features a wealth of free worksheets and resources for teaching and learning English, and everything is covered by our free licences! Click here for full details. People are free to do what they want to with the materials, and they are doing just that, if the recent examples listed in this post are anything to go by!

Example 1 – Material from Talk a Lot Elementary Book 1 has been used to make online quizzes:

http://www.allthink.com/v/taletown/
http://www.allthink.com/v/talefooddrink/
http://www.allthink.com/v/shopping/
http://www.allthink.com/v/healthyhealth/
http://www.allthink.com/v/taletransport/

Example 2 – Material from various English Banana.com workbooks has been used to make online quizzes for this Polish website:

http://www.maximus.pl/dl-cwiczenia_gramatyczne-114.html

http://www.maximus.pl/dl-pisownia_i_ortografia-118.html

http://www.maximus.pl/dl-rozumienie_czytanego_tekstu-121.html

http://www.maximus.pl/dl-slownictwo_angielskie-113.html

http://www.maximus.pl/dl-wiedza_ogolna-119.html

Example 3 – A teacher from Jakarta, Indonesia has built a web page using material from Talk a Lot Elementary Book 1:

http://mr-bejo.com/page/44540/unit-2.html

We’re loving the way that you are being creative and using English Banana.com materials online (as well as in your classes offline!)… It is fantastic that people feel able to use the materials in this way. They are there to be used, so… go on! The world is your lobster!

Talk a Lot English Invites You to Discover… YOU ARE THE COURSE BOOK!

You are very welcome to join me for my next FREE online lesson on WizIQ.com next Tuesday evening at 8pm CET:

For full details, please click here:

http://www.talkalotenglish.com/index.html

Thanks to Everybody who Made our Fundraising Concert such a Big Success!

Our “Big Sky” fundraising event went really well on Saturday night. Thanks to everybody who took part, including the performers Big Sky Choir, storyteller Hugh Lupton, and wildlife photographer David Tipling. Thanks as well to the hard-working team of people who made it possible, including the English Banana Trustees, other volunteers, and the professional, kind, and helpful staff at Cathedral.

A packed crowd gathered in the new Hostry centre at Norwich Cathedral to be enthralled, educated, and above all entertained! First we heard all about David Tipling’s recent visit to Papua New Guinea, and how the relationship between people and birds there is really quite unique. After a short break we were thoroughly spoilt by the wonderful singing of Norfolk choir Big Sky and the amazing, mesmerising tales of Hugh Lupton. A wonderful evening was enjoyed by all, and money was raised towards this year’s English Banana Trust Free Summer School for English teachers.

Norwich Cathedral.

David Tipling's Presentation

Big Sky Choir - warming up!

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Some New Talk a Lot Discussion Questions on the Topic of “Homes”

Yesterday I was teaching a pre-intermediate class and needed a few general discussion questions on the topic of “Homes”, so I came up with the following. Maybe you will be able to use them in your class too!

You could include them in a lesson based on the “Home” unit in Talk a Lot Elementary Book 1, for example.

Discussion Questions - Homes...

1. If you could live anywhere in the world, where would it be? Why?

2. Which is better – a house or a flat? Why? What are the advantages and disadvantages of each?

3. How many different kinds of home can you think of?

4. How will our homes be different in 50 years from now?

5. Which city in the world would be… a) the best, b) the worst, c) [insert other superlatives!] to live in? Why?

6. What are the most important factors in choosing a home?

7. Describe… a) your home, b) your grandparents’ home, c) [insert other!]. Compare them.

8. Who would you like to live with, if you could choose? Why?

Learn English Vocabulary and Feel Good about It with FreeRice.com!

This great website has been around for a while, but it’s a fantastic way to test your knowledge of English vocabulary (and other subjects, including Science, Geography, and Humanities).  We spent around 10 minutes playing and earned 630 grains of rice, which doesn’t sound that much, but if 30 other people also did the same, we’d have enough grains of rice to feed one person for one day. Why not give it a try?

http://www.freerice.com

FreeRice.com

English Banana Fundraising Activities Featured in the Press!

Eastern Daily Press - 10th March 2012

 

Norwich Evening News - 16th March 2012

http://www.eveningnews24.co.uk/news/english_banana_trust_launches_fundraising_programme_with_norwich_concert_for_summer_school_in_holt_1_1240655