EFL Interdisciplinary Projects/Teacher's Resources

Here you will find resources for preparing new lessons organized by grammar topic and type of resource

Songs on grammar

Songs are powerful tools for learning vocabulary, rhythm and structures, from the most simple to the most complex ones. They may relate to strong emotional and cultural or social questions that make them more prone to memorizing. Different from texts and other textbook resources, songs will be carried out from the classroom, accompanying the students on their routine.

To be - simple present (Liverpool Express) You Are My Love (lyrics) video lesson (Metallica) Sad but true(LYRICS) (Twisted sisters) We're Not Gonna Take It (Lionel Richie)Three Times A Lady (Depeche Mode) Enjoy the silence (lyrics) (Oingo Boingo) Stay (Cyhra) Dreams Gone Wrong (feat. Mavis Staples -Hozier) Nina Cried Power (Rag'n'Bone Man) - Human

Simple present The Beatles - I Want To Hold Your Hand The Beatles - Twist And Shout Barns Courtney - Glitter & Gold video lesson Michael Jackson - Why Do You Wanna Dance - The Beach Boys (with lyrics) Myrath - Merciless times (Lyrics) Aretha Franklin - I say a little prayer Audioslave - Doesn't Remind Me Scorpions - Send me an angel (Legendado) Joe Cocker - Noubliez Jamais Creedence - Bad moon rising Ryan Adams - Do You Still Love Me? (short, repetitive) Family Of The Year - Hero (don't wanna)

Present Continuous Rod Stewart - I am Sayling (With Lyrics) Creedence - Proud Mary video lesson Nightwish - Walking In The Air (with lyrics) video lesson Imagine Dragons - Radioactive

There to be Welshly Arms - Stand

Simple past (Deep Purple) Smoke on the water (Red Hot Chili Peppers) Did I Let You Know? (Hugh Laurie) Didn't It Rain (Genesis) - No Son Of Mine (The Beatles) Help! Pink Floyd - Coming Back To Life (to be)

Past continuous

Simple future Supertramp - Give a little bit Lynyrd Skynyrd - Simple man Ryan Adams - Do You Still Love Me? (short, repetitive) Barns Courtney - Champion Nickelback - Gotta Be Somebody

Immediate future Nickelback - Rockstar (explicit) Comparing Will/going to Larkin Poe - Preachin' Blues Welshly Arms - Legendary ( chorus - gonna)

Imperative (Dio) Don't Talk To Strangers (+tobe) (Disturbed) Hold On To Memories (R.E.M.) Shiny Happy People

Present perfect (U2) I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For (Foreigner) Waiting For A Girl Like You (Sam Cooke) A Change Is Gonna Come should, could, must + have (Bon Jovi) Misunderstood

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If clauses (would, could, should) (Halloween) If I Could Fly (Seal) If I Could (Nickelback) Everyone Cared (Temptations) Stand by me (INXS) Never Tear Us Apart (Joan Osborne) One Of Us

Modals Can/Could Van Halen - Can't Stop Lovin' You John Butler - Zebra Peter Gabriel - Sledgehammer Should/could Bruce Dickinson - Tears Of The Dragon Would Scorpions - Holiday

Question Words (Coldplay)Fix you

Adjectives/Adverbs Adele - Lovesong Roger Hodgson - Logical Song Comparative Evergrey - Passing Through (Cyhra) Dreams Gone Wrong Five for Fighting - Superman Rival Sons - Shooting Stars Destiny's Child - Survivor

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Some, any, no (Alicia Keys)If I Ain't Got You by Lyrics (Kings Of Leon)Use Somebody [Lyrics] (Nickelback) Everyone Cared (The Beatles) Love Me Do

For discussions Diabulus in Musica - The Misfit's Swing Opinions on social midia

Videos

Relevant series.

Amazing Stories (2020 TV series) - Anthology Fantasy Science-fiction Drama
Sweet Magnolias Life dramas, overcoming hardship, powerful women, bonding. Romantic drama

Relevant movies

Robot & Frank Retired burglar forgetting things receives a butler robot. Bonding, family, memories. Drama, Comedy, Sci-Fi, Crime

Speeches

• Steve Jobs' 2005 Stanford Commencement Address - 'You've got to find what you love,' Jobs says. This is a prepared text of the Commencement address delivered by Steve Jobs, CEO of Apple Computer and of Pixar Animation Studios, on June 12, 2005.
• Chimamanda Adichie: The dangers of a single story -
• FDR’s “Day of Infamy” Speech - Crafting a Call to Arms - with video - Franklin D. Roosevelt's speech about the bombing of Pearl Harbour. Exercises from the Roosevelt libary and museum. The First Typed Draft of Franklin D. Roosevelt's War Address.

Intermediate

• Cross cultural communication | Pellegrino Riccardi | TEDxBergen - Pellegrino, being a cross cultural expert, he is sharing with us his personal and professional experience about how do very different cultures can successfully coexist next to each other. Is it difficult to live in Norway, being an expat? Do you know how to establish the mutual understanding between Italian and Norwegian?

Reading

General misc

• Digital Resources - For educators looking to infuse the arts into their educational practices, we’ve developed a robust collection of hundreds of digital learning resources: lessons, articles, performance guides, how-tos and much more.
• Garfield comic stripes
• Calvin & Hobbes comic stripes

• Personal Values Free Online Test - (basic long list) Choose values that resonate with you, select values from the list.
• Free Core Values Quiz - Identify your unique values with this free core values quiz self-assessment.

Pre Intemediate and up

Personality test for inumerous purposes

• IDR lab Individual Differences Research - Take one of our free personality tests, many of which are based on peer-reviewed scientific research, and all of which are crafted by experts in psychometrics.
• Emotional Intelligence Test - The Global Emotional Intelligence Test uses 40 questions which are derived from, the Global EI Capability Assessment instrument, which will generate an EI profile of your scores.
• Emotional Intelligence Test for Leaders - A science-based Emotional Intelligence Test focused on applying emotional intelligence when leading a team or a classroom offering also a breakdown in the 4 main areas of Emotional Intelligence

Historical

Martin Luther King

• I Have a Dream With audio - Martin Luther King's Address Delivered at the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom.
• Other texts by MLK - 5 Things Written by Martin Luther King Jr. That Everyone Should Read, According to an Expert
• On music - 10 Songs Honoring Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Best Martin Luther King Songs: 10 Moving Tributes, The Extraordinary Musical Influences of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
• Memorials and monuments - Photos: Martin Luther King statues around the country (and beyond), Memorials to Martin Luther King Jr., Unique MLK Memorials Across the U.S.
• Books - Resources: Books by MLK, Jr., 9 Books that Celebrate the Legacy of Martin Luther King, Jr.
• Movies - 10 Thought-Provoking Movies to Watch on Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, The 6 Best Martin Luther King, Jr. Movies To Stream

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• Universal Declaration of Human Rights , With audio - Eleanor Roosevelt reads the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (09-Dec-1948, 00:12:53)
• ‘A few appropriate remarks’ became one of the most famous speeches in American history - President Abraham Lincoln delivering what became known as the Gettysburg Address at the dedication of the Soldiers’ National Cemetery in Gettysburg on Nov. 19, 1863.

Hollidays

Halloween

• How Jack O’Lanterns Originated in Irish Myth- Basic - Video
• Jack-o'-lantern Wikipedia
• The story of Jack-o’-lantern: ‘If you knew the sufferings of that forsaken craythur’ - Intermediate
• Halloween 2020 History.com - Basic

• 20 terrifying two-sentence short horror stories that will make you hold your breath
• A Timeline of Horror Films -Basic
• Click If You Dare: 100 Favorite Horror Stories - Basic
• Literary terms - horror - Definition, types and examples of Horror in Literature

Womens' Day

• Remarks by the First Lady at International Women's Day Reception, March 08, 2011 Video

Tests

Grammar tests

• English Grammar Online - tests - very neatly organized list of tests by grammar topic in 3 levels. The tests are also very well designed.

Teacher's development

• Teaching Knowledge Test Recommended minimum language level: Independent English language user (CEFR Level B1 and above)