ALL together now! Pinigig joins the Association for Language Learning

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ALL together now! Pinigig joins the Association for Language Learning

We are very proud to announce Pinigig’s corporate membership of the Association for Language Learning (ALL).

The Association for Language Learning (ALL) is the major subject association for those involved in teaching foreign languages at all levels in the UK.  There are currently 4,500 members.

The Association actively promotes the teaching and learning of foreign languages by:

  • providing information and publications
  • organising professional development activities
  • acting as a public voice on behalf of members

ALL aims to:

  • encourage an understanding of the importance of languages at all levels in our society
  • promote the development of language policies which reflect the linguistic diversity and the language needs of the country and its population
  • advance public understanding of language learning and the techniques and approaches for successful language teaching
  • promote improved standards of language teaching.

Free Christmas Flashcards

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Free Christmas Flashcards for your festive lessons

10 free Christmas flashcards for all your festive lessons.  Find thousands of top quality images (including loads more Christmas ones) in the unique flashcard creator.  It’s only £8.95 for a whole year of unlimited downloads!

The flashcard creator means you can mix and match as many images as you like, with fully editable text and a choice of four sizes / formats.

Images: bauble, cracker, stocking, wreath, Christmas pudding, sledge, Santa hat, present, bells and Christmas cake.  Are there any festive images you can’t find?  Contact us!

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Food, Glorious Food! The food board game for ESL

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Food, Glorious Food!  The food board game for ESL

This board game is great for creating culinary conversation. The download includes the board and 20 vocabulary cards (3 sheets in total).

Cut out the vocab cards and place in a pile (face down) next to the board.

Students throw the die, work their way around the board and answer the questions.   When they land on a ‘cooking verb’ square they must pick up a card and either mime the verb for the other students to guess, or use the verb in a sentence that demonstrates understanding i.e. “She grates the cheese” and not “She grates the milk.”

This game is okay for a strong elementary group and it’s important that they are at least familiar with the cooking verbs.  I usually play in groups of 4 or 5.

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Halloween Wordsearch for ESL

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A scary Halloween wordsearch for ESL

This vocabulary building wordsearch is great for Halloween lessons.  It contains 13 synonyms for ‘frightening’, helping students to tell truly terrifying tales! Some of the vocabulary is quite advanced but is fine for a dictionary skills lesson for lower level students. Includes answer sheet.

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Pinigig Flashcard Creator Only £8.95

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Pinigig Flashcard Creator Now Only £8.95

Yes full access to the Pinigig flashcard creator is now only £8.95 per year.  Access to 3,000 professionally produced images with a fully editable text function isn’t all.  You can also save your flashcard sets in your online account so you can design your activities at home and print them anywhere in the world.

Pinigig is an essential tool for language teachers – bring life to the lesson and bring the lesson to life!  Start searching the collection and see how it works here – Flashcards

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My Family Worksheet

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My Family Worksheet

A simple worksheet for beginners to identify members of the family.  Great gap-fill activity for a lesson or as homework.  It’s also a good follow-on if you’ve been teaching appearances.  Ask the students to describe people e.g. “Her mother has grey hair.”

I use this as a model for students to create their own family trees and to write sentences about them.  Suitable for teenagers and adults.

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Get that job! The job interview board game

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Get that job!  The job interview board game

This board game is great for practicing typical job interview questions. The download includes the board and 20 vocabulary cards (3 sheets in total).

Cut out the vocab cards and place in a pile (face down) next to the board.

Students throw the die, work their way around the board and answer the questions.  I always ask the students to think of a job they’d like to apply for before starting so that they give specific answers and avoid general responses.  When they land on a ‘vocab card’ square they must pick up a card and either give the definition of the word or use it in a job application related sentence.

Some of the vocabulary is quite challenging so check understanding of key words and phrases before starting.  The game was designed for upper-intermediate / advanced students but I’ve also used it in intermediate classes successfully.  I usually play in groups of 4.

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Phonetic Chart – Vowels & Diphthongs

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Phonetic Chart – Vowels & Diphthongs

For all you EFL teachers out there!  A good chart is hard to find – too boring or too distracting in my experience.  I’ve tried to strike a balance between functional and attractive.  After years of teaching I still think twice about some of the symbols so I thought a simple illustration to prompt the sound would be useful to students and teachers alike.

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Holiday Board Game

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A3 Holiday Board Game

Board game for intermediate English students.  This tried and tested activity is great for creating conversation and includes lots of key topic vocabulary + a range of question structures.

All you need is a copy of the board for each group (I recommend groups of 4 or 5 but it’s very flexible), 1 die per group and a counter for each student.  Although this game is designed to be A3 size it is usable when reduced to A4.

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