http://www.etseverywhere.com Free, original ESL / EFL audio from Kevin McCaughey Mon, 25 Aug 2008 07:27:25 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en You know that game where somebody has three cups and they put a little ball under one and then move them around, and your job is to keep you eye on the one with the ball, and say where it is? Well, this game is sort of like that—only it is ... http://www.etseverywhere.com/new/whos-got-what-an-action-listening-game Click to enlarge.That's right. This crossword has audio clues. There is one mp3 file for "Across" clues, and one for "Down" clues. Your task, when listening to the very short clips from Beatles tunes, is to isolate and identify the particle verbs (otherwise known as phrasal verbs). ... http://www.etseverywhere.com/new/phrasal-verbs-in-the-beatles-an-audio-crossword This is an old nursery rhyme. It's got great verbs. Write the infinitives and a gap-fill on the board, like this: bump, couldn't, jump, pour, rain, snore, wake up It’s ________ It’s ________ the old man is ________ he ________in bed and ________ his head and ________ _________ in the morning Students fill in the blanks. Next use ... http://www.etseverywhere.com/recycle-song-classics/its-raining Suzy the MonkeyIn my flatthere lived SuzyShe liked to eat bananasunder the bedShe dreamed of friendsbut she can’t find.words and music by Alina Budko (age 11) and Ksyusha Gebennikova (age 11) http://www.etseverywhere.com/student-songs/suzy-the-monkey The MonkeyThere lived a monkey.She lived in the jungle.She liked to eat bananas,and ride on the elephant.She dreamed of living like people,but the people didn’t want that.words and music by Artiom Tereshchenko (age 13)Minsk, Belarus. Artiom is on the right in the photo. That's his cousin Nikita on ... http://www.etseverywhere.com/student-songs/the-monkey Lonely Spider In a cave there lived a spider. He liked to drink warm apple cider. He liked to think about his life. He wondered if he'd ever have a wife. Lonely spider. http://www.etseverywhere.com/kid-songs/the-spider The Croc In the river there lived a croc. He liked to lie (3X) upon a big flat rock. He dreamed of going for a walk, But he had no shoes and he only had one sock. This songs just 20 seconds long. For kids, I play it a few times, providing a bit more scaffolding at ... http://www.etseverywhere.com/kid-songs/the-croc Meet Marie. She's an American who fell in love with Russia and moved there: to the relatively unpopulated Russian Far east in fact. In the three audios Marie talks about (1) developing an interest in Russia, (2) getting her first teaching job in the far eastern Chitinskaya Region, ... http://www.etseverywhere.com/other-voices/an-american-in-russia That's right. This 15-second song lists the largest countries of the world. It's a good dictation for groups of all levels. Play the song and students write. You might not tell them the title, only afterwards asking them what the relationship of these 10 countries is. http://www.etseverywhere.com/vocabulary-list-songs/the-10-biggest-countries Небольшая история от Наташы.  Командировкa в Польшу Моего мужа (1) __________ в командировку в Польшу. Он (2) __________ со своим сотрудником до самой границы и на границе у него (3) __________ паспорт. (4) __________, что в паспорте нет печати. Ему (5) __________ вернуться. Сколько это километров? Километров 400 назад (6) __________ печать ... http://www.etseverywhere.com/learn-russian/%d0%ba%d0%be%d0%bc%d0%b0%d0%bd%d0%b4%d0%b8%d1%80%d0%be%d0%b2%d0%baa-%d0%b2-%d0%bf%d0%be%d0%bb%d1%8c%d1%88%d1%83