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🌟 Welcome to “English Fun Corner” by Teacher Elian Santillán   👨‍🏫 Created by: Teacher Elian Santillán  I'm an English teacher currently working in Montecristi. I'm a professional dedicated to modern and dynamic education. In this blog, I've created several activities that will surely be useful and helpful if you're passionate about educational innovation.  🎯 Purpose: To share practical, inclusive, and engaging strategies for learning English through play and creativity.   🧩 1. Vocabulary Strategies: “Picture it, Match it, Move it!”   🎯 Objective: Help students remember new words through movement, color, and visual connection.   🕹️ Activity: Vocabulary Treasure Hunt Level: A1–A2  Materials: Flashcards, classroom labels, QR codes, or images Instructions: Hide vocabulary flashcards (e.g., places in the city, food, animals) around the classroom. Students scan QR codes or find the cards and match them to images or definition...

“English Detectives: Listen, Read & Discover!” Teacher      :           M.Sc. Gabriela Galarza .

  GRAMMAR STRATEGIES Section 1: Understanding Grammar through Play Activity: Grammar Detective Mission – Simple Present Edition Teacher: Gabriela López Target Audience:36 high school students with A1–A2 English proficiency, ages 15–17 Duration: 45 minutes Activity Description Students participate in an engaging “Grammar Detective Mission” designed to help them identify and correctly use Simple Present Tense structures while investigating a fun mystery scenario. In groups, they act as detectives solving a case involving characters’ daily routines. By analyzing clues, correcting grammar mistakes, and writing proper sentences, students strengthen their understanding of subject-verb agreement and affirmative/negative forms of the Simple Present. This activity is inclusive, multimodal, and playful, allowing full participation of all learners, including those with special educational needs (SEN) such as visual or hearing impairments. Materials Needed - “Detective cl...

VOCABULARY STRATEGIES Section 1: Techniques for Using Words Activity: Adventure Kinesthetic Word Quest Teacher: Augusto Aguirre Picture: Target Audience: 37 high school students with A1–A2 English proficiency, ages 15–17 Forty-five minutes Activity Description Students collaborate in groups to find and utilize 12 target vocabulary words associated with the theme "Daily Life Abroad" in the dynamic, game-based "Kinesthetic Word Quest Adventure" (e.g., airport, ticket, schedule, luggage, customs, greeting, shopping, currency, directions, restaurant, emergency, community). By roaming around the classroom in search of hidden word cards, acting out meanings, and crafting sentences, students engage in a treasure hunt that promotes vocabulary development via cooperation and physical interaction. All pupils, even a deaf SEN kid, may engage completely in the activity Materials Needed Twelve word cards with target vocabulary words and graphics (such as "airport" with...