Strangle facts about English

http://thenewdaily.com.au/entertainment/2014/12/21/awesome-facts-english/

X-mas resources

http://oupeltglobalblog.com/2014/12/12/classroom-resources-for-christmas/

Activities

http://esltreasure.com/games-activities/seniors-games-activities/general-purpose-review/

Drought and water shortage in California

http://www.motherjones.com/tom-philpott/2014/10/caliifornia-groundwater-withdrawal-china-india-middle-east
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2014/08/140819-groundwater-california-drought-aquifers-hidden-crisis/
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/10/15/los-angeles-water-use_n_5986616.html
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/archives/water-crisis/
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/why-california-is-running-dry/
http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/wests-historic-drought-stokes-fears-of-water-crisis/2014/08/17/d5c84934-240c-11e4-958c-268a320a60ce_story.html
http://ca.gov/drought/

British Christmas

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v2W3QR9WXdA#t=85

Articles

http://www.naturalnews.com/teens.html
http://learning.blogs.nytimes.com/category/teens-in-the-times/?_r=0

Functions

http://www.macmillandictionary.com/learn/pragmatics2014.html?utm_source=FB-macdictionary&utm_medium=social

Thanksgiving video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xL9HrFIedtg

Thanksgiving fun facts

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qHec3sFXuak

Priviledge

http://www.buzzfeed.com/nathanwpyle/this-teacher-taught-his-class-a-powerful-lesson-about-privil?bffb

Banana plastic

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BMR-oMpCbjo

Obama loves Meryl Streep

http://www.vanityfair.com/vf-hollywood/2014/11/meryl-streep-president-obama-medal-of-freedom

A walkable neigbourhood and your brain

http://www.treehugger.com/urban-design/preserve-your-brain-live-walkable-neighborhood.html

EFL videos

http://community.eflclassroom.com/video/video/listTagged?tag=funny

Thanksgiving ideas

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6x6LAAsWqSU
http://photos.state.gov/libraries/hochiminh/646441/vantt/Thank%20You_%20Ma_am.pdf
Turkeys are a great excuse to bring figurative language into the classroom this November. Try giving your students a list of turkey idioms and have them guess what the idioms mean. Then give them a list of the real meanings and see if they can match the expressions to their definitions. You might want to include the following expressions: quit cold turkey, talk turkey, like turkeys voting for Christmas, a turkey shoot, I’m stuffed, stuff it, eat like a bird, and be a turkey. Also feel free to expand your idiom lesson by including idioms that mention other animals. (http://busyteacher.org/21351-thanksgiving-10-activities-to-celebrate.html)

Drama games

http://www.dramatoolkit.co.uk/drama-games/a-to-z
http://www.dramatoolkit.co.uk/drama-games/item/energy/jumping-jelly-beans

Sainsbury Xmas ad . Christmas truce

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2s1YvnfcFVs#t=120
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NWF2JBb1bvM

Halloween Kitchen & Ellen scare links

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZZukcrK3wEo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WUM59JuRf5w

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LshOEHWCX3g
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_VmRlcaKQe0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DKA0f9vRO38

NYC: the rich and the poor

http://www.theguardian.com/books/2014/oct/24/tale-of-two-cities-new-york-inequality-john-tim-freeman

Can't think of a fitting title :)

http://www.goodshomedesign.com/10-life-hacks-everyone-must-know/

Film lesson plans

http://www.portfolio.hu/en/economy/hungary_to_impose_internet_levy_in_2015_tax_plans_show.28561.html

Internet tax

http://www.portfolio.hu/en/economy/hungary_to_impose_internet_levy_in_2015_tax_plans_show.28561.html

Awkward vegetarian moments

http://www.buzzfeed.com/jessicamisener/awkward-moments-every-vegetarian-understands?utm_term=25fk9k3&sub=3474535_4005316#jarzgu

Cooking

http://www.treehugger.com/green-food/9-things-everyone-should-know-about-cooking.html
http://www.treehugger.com/green-food/why-bother-cooking-scratch.html

Famous people together

http://mediapanda.blog.hu/2014/10/14/35_kulonleges_foto_hiressegekrol_ahogy_egyutt_szorakoznak?fb_action_ids=842375672460729&fb_action_types=og.likes

McDonald's beef patty

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wXgSnUmhdws#t=249

Weird warning labels

http://www.goodhousekeeping.com/home/cleaning-organizing/weird-warning-labels?src=spr_FBPAGE&spr_id=1443_99104890

Living without money

http://www.livingwithoutmoney.org/

Lego and shell

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qhbliUq0_r4
http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/oct/09/lego-ends-shell-partnership-following-greenpeace-campaign

Ebola scare

http://metro.co.uk/2014/10/13/london-hospital-in-chaos-after-ebola-patient-walks-into-casualty-4903988/?ito=facebook

Self-portrait on different drugs

http://elitedaily.com/envision/artist-creates-self-portraits-on-different-drugs-and-the-results-are-insane-photos/

Low-tech parenting

http://www.treehugger.com/culture/its-hard-work-being-low-tech-parent.html

Mums vs mums

http://www.upworthy.com/a-fantastic-photo-series-to-help-us-think-about-judgment-spoiler-alert-we-have-to-stop?c=ufb1

How to hang toilet paper

http://www.goodhousekeeping.com/home/cleaning-organizing/right-way-to-hang-toilet-paper?src=spr_FBPAGE&spr_id=1443_96042542

C2 vocab

http://www.world-english.org/improve_vocabulary.htm

Clothes vocab / Bar napkin

Rules pictionary

http://freeenglishlessonplans.com/tag/fun-with-grammar/

Emphatic auxiliary use

http://random-idea-english.blogspot.hu/2012/04/emphatic-do-does-did-and-other.html

Hitler's vegetarian diet

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/history/world-war-two/9859294/Hitlers-food-taster-speaks-of-Fuhrers-vegetarian-diet.html

Apology notes

http://news.distractify.com/matt-buco/apology-notes-trying-to-right-a-wrong/?v=1&img=4cb695

Work/Jobs activites

http://www.michellehenry.fr/job.htm#voc
http://www.manythings.org/vocabulary/lists/z/words.php?f=jobs

Where the hell is Matt?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pwe-pA6TaZk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zlfKdbWwruY
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Where_the_Hell_is_Matt%3F
http://www.alienteachers.com/lessonsactivities/best-job-in-the-world-efleslelt-lesson-pla
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O2mtNe_OZtM

Caricature of society

http://www.szeretlekmagyarorszag.hu/25-brutalisan-oszinte-karikatura-a-tarsadalomrol/

Parenting kills marriage?

http://qz.com/273255/how-american-parenting-is-killing-the-american-marriage/

C2 adjectives

http://www.dailywritingtips.com/100-exquisite-adjectives/


writing tips:
http://www.dailywritingtips.com/welcome-to-daily-writing-tips/

Prepositions

http://www.englishpage.com/prepositions/prepositions.html

Water your lawn or you'll be fined

http://www.treehugger.com/clean-water/no-good-deed-california-couple-tries-conserve-water-during-drought-gets-500-fine-brown-lawn.html

Organizing at home

http://www.goodhousekeeping.com/home/cleaning-organizing/personal-organizing-secrets?src=spr_FBPAGE&spr_id=1443_93545370

Instagram in the EFL classroom

http://busyteacher.org/20572-instagram-esl-classroom-8-great-ways-to-use.html

Linking words and exercises

http://www.agendaweb.org/grammar/conjunctions-english-exercises.html
www.smart-words.org/linking-words/linking-words.pdf
http://en.islcollective.com/resources/printables/worksheets_doc_docx/linking_words_multiple_choice/conjunctions-intermediate-b1/50139

IELTS vocab

http://www.ieltsspeaking.co.uk/ielts-vocabulary/

TIME vocab

http://www.ielts-exam.net/vocabulary/IELTS_Vocabulary_Expressions_with_time/819/

IELTS links

IELTS buddy:
http://www.ieltsbuddy.com/ielts-practice.html
http://www.ielts-exam.net/

Personality adjectives

http://www.esolcourses.com/content/exercises/grammar/adjectives/personality/more-words-for-describing-personality.html
http://englishworldbysandraluna.blogspot.hu/2014/04/personality-adjectives.html
http://www.englishexercises.org/makeagame/viewgame.asp?id=2941

A microchip inside everybody's hand?

http://conservativeledger.com/nbc-news-americans-will-microchipped-less-3-years/

Fake news - Gwyneth Paltrow

http://www.theshovel.com.au/2014/06/18/gwyneth-paltrows-new-diet-nothing-but-your-own-bullshit/

Family on benefits?

http://www.theshovel.com.au/2014/09/08/family-reliant-on-government-hand-outs-to-have-second-child/

How social media changes our brains

Politically incorrect terms

http://www.languagemonitor.com/politically-incorrect/top-politically-correct-buzzwords-of-2012/

9/11

9/11 in numbers
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2002/aug/18/usa.terrorism

https://uk.news.yahoo.com/ten-interesting-facts-you-probably-didn%E2%80%99t-know-about-9-11.html#MDaHer6

A city freezes for a minute every year

http://sfglobe.com/?id=2288&src=share_fb_new_2288

Laniakea: Our home supercluster

Strange home ads

Not a nice site name, but brilliant for picture description or to start a discussion.
http://geccodejoakecod.444.hu/

Nail houses

http://gizmodo.com/the-stubborn-nail-houses-that-refuse-to-get-demolishe-1631053177

Sent home from school for having wrong shoes

http://www.expressandstar.com/news/2014/09/03/100-pupils-sent-home-for-having-wrong-shoes/

Very interesting historical photos

http://truthseekerdaily.com/2014/06/rarest-historical-photos-that-you-can-never-forget-2/
activity idea: describe photo and guess place / year / event
OR
match photo with event

Organized classroom

http://www.buzzfeed.com/peggy/insanely-smart-school-teacher-hacks#jarzgu
36!

"Turn a quote into a masterpiece"

http://recitethis.com/

14 years of history in photos

http://news.distractify.com/culture/arts/pictures-taken-in-past-10-years/?v=1
students can describe the photo and guess what's happening without looking at the descriptions
AND/OR
they can match the descriptions to the photos (afterwards)

How to survive NYC

 gif stuff
http://www.businessinsider.com/how-to-survive-nyc-2014-4

Rekindle-NZ wood recycling project - video

http://vimeo.com/57656605

Just a minute - fluency task

http://busyteacher.org/20564-5-steps-to-making-fluency-fun-just-a-minute.html

Homeless man wins lottery

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/feb/24/homeless-hungarian-lottery-winner-giving-money-charity?CMP=fb_gu

Fate?

http://sploid.gizmodo.com/short-film-explores-the-infinite-options-and-consequenc-1612548327?utm_campaign=socialflow_gizmodo_facebook&utm_source=gizmodo_facebook&utm_medium=socialflow

Real cost of free wifi

http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-28525108

Trees don't need warning labels

http://www.treehugger.com/culture/trees-dont-need-warning-labels-adults-need-relax.html

Road melted in Yellowstone Park

http://gizmodo.com/its-so-hot-in-yellowstone-that-a-road-literally-melted-1604330484?utm_campaign=socialflow_gizmodo_facebook&utm_source=gizmodo_facebook&utm_medium=socialflow

Camp stuff

Wanna Buy a Duck?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QsrN7S-NVvc

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IqeijqydwC8&index=4&list=PLFEDC35220F5B8788

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=25Viocgu7CY

hoola hoop team building

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=11LNy8IOg8Y

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3hDBIVwOwp4

British man cycles to World Cup

http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-27850807

Paintings with a message

http://higherperspective.com/2014/05/paintings-brilliant-message.html?utm_source=TF

Creepy kid stories

http://www.viralnova.com/babysitter-stories/#RsV7VtpIeAv42zLS.01

Mobile phone addiction

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/819349.stm
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-14401476
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/education/8256490.stm
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A9_kzJi3nug 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=efmaQj8yuP4
Funny:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W0n-2aF4Bd0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bzd134VNWxs

Meet the Amish

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m64X1hMCJoE

Bizarre US laws

http://www.realfarmacy.com/here-are-americas-most-bizarre-laws/

Passive quiz

http://lessonstream.org/2011/07/14/passive-quiz/

Series episodes

http://www.dubbed-scene.com/

River Cottage Easter Egg Sling & Cake

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HZaGzzyQ6xI

Homographs

http://www.tickld.com/x/english-isnt-as-easy-as-you-think

Music Genres

http://9gag.com/gag/aM1DrvM?ref=fb.s.mw

Easter activities

http://www.henry4school.fr/Celebrations/easter/easter.htm

Easter traditions

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y1C83GOKEkA

How are Easter eggs made?

https://learnenglishteens.britishcouncil.org/study-break/video-zone/how-are-easter-eggs-made

Resources for Teaching About the Forces of Nature

http://www.freetech4teachers.com/2014/04/by-request-5-resources-for-teaching.html#.Uz5zlobYGzd

“If a 10-year-old lit a fire at an American playground, someone would call the police and the kid would be taken for counseling.”
http://www.treehugger.com/culture/its-time-tear-swing-sets-and-let-our-kids-play-somewhere.html

Intonation

Word Formation Prefixes

http://www.flo-joe.co.uk/fce/students/strategy/wfmation/ex3.htm

Plastic bottle ban

http://www.ryot.org/san-francisco-just-became-the-first-major-u-s-city-to-ban-the-sale-of-plastic-water-bottles/594741

Stories, past simple

http://www.englishexercises.org/makeagame/viewgame.asp?id=405

Shop notices

http://www.thepoke.co.uk/2013/05/12/30-fabulous-shop-notices/

Being funny at work

http://www.thepoke.co.uk/2013/05/14/50-ways-liven-up-your-working-day-at-the-office/

Situations, dialogues etc

http://www.teach-this.com/

Two-sentence horror stories

http://www.mandatory.com/2014/02/21/20-terrifying-two-sentence-horror-stories/

TOW all the cheescake - 5percangol

http://www.5percangol.hu/cikk/friends_-_the_one_with_all_the_cheesecakes

33 Hungarian Foods The Whole World Should Know And Love . Buzzfeed

http://www.buzzfeed.com/anitabadejo/hungarian-foods-the-world-should-know

Money makes us happy

http://www.ted.com/talks/michael_norton_how_to_buy_happiness.html

History of English

http://www.brightonsbm.com/infographic-english-language-history.html

Apology 4 math exam

http://www.5percangol.hu/cikk/elnezest-kert-a-vizsgaztatotol-a-matek-dolgozata-miatt-...-20-ev-mulva-kapo

Dream Home stuff

http://www.viralnova.com/dream-home-items/

Lost in Translation signs

http://www.buzzfeed.com/nataliemorin/chinese-signs-that-got-seriously-lost-in-tranlsation

Nature videos

http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/collections/p011x1yq#p00715jl

Health questions

http://iteslj.org/questions/health.html

I quit

http://indavideo.hu/video/Tanc_a_munkahelyen?utm_source=flash&utm_medium=watchoninda&utm_campaign=videoplayer

Rise in drug overdoses

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-26067987

Funny shop notices

http://www.thepoke.co.uk/2013/05/12/30-fabulous-shop-notices/

If Facebook movies were more honest...

http://twentytwowords.com/if-facebook-movies-were-more-honest-theyd-look-like-this/

Idiom drawings

https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.400957829917364.102043.384707561542391&type=3

I need help with my math

http://www.wimp.com/kidmath/

be able to

http://www.tolearnenglish.com/exercises/exercise-english-2/exercise-english-5491.php

Short comedy skits

http://www.icomedytv.com/comedy-scripts/funny/viewtype/humorous/33/comedy-skits.aspx

C1 C2 useful phrases

http://fullspate.digitalcounterrevolution.co.uk/advanced-efl-essay-writing/advanced-essay-phrases.html

Mobile manners

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8qMfgNp26qQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZiE-6R66hFQ

Saucepan charges smartphones

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-25667768