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Racing to English Racing to English
Printable resources by Gordon Ward for use with EAL/ESL learners and pupils with SEN

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Gordon Ward
Racing to English contains over 350 language teaching activities in the form of Word documents that you can print out and use with your pupils/students.

The activities have been developed for children and adults learning English (EAL, ESL, ESOL or EFL).  They encourage focused language work and promote group work and learner interaction.   The activities are at beginner and intermediate level and are divided into three stages: 'Beginning', 'Starting Stories' and 'Talking and Reading'.

They have been successfully used with pupils at both primary and secondary level and with adults who are learning English. They have also been used with pupils/students with hearing impairment, with those who have particular learning needs and with whole primary school classes.

Racing to English game

Racing to English has been used by over 3000 teachers, particularly teachers of English as an additional language.

Photosets: - There are more than 50 photosets, with more than 650 photographs!  These sets include:
  • actions
  • animals
  • body
  • face
  • tools
  • vehicles
  • weather
  • occupations
  • park
  • people
  • prepositions
  • seasons
  • street
  • supermarket
  • fruit and veg
  • classroom objects
  • clothes
  • café
  • house
  • money

    Example (fruit)

Stories and Activities: - Racing to English includes over 90 stories.  These are in three types:
  • Story file: mini stories written by young people, together with sequencing activities and worksheets.
  • Fun with tenses: each story focuses on a particular tense. For younger children there are stories about Eek-eek-eek, the mouse, and his friends. For older learners there are stories about four young people, Billy, Milly, Maisy and Bob.
  • True stories: these are short stories about significant people, together with questions, blank-filling exercises and definition work.

    Example (Story file)

Collaborative Activities: - Racing to English includes over 120 game-like activities.  These are in seven types:
  • Connect Four
  • Guess Which
  • Pairs
  • Question Tracks
  • Spot the Difference
  • Story Prompts
  • Describe and Draw

    Example (Connect Four)

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Gordon has been involved in English as an additional language and the achievement of minority ethnic pupils for 40 years. Until he retired, he was service manager of the Ethnic Minority Services, Nottingham City Children’s Services. He is now an independent EAL trainer/consultant.