Interactive author, Helen Hadkins, shows an interesting way of recycling vocabulary in the classroom. This activity explores the competitive side of students...
'Backs to the board' explained - an oldie but a goodie!
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English Lesson Planner
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Gives some helpful templates for different types of lessons. Delete the scoop?
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Pre-teaching vocabulary is something that many of us were taught to do on our CELTAs or other pre-service course. I hold my hand up to having trained other teachers to do it- and to having, as a re...
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This is an interesting blog post describing a missed opportunity to use 'emergent language' (language that comes form the learners). I think it makes a useful point. Delete the scoop?
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Scott Thornbury's blog (by Scott Thornbury)
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Some food for thoughts on different levels of 'student-centred' teaching. Delete the scoop?
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I was reading one of my favourite blogs this morning, ELT Rants, Reviews and Reflections by Mike Griffin. All of his posts stand out, but one particularly stood out, called Next Step(s) in Professi...
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Author Scott Thornbury talking about the use of Repetition in English language teaching. For more information see www.macmillanenglish.com/methodology. Delete the scoop?
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Two fundamental beliefs I’ve long held about language teaching are that input in the classroom is more important than output – and that language teachers have a responsibility to teach ... Delete the scoop?
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This video shows how effectively a simple diagram can communicate meaning. The relationship between words describing temperature is demonstrated by placing t... Delete the scoop?
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Students use rhythmic chants to notice and produce correct stresses in sentences. Through clapping and speaking, the class learns the patterns in a fun, low-... Delete the scoop?
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This function-based activity combines role playing with an information gap format. Half the students are landlords, and the other half are prospective renter... Delete the scoop?
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When your class needs a change of pace, you can practice basic language points in unusual ways. A board race, as demonstrated here, will re-energize your cla... Delete the scoop?
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Interactive author, Helen Hadkins, shows an interesting way of recycling vocabulary in the classroom. This activity explores the competitive side of students... 'Backs to the board' explained - an oldie but a goodie! |
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Advice on how to adapt your language for the learner.
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Some useful advice on language grading. 
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Some good advice here. Worth reading even for experienced teachers. Delete the scoop?
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`Extremely comprehensive and well written in terms of style – accessible to the reader, but intelligent and expressing some fairly subtle concepts. Would that more ELT practitioners could do the same!
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This is a freely downloadable book from the British Council which has a lot of good practical ideas grounded in sound theory for trainees and newly qualified teachers. Delete the scoop?
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There are plenty of things that you generally don’t learn on a four-week CELTA course: how bizarre many of the staff rooms you’ll later find yourself in will be; how rife the illegal ph...
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Dr. Rod Ellis is a world-renowned thought leader in the field of Second Language Acquisition. Prof. Ellis, who is TESOL Chair of AU's Graduate School of Educ... Delete the scoop?
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Some really useful thoughts on concept questions! Delete the scoop?
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This video shows three negative teaching habits: talking to the board, echoing student comments, and interrupting students to supply answers. The teacher dem... Delete the scoop?
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Students create tag questions by matching statements with their appropriate tags. Manipulating the sentence strips helps them to see the verbs forms which ar... Delete the scoop?
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In the classic game of charades, students mime action verbs while the others watch. The class guesses the demonstrated verb and makes sentences in the presen... Delete the scoop?
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When students work on tasks in pairs or small groups, they use language at every step: planning, executing, and presenting. This demonstration shows students... Delete the scoop?
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Useful video showing how to set up an activity, elicit vocabulary and concept check. Delete the scoop?
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