All articles by Adrian Tennant – Page 5

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    Pronunciation activities: Part 12

    This lesson plan by Adrian Tennant focuses on homophones and homographs from the perspective of pronunciation and gives a variety of practice activities for students.

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    Pronunciation activities: Part 11

    This lesson plan by Adrian Tennant focuses on the differences in word stress in nouns and verbs and gives a variety of practice activities for students.

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    Pronunciation activities: Part 10

    Adrian Tennant offers a variety of activities designed to help students practise word stress.

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    Pronunciation activities: Part 9

    This lesson in the series by Adrian Tennant focuses on the distinction between the phonemes marking the two vowels sounds in the words 'cat' and 'cut'.

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    Pronunciation activities: Part 8

    This lesson in the series by Adrian Tennant focuses on the distinction between the phonemes marking the two vowels sounds in the words 'ball' and 'bowl'.

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    Pronunciation activities: Part 7

    This lesson in the series by Adrian Tennant focuses on the distinction between the long and short 'u' sound, marking the difference in words like 'pull' and 'pool'.

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    Pronunciation activities: Part 6

    The sixth lesson in this series by Adrian Tennant focuses on the distinction between the phonemes /v/ and /w/.

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    Pronunciation activities: Part 5

    The fifth lesson in this series by Adrian Tennant focuses on the distinction between the sounds 's', 'sh' and 'ch' in words like 'seat', 'sheet' and 'cheat'.

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    Pronunciation activities: Part 4

    This lesson in the series by Adrian Tennant focuses on the distinction between the phonemes marking the two vowels sounds in the words 'shot' and 'shout'.

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    Pronunciation activities: Part 3

    This lesson in the series by Adrian Tennant focuses on the distinction between the sounds 'n' and 'ng' in words like 'ran' and 'rang'.

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    Pronunciation activities: Part 2

    This lesson in the series by Adrian Tennant focuses on the distinction between the two phonemes at the beginning of the words 'yet' and 'jet'.

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    Pronunciation activities: Part 1

    This lesson by Adrian Tennant focuses on the distinction between the long and short 'i' sound, marking the difference in words like 'ship' and 'sheep'.

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    Key events in recent history

    A lesson covering four major international events that have changed the course of human history.

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    Vocabulary matters: Techniques for teaching and learning

    We know how important vocabulary is in respect to learning a language, but how do we go about teaching and learning it? In this article we take a look at a number of techniques designed to help teach and learn vocabulary.

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    Debate: Classroom management

    Adrian Tennant examines a number of areas often lumped together under the umbrella term 'Classroom Management' and suggests an approach to dealing with these issues and problems.

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    Pie charts

    This is a content lesson by Adrian Tennant on the topic of Pie Charts. It is designed to introduce the concept of pie charts through the medium of English. It can be used to support students studying Maths at school or for EFL classes where students might want to use ...

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    Vocabulary matters: Dealing with phrasal verbs

    There are thousands of phrasal verbs in the English language, many of them having more than one meaning. Dealing with them can seem like a gigantic task. In this article, Adrian Tennant looks at what phrasal verbs are and why students often find them difficult to learn and use, with ...

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    Lesson Share: Professional development: preparing for DELTA

    Are you thinking of taking your teaching career to the next level? Adrian Tennant answers a question on how to prepare for the DELTA course.

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    Impressionism and Monet

    This is a content lesson on the topic of Impressionism and, in particular, Claude Monet. The lesson has an art focus, but is designed to be of interest for students studying general EFL as well.

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    Vocabulary matters: What do words mean?

    This article takes a look at the different aspects of ‘knowing’ a word, starting with a look at some of the things we need to know about a word in order to really understand it and finishing with a few practical activities.