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Skills: under the spell of spelling

English spelling? “Wonderful! I love it!” If that isn’t your students’ reaction, you might like to try some of these ideas.

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Writing skills: statistical report

To teach and practise language relevant to writing a statistical report

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Vocabulary: pre-teaching vocabulary

A discussion about the value of pre-teaching vocabulary.

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Things to do, places to visit

An American English worksheet to speak to as many partners as possible, asking and answering questions about plans.

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Vocabulary: when to teach phrasal verbs

Advice and suggestions about when to start teaching phrasal verbs.

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Skills: teaching phonics: schwa

The schwa – the only phoneme with its own name – is important for learners to recognise and produce as it is the most common vowel sound in English. Here are some awareness-raising and practice ideas.

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Skills: teaching phonics: sounds and symbols

Phonemes can be difficult for learners and teachers. Here are a few ideas that could help teachers as well as learners become more comfortable when working with phonemes.

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Skills: the same old song

Songs are a popular resource with teachers and learners alike – but, when it comes to exploiting them in class, why on earth does it always seem to be gap-fills? Here are a few alternative ideas.

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Ten years from now

An American English worksheet to make predictions about what people will be doing ten years from now.

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Unsolved mysteries

An American English worksheet to read about unsolved mysteries, and to speculate about possible explanations.

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Minimal resources: Teaching vocabulary

Adrian Tennant gives us some useful tips and ideas for teaching vocabulary with minimal resources.

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Minimal resources: Pub quiz

Create a pub quiz with your class

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Methodology: public speaking

An article discussing and offering suggestions about teaching public speaking.

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Methodology: shy students

An article offering suggestions and advice on teaching shy students.

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Methodology: teaching pronunciation

Advice and suggestions on how to teach pronunciation, in particular 'dark l'.

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Methodology: using warmers

A discussion about using warmers in English classrooms.

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Marco Polo

Cross-curricular materials for teaching English through the topic of Marco Polo

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Vocabulary: teaching make and do

Advice and teaching suggestions of how to overcome the confusion between 'make' and 'do.'

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Skills: longer reads

Students who do a lot of extensive reading in English seem to make substantial progress. Here are some general ideas for starting to use longer texts.

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Phrasal verbs: Teaching phrasal verbs using a literary text

Using authentic texts can be a motivating way to teach phrasal verbs. This lesson plan presents eight new phrasal verbs using a literary text as a starting point. The learners deduce the meaning of the phrasal verbs from their context, and then write a follow up story using more new phrasal verbs.