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What do we have in common?

An American English worksheet to write personal details and to find people in the class with the same information.

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Lesson Share: Miscellaneous: When friends come to visit

If you teach English as a foreign language and are lucky enough to have a friend from home visit you, why not use them as a class resource?

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Lesson Share: Gaps and guessing: Telephone collocations

Here is a warmer or filler I've used for telephoning in business English.

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Grammar and vocabulary: teaching students collocations

A discussion and explanation of collocations and practical suggestions for teaching them.

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General: teaching idioms and collocations

Break away from predictable coursebook topics! How about basing a whole morning round a single word? These ideas would work for many items.

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Professional development: collaborative teaching in EFL/ ESOL

An article about developing different mechanisms of peer support.

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Give me a clue

An American English worksheet to write clues for a crossword and complete it.

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Methodology: feedback in communicative classrooms

Advice on giving appropriate oral feedback in communicative classrooms.

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Methodology: surviving classroom observations

Advice on how to survive classroom observations.

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Methodology: using CLIL in the English classroom

A discussions and advice on using CLIL in the English classroom.

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Grammar and vocabulary: using dictionaries in the EFL/ESL classroom

Advice and discussion about using dictionaries in the EFL/ESL classroom.

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Teaching materials: using literature in the EFL/ ESOL classroom

An article discussing ways to use literature in the EFL/ESL classroom.

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Methodology: using comic strips in class

Tim Bowen gives practical tips and suggestions on how to use comic strips in class.

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Grammar: Name that city—The cost of living

Ever wondered how expensive it is to live in Paris? Is it more expensive than living in Cairo or Kuala Lumpur? With this worksheet your students can practice comparisons while learning interesting facts on living in these cities.

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Lesson Share: Energizers: The circle game

This game can be used to revise vocabulary or as a means of learning new words. Its main function, however, is as a physical activity designed to get the students moving around and revive tired minds.

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Lesson Share: Exchanging information: Circle game

Students find things they have in common.

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Lesson Share: Exchanging information: Life circle

Students are often curious about the life of their teacher outside their professional role, and this activity is useful for opening up to a new class as a person, and not just as a teacher.

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Methodology: teaching rhythm and stress with Chinese students

Advice and suggestions on how to teach rhythm and stress to Chinese students.

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Lesson Share: Pictures: The character of music

A fun activity in which students pair up pieces of music with adjectives.

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Life changes

An American English worksheet to guess what has happened to change people's lives by listening to sentences about their past life and how they are coping with the new situation.