All Beginner articles – Page 25
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What's this?
A British English worksheet to memorize where objects are and say what they are.
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Starter/Beginner: Stories
To practise listening to stories. To practise listening for information. To revise pronouns.
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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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A sign of the time
A British English worksheet to play a board game to practise using the past simple.
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Vocabulary: pre-teaching vocabulary
A discussion about the value of pre-teaching vocabulary.
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Vocabulary: when to teach phrasal verbs
Advice and suggestions about when to start teaching phrasal verbs.
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ArticleSkills: 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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ArticleSkills: 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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People and places quiz
To play a game of noughts and crosses by answering questions correctly.
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People and places quiz
To play a game of noughts and crosses by answering questions correctly.
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Princess Penny
A British English worksheet to read sentences from a story to practise the past simple.
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ArticleSkills: 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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They're neighbours
A British English worksheet to write sentences about pictures and then to play a matching game.
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Names and numbers
A British English worksheet to write names and numbers and to guess what your partner's names and numbers mean.
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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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Methodology: public speaking
An article discussing and offering suggestions about teaching public speaking.