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Young learner topics: The fantastic fortune teller game

This fun game for children, which includes instructions for making and playing the game, helps with the teaching of animal names and numbers.

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True or false?

A British English worksheet to write true and false sentences about likes and dislikes and to guess a partner's true and false sentences.

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Imaginative materials: fab phone features

Mobile phones have many features and can provide great opportunities for activities. Here are a few ideas to get the most out mobiles in lessons.

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Pronunciation exercises: Starter/beginner

Pronunciation exercises for zero beginner and false beginner students.

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Everything we know

A British English worksheet to play a board game by giving personal information about one another.

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Minimal resources: Everyday objects

Jonathan Marks gives us some ideas for activities that make use of everyday objects that people carry around with them.

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Skills: responding to real-life events

When there is a tragic event in the world teachers often feel the need to address it in some way in classroom time. Finding a way to do this appropriately and sensitively can sometimes be hard. Help is here.

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ESOL support: IT in ESOL

Tips and suggestions for using IT in the ESOL classroom.

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Methodology: fossilized errors

Suggestions to help students overcome fossilized errors.

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Minimal resources: The immediate environment

Scott Thornbury offers some valuable tips and ideas for using your immediate environment to make imaginative language lessons.

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Grammar and vocabulary: seven ways to help students enjoy grammar

Seven suggestions of ways to help students enjoy grammar.

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Methodology: teaching English word order

An article discussing English word order and possible teaching solutions.

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Methodology: stress patterns in English

An article discussing English stress pattern rules and how to teach them.

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Methodology: using video in English teaching

Advice and suggestions on how to use video in English teaching.

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General: teaching English one-to-one

Long one-to-one lessons can sometimes be exhausting for both teacher and learner. Here are some ideas for keeping them fresh.

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Imaginative materials: teaching English using timetables

Printed train or bus timetables are often available as free leaflets or can be downloaded and printed from the internet. This simple resource can be used in a number of ways.

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Imaginative materials: using movies to teach English

Most students enjoy watching a good movie, whether at the cinema or on TV. Here are a few ideas for making use of their interest and knowledge to create some unusual activities.

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Skills: telephoning in English

For many learners using the telephone in English is a particularly nerve-wracking experience. As well as all the standard "telephone phrases" learners need strategies for getting a failing interaction to work. Here are some ideas for confidence-building in class.

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Skills: teaching English intonation

Many teachers find intonation difficult to teach. As a result they may avoid it. But intonation can be fun to work with - and it can make other language areas such as grammar easier to teach. Here are some ideas.

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Skills: teaching listening in English

Modern coursebooks provide some excellent recorded material, but it can be exciting to supplement this with more unusual sources of listening work. Here are some ideas.