All Beginner articles – Page 31
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General: controlling lesson time
It can feel unsatisfactory to suddenly rush an activity at the end of a lesson. Here are some strategies for taking control of time and shortening over-long stages.
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ArticleContinuous Professional Development
A discussion on ways to maintain continuous professional development.
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Grammar and vocabulary: learning vocabulary - connecting form and meaning
A discussion on learning vocabulary and the difficulties of connecting form and meaning.
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Professional development: teacher development and confidence
Advice and suggestions on how teachers can improve their personal development and confidence.
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Grammar: teaching conditionals
An article talking about confusion with conditionals and the phrasal verb to put off.
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Grammar: teaching conditionals
Conditional structures that begin If + present tense offer lots of possibilities for interesting tasks, presentations or practice activities. Here are a few ideas.
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Vocabulary: concord: my favourite fruit is/ are....
An explanation and advice on teaching subject - verb agreement.
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Imaginative materials: using computers to teach English
Mulitmedia presentation programs (e.g. Microsoft PowerPoint) are a good way of storing and showing images and text in unusual ways – as a high-tech slide show. Here are some teaching ideas, all suitable for classrooms with only a single computer.
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Grammar: two-syllable comparatives
An article discussing the usage of comparative and superlative forms of two-syllable adjectives.
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Grammar: teaching comparatives in English
Coursebook lessons on comparative forms often ask students to make random comparisons between things for no obvious reason. Here are some typical real-life contexts when we are genuinely likely to compare.
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Methodology: community language learning
An explanation and advice on how to use the Community Language Learning method.
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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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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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ArticlePhrasal verbs: Hurry up! It's time for class!
Who says phrasal verbs are only for intermediate level students and up? This lesson is for elementary or false beginners to introduce some common phrasal verbs. It can also be used with higher levels who are suffering from 'phrasal verb anxiety' and need to be reminded that it is not that difficult.