All Beginner articles – Page 34

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Skills: assessing speaking skills

Teachers are often asked to evaluate learner progress during courses, maybe by preparing progress tests. Teachers often feel unsure as to the best way to do this. Here are some ideas.

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Article: Explaining the metaphor

An article on approaches to teaching metaphors.

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Grammar: the article in English

An article discussing the rules of the definite article.

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Methodology: seating arrangements

Advice and suggestions of how to overcome the problem of restricted seating arrangements.

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Grammar: around town: vocabulary, prepositions and directions

Teachers often make use of maps or real information about the town/district students are studying in when teaching prepositions, giving directions or town vocabulary. Here are a few ideas that might help add a spark to those lessons

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We aren't British

A British English worksheet to write sentences about things the students have in common and then to play a matching game.

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Teaching approaches: what is audiolingualism?

An article discussing the concept of audiolingualism.

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Teaching approaches: the communicative classroom

An article discussing the communicative language teaching approach.

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Teaching approaches: computer assisted language learning

An article discussing the development of computer assisted language learning.

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Teaching approaches: content-based teaching

An article discussing the benefits of content-based language learning.

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Teaching approaches: functional approaches in EFL/ ESOL

An article discussing functional approaches to teaching English.

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Teaching approaches: the grammar-translation method

An article discussing the grammar-translation approach to language learning.

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Teaching approaches: checking-homework Challenge

Some ideas of how to make the whole-class correction of homework less of a chore and more of an active challenge.

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Teaching approaches: the negotiated syllabus

An article discussing the notion of the negotiated syllabus.

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Teaching approaches: what is the silent way?

An article discussing the Silent Way approach to language learning.

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Teaching approaches: What is "suggestopedia"?

An article discussing the concept of suggestopedia.

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Teaching approaches: total physical response

A discussion of the Total Physical Response approach to language teaching.

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Teaching approaches: translation as a language learning tool

An article discussing the benefits of translation as a language learning tool.

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Methodology: the natural approach

Practical advice on The Natural Approach and how to use it in the ELT classroom.

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ESOL support: Questions and answers

Chris Speck gives tips and advice on how to teach ESOL adults to read and write.