All Children articles – Page 44

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Grammar: teaching the modals 'ought to', 'should', 'must' and 'have to'.

Suggestions for teaching the modals ought to, should, must and have to when talking about suggestion or advice.

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Grammar: practising the present and past simple tenses

Imaginative suggestions for teaching the present and past simple tenses to children.

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Grammar: reporting verb patterns

A discussion and teaching suggestions for reporting verb patterns.

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Grammar and vocabulary: teaching and learning idioms

A discussion and useful techniques for learning and teaching idioms.

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Minimal resources: Photocopy-free grammar practice

Scott Thornbury gives us some tips and ideas for grammar activities that don’t require any photocopying.

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Teenagers: Grammar

Grammar is a word that often freezes the hearts of students and teachers alike. Here are some fresh approaches.

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Teenagers: Grammar: Grammar practice

Some useful ideas to get your students to practise their grammar.

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General topics: Project ideas

This article explains why project work can benefit young learners, and offers ideas for turning coursebook topics into projects.

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Teenagers: Grammar: Grammar games

Some games to help teach grammar to teenagers and young learners.

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Grammar: the syntactic function of -ing forms

An article discussing the syntactic function of -ing forms.

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Grammar: -ing forms and post modification

An article discussing -ing forms and post modification.

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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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Topic resources: Family

Activities and downloadable resources linked to the topic family.

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Teenagers: Preparing young learners for exams

Many children around the world, especially teenagers, have to take formal English language examinations. This section provides some useful suggestions for teenagers taking exams.

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Teenagers: Preparing teenagers for the exam: Reading

This section contains useful suggestions for preparing teenagers for reading components in the exam.

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Teenagers: Preparing teenagers for the exam: Grammar and writing

This section contains useful suggestions for preparing teenagers for writing and grammar components in the exam.

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Teenagers: Preparing teenagers for the exam: Listening

This section contains useful suggestions for preparing teenagers for listening components in the exam.

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Teenagers: Preparing teenagers for the exam: Speaking

This section contains useful suggestions for preparing teenagers for speaking components in the exam.

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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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Minimal resources: The immediate environment

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