All Elementary articles – Page 50
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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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Pounds and pence
A British English worksheet to read the sums of money and write each one in number form.
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Rhyming pairs
A British English worksheet to find the rhyming pairs and write them in the grid.
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Package tours
An American English worksheet to practice asking and answering questions with the present simple.
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Pictures and opposites
A British English worksheet to complete a crossword with the names of pictures and opposite words.
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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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What are their names?
A British English worksheet to find out people's names by describing them.
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What are their names?
An American English worksheet to find out people's names by describing them.
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Mixed vegetables
A British English worksheet to put the letters of each word in the correct order then put the words in the corrext place to complete the crossword.
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Mistakes on the signpost
A British English worksheet to correct the spelling mistakes in the words on the signpost.
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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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Verb mini-crossword
A British English worksheet to complete a crossword with the verb that doesn't rhyme.
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Methodology: public speaking
An article discussing and offering suggestions about teaching public speaking.
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Methodology: shy students
An article offering suggestions and advice on teaching shy students.
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Methodology: teaching pronunciation
Advice and suggestions on how to teach pronunciation, in particular 'dark l'.