All Elementary articles – Page 55
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Skills: graded readers
Reading a novel is essentially a private, personal activity – but it can still provide useful classroom work . Here are some ideas for working with graded readers in class.
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Have you got it?
A British English worksheet to find out what people in the class have got by asking and answering questions.
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They're getting married
An American English worksheet to practice reading and understanding a sequence of events.
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General: using translation
There is a great deal of useful awareness-raising when learners compare English with their own tongue. Here are four great translation games - and they don’t even require you to speak the other language!
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General: making things last
Ever run out of things to do five minutes before the end of class? There are some fairly simple tricks for usefully extending an activity – so that things just beautifully fall into place.
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General: pairing and grouping students
With current teaching methodology teachers are constantly needing to get students into pairs or small groups. A bit of variety can sometimes raise a smile and can also help you to mix up groupings a little.
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General: planning lessons
Remember, a plan is not a route-map of what must happen in class, it is only your informed setting-up of some possibilities. Here are a few ideas for alternative plans:
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General: setting homework
Tired of setting the usual homework tasks? Here are 18 unusual ideas for "homedo" tasks.
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Skills: Glorious gap-fills
There seem to be an awful lot of gap-fill exercises in course books nowadays. And sometimes they can be rather dreary for students and teacher alike. Well, you could try some of these ideas.
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ArticleImaginative materials: teaching with party games
In many parts of the world the end of the year is the season for parties. And in class, the last lesson of the year often has a party atmosphere. So, to help things go with a swing, here are three classic party games adapted to be a little more ...
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ArticleTeenagers: Grammar: Grammar games
Some games to help teach grammar to teenagers and young learners.
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Lesson Share: Miscellaneous: The smell game
I call it the 'smell game' but it also introduces how to describe tastes.
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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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Teaching writing: the forgotten skill
Advice and suggestions about teaching writing in the English classroom.
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General: the first lesson of the year
Even if the teacher and class have all worked together before, it is still useful to have activities to welcome everyone back and mark the start of the new year.