All Elementary articles – Page 60
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Cooperative crossword
An American English worksheet to practice defining and describing places in the city.
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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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Your company
To ask and answer questions about the students' jobs, the company they work for and what their company produces.
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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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Reading lesson plans: Colour
Students complete a series of activities based on a text about colour.
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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.