All Intermediate articles – Page 100
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Lesson Share: Memory games: Clap back
Clap back is good for breaking the ice in a lesson, getting a little energy into the classroom, improving pronunciation and developing general memory skills.
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General: are parrots back in fashion?
Current methodology seems to pay far less attention to memorising and remembering activities than more traditional teaching approaches. Here are a few practical ideas for being creatively unfashionable.
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Grammar and vocabulary: techniques for autonomous vocabulary learning
An article highlighting useful techniques for autonomous vocabulary learning.
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Titles and authors
A British English worksheet to read out the names of the authors and write down the sentence or phrase which sounds exactly the same.
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ArticleImaginative materials: teaching with authentic materials
Catalogues, shop brochures and leaflets are a type of authentic material often available free and in quantity. Here are some ideas for using these, whether printed in English or another language.
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The auditor career game
To expand and practise the basic vocabulary associated with financial auditing.
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Lesson Share: Pictures: Auction game
This exercise involves students bidding on items in an auction, and is good for writing practice and discussion.
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ArticleSkills: 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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Who asked me that?
A British English worksheet to ask and answer questions and then to remember who asked which questions.
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Who asked me that?
An American English worksheet to ask and answer questions and then to remember who asked which questions.
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Lesson Share: Pictures: Art gallery
A fun warmer where students create an art gallery on the board.
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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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Around the world in ten minutes
An American English worksheet to talk about things you've done and things you haven't done yet by playing a board game.
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Intermediate: Find your way around
An American English worksheet to review indirect questions and practice giving directions.
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Teaching approaches: what is audiolingualism?
An article discussing the concept of audiolingualism.
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ArticleTeaching 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.