All Professional Development articles – Page 39
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Lesson Share: Reported speech 1 – article
An article by Kerry Maxwell and Lindsay Clandfield on approaches to teaching reported speech.
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Business first lessons: Wish list
What are the things that would make a perfect initial impact with a Business English or ESP class? Alex Case offers a wish list, drawn up from talking to other Business English teachers.
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My cat died!
In her third diary entry, Amanda Onken tries not to let her students get the better of her when it comes to tests.
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Ten weeks into teaching
In her second diary entry, American teacher Amanda Onken muses on teaching's good and bad days.
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Phrase of the week: at sixes and sevens
Tim Bowen sheds some light on the origins and definition of the phrase at sixes and sevens.
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Phrase of the week: three sheets to the wind
Tim Bowen sheds some light on the origins and definition of the phrase three sheets to the wind.
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ArticlePhrasal verbs: Teaching phrasal verbs using an oral text
This lesson combines teaching phrasal verbs as a thematic set with teaching phrasal verbs using a text. Students listen to an oral text on morning routines, and use the original text to write their own morning routine.
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Phrasal verbs: Teaching phrasal verbs using a literary text
Using authentic texts can be a motivating way to teach phrasal verbs. This lesson plan presents eight new phrasal verbs using a literary text as a starting point. The learners deduce the meaning of the phrasal verbs from their context, and then write a follow up story using more new phrasal verbs.
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New Lessons
In her fourth and final entry, teacher Amanda Onken ruminates on what she's learnt from her time in Bulgaria.
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Lesson Share: Nerves
In her second diary entry, Amthal Karim gets her class to grips with comparatives and superlatives.
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Lesson Share: Mobile phones
In her first diary entry, teacher Laura McGinnis gets her patience tested by her students' mobile phones.
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Lesson Share: Private students
Laura McGinnis' third diary entry talks about the joys of teaching private students.
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Lesson Share: Subbing sick
In her fourth entry, Laura McGinnis speaks about the common problem of teacher sickness
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Lesson Share: Mikulas
In here final diary entry, Laura McGinnis tells us about the Czech Christmas festival of Mikulas, as well as getting to grips with phrasal verbs and misleading classroom names.
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Lesson Share: Tsunami
In her fifth diary entry, Willow Vanderbosch talks about how she was affected by the great tsunami of 2004.
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Lesson Share: My song
In her sixth diary entry, Willow Vanderbosch's students master an Elton John classic.
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Lesson Share: Teaching perks
In her eighth diary entry, Willow Vanderbosch muses on the value of positive feedback.
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Lesson Share: Switzerland: An overview
Vincent Van der Sluis offer his thoughts on living and teaching in the land of mountains, cheese and chocolate.