All Professional Development articles – Page 42
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Lesson Share: January blues?
In this, her third diary entry, Melissa Briggs muses on the benefits of being a 'strict' teacher.
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Festivals: Dragon Boat Racing (June)
Dragon boat racing is an ancient Chinese custom that is over 2,400 years old. Festivals or races take place all over the world at different times during the year. Originally, it took place on the riverbanks of southern China as a fertility rite to ensure good crops. The race was ...
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Lesson Share: A day in the life of Melissa Briggs
In her first diary entry, Melissa Briggs guides us through her day teaching online and at a school.
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Phrase of the week: to kick the bucket
Tim Bowen sheds some light on the origins and definition of the phrase to kick the bucket.
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Phrase of the week: to take the bull by the horns
Tim Bowen sheds some light on the origins and definition of the phrase to take the bull by the horns.
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Festivals: Cannes film festival
Cannes is a small city in the south of France on the Côte d'Azur. This year, the film festival starts on the 16th May and runs until the 27th. It is probably the most famous film festival in the industry, and is one of France's most important cultural and business ...
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Festivals: Notting Hill Carnival
Groups of people from all over the world emigrated to the UK after the Second World War. Included in this were immigrants from the Caribbean. The carnival tradition was very strong in this part of the world, especially in Trinidad. During the 1950s, living conditions, the lack of work ...
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Festivals: Chinese New Year
Based on a lunar calendar and not the western Gregorian calendar, Chinese New Year can fall any date between late January and early February.
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Phrase of the week: Hobson's choice
Tim Bowen sheds some light on the origins and definition of the phrase Hobson's choice.
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Lesson Share: A walk in the city
Here, in her fifth diary entry, teacher Laura McGinnis talks about the beautiful city of Prague and how she came to be here.
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ArticlePhrasal verbs: Hurry up! It's time for class!
Who says phrasal verbs are only for intermediate level students and up? This lesson is for elementary or false beginners to introduce some common phrasal verbs. It can also be used with higher levels who are suffering from 'phrasal verb anxiety' and need to be reminded that it is not that difficult.
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ArticleClassroom management: Teaching mixed-ability classes
Tim Bowen offers practical advice and suggestions on teaching English to students in mixed-ability classes.
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Classroom management: Classroom discipline
Margot McCamley discusses discipline and offers practical advice and suggestions on how to ensure students behave well in class.
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Classroom management: The role of correction in English teaching
Lindsay Clandfield and Duncan Foord discuss error correction and offer practical advice and suggestions on using correction slots in class.
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Lesson Share: Error correction
In her second diary entry, Laura McGinnis corrects her learners' sometimes hilarious errors and manages a class of teens.
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Lesson Share: Couch potato
In her final diary entry, Amthal Karim teaches a very excitable class adverbs of frequency and discusses whether there may be a couch potato or two among them.
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Phrase of the week: to have a skeleton in the cupboard
Tim Bowen sheds some light on the origins and definition of the phrase to have a skeleton in the cupboard.
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Lesson Share: Czech mate
In her final entry, Vicky turner talks about her mixed-ability and mixed-nationality class.
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Festivals: Feast Day of the Redeemer: Festa del Redentore
Dating back to the late 1500s, this is one of the most important and spectacular religious festivals in Venice's calendar. In 1576 a plague killed approximately 50,000 people and a promise was made by the mayor to build a magnificent church - if the plague ended - to thank God ...