All Reference Material articles – Page 23
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Pronunciation - what are the limits?
An article discussing the problems faced when teaching English pronunciation.
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ArticleListening skills: Top Tips
Miles Craven offers some useful techniques to use when teaching listening.
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Listening to the news
Why not tell your students to listen to the news? It’s a great way to practice authentic listening. They can listen on the radio, on television, or on the internet. Miles Craven presents tips and tricks for using the news in class.
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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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Methodology: public speaking
An article discussing and offering suggestions about teaching public speaking.
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Methodology: shy students
An article offering suggestions and advice on teaching shy students.
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Mixed-ability teens: Problem-solving
Techniques for dealing with mixed ability students: problem-solving.
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ArticleTeenagers: Songs: Music as a stimulus for speaking
Visualisation is a tool you can use to help stimulate students’ imagination, encourage them to speak to each other and as a preparation for writing.
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ArticleTeenagers: Songs: Music as a stimulus for writing
A great way to use music in a writing activity.
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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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Pronunciation skills: Who does what?
Jonathan Marks offers a pronunciation activity, with a helpful key for teachers, that focuses on pronouncing stress in compound nouns.
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Teenagers: Writing: Recognizing style and register
Students sometimes get register confused when writing. This activity helps them to recognize style/register.
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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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Teenagers: Writing: Visualization
Students often start writing a narrative before planning where it is going, This activity encourages them to ‘see’ the entire sequence of events before starting writing.