All Teaching Notes articles – Page 32
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Skills: teaching English using anecdotes
Learners are often keen to hear stories about the teacher's life (even if they are not 100% true!). Here are some ideas for creating richer, more varied personal anecdotes.
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ArticleCambridge ESOL: Skills for Life: Alphabet and telephone books
This lesson aims to help students put words in alphabetical order and locate names.
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British English: It's all in your mind – worksheet and teacher's notes
To highlight the metaphorical meanings of several words related to the mind.
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Skills: bringing dialogues alive
You can find short dialogues in many course books. How can you exploit these scripts and get them to come alive?
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One-to-one lessons: After a holiday
In this lesson, Lindsay Clandfield provides some tips and ideas for a lesson with a one-to-one student after a long break (e.g. a summer vaction).
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Before, during and after the reading test
Help students to prepare for the academic reading component of the IELTS exam with attached practice reading test.
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Grammar: affixes
An article offering advice and suggestions on how to teach affixes in a contextualized way.
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Cambridge ESOL: Skills for Life: Classified adverts
This lesson aims to help students read car advertisements and understand abbreviations.
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Listening skills lesson plans: Radio and television advertisements
Listening for specific information and recognising context.
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One-to-one methodology: Advantages and disadvantages for students
An outline of the advantages and disadvantages of one-to-one teaching for students
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One-to-one methodology: Advantages and disadvantages for teachers
An outline of the advantages and disadvantages of one-to-one teaching for teachers.
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Grammar: gradable and non-gradable adjectives
An article offering advice and teaching suggestions on the subject of gradable and non-gradable adjectives.
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General: addressing the SP in ESP
English for Specific Purposes (ESP) involves more than just working with texts and examples relevant to a particular professional area. Here are some ways of addressing those elusive SPs.
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One-to-one methodology: Ten activities
Nicola Meldrum and Lindsay Clandfield offer ten activities for teaching one-to-one business classes, face-to-face.
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Minimal resources: Simple activities
These simple activities use minimal resources and can be used in any part of a lesson. They are easy to adapt (according to the class level and language point being taught) and can be used with other activities to form a full lesson, or as a 'filler' if you have ...
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General: extension activities
Ever run out of things to do five minutes before the end of class? An important lesson management skill is to make your material perfectly fit the lesson time.
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ArticleBeginning vocabulary: Practice activities
Olha Madylus offers a selection of fun and practical activities you can use to help your young learners practise the vocabulary they've learned.
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ArticleListening skills lesson plans: Talking about your family
Listening for specific information, listening for details and recognising context.