All Upper-Intermediate articles – Page 67
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General: controlling lesson time
It can feel unsatisfactory to suddenly rush an activity at the end of a lesson. Here are some strategies for taking control of time and shortening over-long stages.
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The law of contract
Students practise a range of different skills in relation to the law of contracts.
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ArticleContinuous Professional Development
A discussion on ways to maintain continuous professional development.
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The English constitution
Students practise a range of different skills, including prediction and reading for specific information, in relation to the English constitution.
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Lesson Share: Pre-reading: Making connections
A fun and useful activity where students are encouraged to predict the story they are going to read.
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Lesson Share: Pre-reading: What is the connection?
Learners have to find the connection that links words together in this pre-reading exercise.
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Grammar and vocabulary: learning vocabulary - connecting form and meaning
A discussion on learning vocabulary and the difficulties of connecting form and meaning.
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Professional development: teacher development and confidence
Advice and suggestions on how teachers can improve their personal development and confidence.
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Grammar: teaching conditionals
An article talking about confusion with conditionals and the phrasal verb to put off.
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Grammar: teaching conditionals
Conditional structures that begin If + present tense offer lots of possibilities for interesting tasks, presentations or practice activities. Here are a few ideas.
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Conditional dominoes
A British English worksheet to play a game of dominoes by matching two halves of a conditional sentence.
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Vocabulary: concord: my favourite fruit is/ are....
An explanation and advice on teaching subject - verb agreement.
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Imaginative materials: using computers to teach English
Mulitmedia presentation programs (e.g. Microsoft PowerPoint) are a good way of storing and showing images and text in unusual ways – as a high-tech slide show. Here are some teaching ideas, all suitable for classrooms with only a single computer.
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Lesson Share: Energizers: More complex 'Simon Says'
A higher level adaptation of a well-known game.
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Writing skills: Letter of complaint
To encourage the use of phrases which express attitude and emotion in a factual letter.
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Grammar: two-syllable comparatives
An article discussing the usage of comparative and superlative forms of two-syllable adjectives.
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Grammar: teaching comparatives in English
Coursebook lessons on comparative forms often ask students to make random comparisons between things for no obvious reason. Here are some typical real-life contexts when we are genuinely likely to compare.
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Marketing: Company websites
Students expand and practise the vocabulary associated with corporate websites
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Methodology: community language learning
An explanation and advice on how to use the Community Language Learning method.
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What have we got in common?
To write personal details and to find people in the class with the same information.