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Latest English Teacher Articles

100 IELTS Speaking teaching tips

Category: English Language Examinations Topic: Exam Traps and Tricks
The most important things to do in class when teaching IELTS Speaking.

100 IELTS Writing Task 2 teaching tips

Category: English Language Examinations Topic: Exam Traps and Tricks
A big list of advice on how to teach IELTS Academic Writing Task 2

100 IELTS Writing Task 1 teaching tips

Category: Teaching Tips Topic: General
A big list of vital tips on how to teach IELTS Academic Writing Task 1, in order of usefulness

How to teach senses vocabulary

Category: Vocabulary Topic: Vocabulary
How to teach words related to your five senses, with senses vocabulary games

How to teach like as a preposition

Category: Teaching English Topic: Prepositions
How to teach the preposition "like", including like as a preposition games

How to teach link verbs/copula verbs

Category: Teaching English Topic: Verbs and Tenses
How to teach verbs that take adjectives instead of adverbs, with linking verb games and other copula verb practice activities

How to teach like and be like

Category: Teaching English Topic: Prepositions
How to teach like as a verb and like as a preposition together

How to teach like, be like and look like

Category: Teaching English Topic: Prepositions
How to teach like as a verb and as a preposition with look and be - including like, be like and look like games

How to teach verbs of senses

Category: English Grammar Topic: Verbs and Tenses
How to teach sense verbs/ verbs of sensation/ sensory verbs/ verbs of perception, including look like, smell like, etc and verbs of senses games

How to teach consonant clusters to EFL learners

Category: Teaching English Topic: Pronunciation
How to present and practise consonant blends, with consonant cluster games

How to teach defining relative clauses

Category: Teaching English Topic: Relative Pronouns
How to present and practise restrictive relative clauses for saying which thing you are talking about, with typical errors and defining relative clauses games

How to teach reduced relative clauses

Category: Teaching English Topic: Relative Pronouns
How to present and practise shorter forms of relative clauses with present and past participles

How to teach non-defining relative clauses

Category: Teaching English Topic: Relative Pronouns
How to teach non-restrictive relative clauses for optional extra information, including non-defining relative clauses games

How to teach a, an, the and no article

Category: Teaching English Topic: Articles
How to teach English definite, indefinite and zero articles, with articles practice games.

How to teach defining and non-defining relative clauses

Category: Teaching English Topic: Relative Pronouns
How to present and practise relative clauses, including defining and non-defining relative clauses games

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