A well-balanced use of warmers and fillers
Category: Teaching English
Topic: Learning and Teaching
Some tips on checking if you have got the use of warmers and fillers just right, and what you can do about it if you haven't.
Handling clashes in demands
Category: Teaching English
Topic: Learning and Teaching
What to do when the demands of the student and the person paying for the classes clash
A well-balanced use of pairwork
Category: Teaching English
Topic: Learning and Teaching
Some ways of spotting if you have been able to draw the fine line between too much pairwork and not enough, and ways of planning lessons that include whatever you decide is the perfect amount
Checklist for English Conversation Schools
Category: Teaching English
Topic: Learning and Teaching
A checklist for English conversation schools if you're teaching kids for the first time
Planning a kindergarten English first lesson
Category: Teaching English
Topic: Learning and Teaching
Factors to include and think about when planning your first pre-school English class
Preparing for your first preschool English class
Category: Teaching English
Topic: Learning and Teaching
This article gives some tips to make sure you are prepared and are able to go into your first preschool English class with the confidence of knowing that you are really ready.
First Lessons with IELTS classes
Category: Teaching English
Topic: Exam Traps and Tricks
How to start the new school year teaching IELTS classes
Very Young Learner First Lesson Problems and Solutions
Category: Teaching English
Topic: Learning and Teaching
How to start the new school year when teaching very young learners
The big list of ending the lesson language
Category: Teaching English
Topic: Learning and Teaching
Useful phrases to end ESL classes
The big list of language for talking about lessons
Category: Teaching English
Topic: Learning and Teaching
This list could be useful for talking or writing about classes that are shared (e.g. between an Assistant Language Teacher and the regular classroom teacher), for writing handover notes, and for job interviews and initiation periods.
Useful classroom language for teachers when using texts
Category: Teaching English
Topic: Functions & Text
Classroom language and tips for teaching texts
Video tasks to practice past tenses
Category: Teaching English
Topic: Verbs and Tenses
Activities to teach past tenses using video
Fun video tasks to practise Present Simple and Present Continuous
Category: Teaching English
Topic: Verbs and Tenses
Ways of practising the present simple and continuous with video
Video tasks for specific language points and skills
Category: Teaching English
Topic: Learning and Teaching
A selection of ideas for using video to teach specific grammar points and language skills
Classroom language for teaching pronunciation
Category: Teaching English
Topic: Pronunciation
The big list of useful classroom language when teaching pronunciation
Fun video tasks to practice future tenses and conditionals
Category: Teaching English
Topic: Verbs and Tenses
Video tasks that can be used when practising future tenses and conditionals
Football and World Cup EFL teaching ideas
Category: Teaching English
Topic: General
Activities to teach football vocabulary so students understand English language World Cup sources such as TV commentary and news reports, and activities using the World Cup to teach language unconnected to football
Classroom language for arts and crafts
Category: Teaching English
Topic: General
Useful Classroom Language for making things in class
Classroom language for finishing classes
Category: Teaching English
Topic: General
Useful classroom language for teachers for finishing classes
Prehistory and ancient history for ESL classes
Category: Teaching English
Topic: General
Interesting activities and topics about prehistory and ancient history for ESL classes
History-themed art, craft and project ideas for ESL students
Category: Teaching English
Topic: General
Activities for history projects in the ESL classroom
The advantages and disadvantages of eliciting in the EFL classroom
Category: Teaching English
Topic: Learning and Teaching
The advantages and disadvantages of eliciting in the EFL classroom… and how to exploit them
Why did my foolproof activity just fail with that class?
Category: Teaching English
Topic: Learning and Teaching
Why did my foolproof activity just fail with that class? … and how to make sure it works again next time.
Classroom language when doing listenings
Category: Teaching English
Topic: Learning and Teaching
Useful classroom language for teachers for doing listenings
Classroom language when using the board
Category: Teaching English
Topic: Learning and Teaching
Useful classroom language for teachers while using the board