The other side of the mirror
Category: Teaching English
Topic: Learning and Teaching
ESL students offer their opinions of good language teaching.
Quotations for Motivation in the ESL Classroom
Category: Teaching English
Topic: Learning and Teaching
A look at how quotations can be used in the ESL classroom to motivate students.
Rhymes and Crafts
Category: Teaching English
Topic: Learning and Teaching
Using rhymes and crafts in the ESL classroom
Teaching Speaking & Conversation
Category: Teaching English
Topic: Learning and Teaching
In what ways can conversation be regarded as a skill? How might this influence our approach to teaching it?
Video in EFL Classrooms
Category: Teaching English
Topic: Learning and Teaching
How to develop video materials for EFL classes
Debate on Culture in English as a foreign language classrooms
Category: Teaching English
Topic: Learning and Teaching
What role does culture play in the foreign or second language classroom
Pronunciation Practice and Listening Exercise - Listening and practicing the 'th' sound
Category: Teaching English
Topic: Pronunciation
Here's a handout that I use to help my students practice and learn how to pronounce the 'th' sound.
All about me! - A classroom activity
Category: Teaching English
Topic: Vocabulary
A handout used in class to get students to talk about themselves, done as a class activity.
Who is he? / Who is she? - A guessing game
Category: Teaching English
Topic: Learning and Teaching
A classroom activity to review and practice making statement sentences using the third person singular of present tense verbs and making questions using the auxiliary verb do or using interrogative pronouns such as what.
Lesson Plan for Young Learners: What (food/colour/sport) do you like? I like (noun)
Category: Teaching English
Topic: Vocabulary
A lesson plan to teach young learners: What (food/colour/sport) do you like? I like (noun)
Changing Wh-questions with do, does, or did into indirect questions - a handout
Category: Teaching English
Topic: Questions
A handout on changing Wh-questions with do, does, or did into indirect questions
Teaching with Photographs
Category: Teaching English
Topic: Learning and Teaching
Thoughts on the educational value of photography in English classes as a means to spark discussion and encourage students in producing language.
Teaching the dangers of intolerance
Category: Teaching English
Topic: Learning and Teaching
A lesson plan to educate high school students
The physical body speaks language!
Category: Teaching English
Topic: Learning and Teaching
Body movements are a wonderful tool to draw on to teach young learners English or anyone for that matter.
Lesson Plan for Young Learners: What aches? My (body part) aches.
Category: Teaching English
Topic: Vocabulary
A lesson plan to teach young learners: What aches? My (body part) aches.
Lesson Plan for Young Learners: Teaching numbers from 1 to 12, and How many?
Category: Teaching English
Topic: Vocabulary
A lesson plan to teach young learners: Teaching numbers from 1 to 12, and How many?
Hand made interview/conversational board games
Category: Teaching English
Topic: Learning and Teaching
A recipe for humanising language teaching
The best picture books for EFL young learners, and what to do with them
Category: Teaching English
Topic: General
The top children's books for practising typical EFL language points, with interactive classroom activities for each picture book.