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 verbs of senses
Category: Vocabulary
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 reporting verbs
Category: Vocabulary
Topic: Direct & Indirect Speech
How to teach the meaning and grammar of verbs for reporting what other people said, including reporting verb games
How to teach British and American vocabulary
Category: Vocabulary
Topic: Varieties and Dialects
The most important differences between British and American words and phrases, with teaching tips and classroom activities
How to teach country and nationality words
Category: Vocabulary
Topic: General
Teaching tips and classroom activities for helping students France/ French, Switzerland/ Swiss, etc.
How to teach Latin abbreviations
Category: Vocabulary
Topic: Vocabulary
How to present and practise English abbreviations that come from Latin such as "e.g.", "i.e." and "PS"
How to teach abbreviations
Category: Vocabulary
Topic: Vocabulary
Ways to present and practise short forms of words and expressions such as "info", "lab", "50p" and "PS".
How to teach acronyms
Category: Vocabulary
Topic: Vocabulary
How to present and practise the meaning and use of abbreviations like "ASAP", "IoT" and "VIP"
Classroom activities for colour vocabulary
Category: Vocabulary
Topic: Vocabulary
Fun classroom activities teaching students how to understand, read and write colour words from "orange" and "red" through "dark green" to "cream" and "metallic blue".
How to teach colour vocabulary in ESL classes
Category: Vocabulary
Topic: Vocabulary
The nine stages of teaching colour vocab, from understanding what "red" means and being able to write "green" to discussing the psychological effects of different colours.
How to teach opposites
Category: Vocabulary
Topic: Adjectives and Adverbs
Tips on teaching adjective opposites, verbs with opposite meanings, etc.
Classroom activities for teaching opposites
Category: Vocabulary
Topic: Vocabulary
Fun practice activities for adjective opposites, verbs with opposite meanings, etc.
How to teach gradable and extreme adjectives
Category: Vocabulary
Topic: Adjectives and Adverbs
How to present and practice gradable adjectives and extreme adjectives like hot/ boiling and big/ huge, including how not to mix them up with other kinds of ungradable adjectives.
How to teach shopping language
Category: Vocabulary
Topic: Functional Language
Teaching suggestions and classroom activities for shopping phrases and language for shop staff.
How to teach and use the language of newspaper headlines
Category: Vocabulary
Topic: Functional Language
Lessons to help students understand newspaper headlines
Fun classroom practice of collocations
Category: Vocabulary
Topic: Collocation
Stimulating activities for chunks of language
Lesson Plan: How old are you? I'm a (number)
Category: Vocabulary
Topic: Learning and Teaching
A lesson plan to teach young learners: How old are you? I'm a (number)
Lesson Plan: What are you doing? I'm (action)
Category: Vocabulary
Topic: Questions
A lesson plan to teach young learners how to answer the question "What are you doing?" with "I'm (action)".
Lesson Plan: What colour is it? It's (colour)
Category: Vocabulary
Topic: Questions
A lesson plan to teach young learners how to answer "What colour is it?" with "It's (colour)".
Is collocation all it's cracked up to be?
Category: Vocabulary
Topic: Collocation
Collocation is getting a lot of positive press at the moment.