Topic: Functional Language

Fun intensive practice for both polite and friendly language

Teaching tips, games and songs for teaching different ways to say hello and goodbye

Teaching students how to react with sympathy, shock, interest, etc, including conversational reactions games.

Teaching tips and classroom activities for the tricky beginnings and endings of conversations.

A guide to teaching language for hosts, guests and staff in restaurants.

Teaching tips, games and other classroom activities for "should", "If I were you", "I would suggest", etc.

Teaching tips and classroom activities for making, accepting and politely rejecting invitations.

Teaching tips and classroom activities for showing people where to go with "go straight ahead", "turn right", "take the second turning on your left", "opposite the station", etc.

Teaching tips and classroom activities for the language emotions, from very young learners to advanced learners.

Teaching suggestions and classroom activities for shopping phrases and language for shop staff.

Stimulating and useful practice with one of the easiest and most motivating ways of getting lower level and younger students to talk about themselves in English.

Presentation and stimulating practice for describing changes, one of the most important kinds of business/ ESP language.

How to go far beyond "more" or "er" in describing similarities and differences.

How to teach and practise language to stop students overgeneralising and making stronger or more vague statements than they mean to

Language and teaching ideas for examining both sides of an argument before reaching a conclusion in both speaking and writing

Presentation and practice for the most important part of giving opinions.

Stimulating presentation and practice of language for expressing preferences, with useful phrases and common student difficulties.

Going beyond students chatting about themselves.

Teaching polite interrupting, getting back on track, etc.

Lessons to help students understand newspaper headlines

Teaching how to ask for and give confirmation of meaning without sounding rude.

A lesson plan to teach young learners: What aches? My (body part) aches.