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Teacher Articles on Teaching English (Page 2)

Video tasks for specific language points and skills

A selection of ideas for using video to teach specific grammar points and language skills

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

Combining history topics and English grammar

Activities suitable for English through History classes, CLIL classes, as supplementary activities when there are historical topics in an EFL textbook, or as grammar practice

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

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?

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

Explore the intricacies of classroom language for English teachers, focusing on the vocabulary and actions associated with audio equipment and listening exercises.

Classroom language when using the board

Useful classroom language for teachers while using the board

Classroom Language

Useful classroom language for ESL teachers for starting lessons

A well balanced use of L1 in class

Using students' first languages in the classroom

A well balanced use of error correction

Error correction in the EFL classroom

Why your students overuse their dictionaries

Category: Teaching English Topic: Vocabulary
A look at dictionaries in the classroom

Why your students don't want to do pairwork

Students are often less keen on pairwork than their teachers

Things to put in a Self Access Centre or Student Library

Some suggestions for organising and equipping a Learning Resource Centre

Why do my students question me?

Who's in charge in the classroom?

Why your students have problems with listening comprehension

A look at why learners may find listening difficult

Why your students don't do their homework

Reasons for students not doing their homework, with suggestions to deal with the problem

Making textbook listenings manageable and fun

Tips for handling listening activities

Christmas vocabulary you can mime

Category: Teaching English Topic: General
Ideas on miming vocab associated with Xmas

Testing and reviewing new EFL materials

This article is based on a workshop entitled "Testing and Reviewing New Materials" given by Alex Case at the Tokyo Expo/ Tokyo ELT Book Fair

Tips for the automated teacher

Keeping your self-motivation up and the experience new as the years go by

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