All articles by Adrian Tennant – Page 7
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Speaking matters: Problem-solving
This article looks at problem-solving activities and what they are like. It covers how to set them up, why it's good to use them, the disadvantages and what you should do after the activity.
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Speaking matters: Role-play
In this article we look at role-play. The article discusses why, when and how to use role-play in your classes. The article rounds off with examples of role-plays as well as a link to another article.
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Speaking skills: Speaking matters
A series of articles by Adrian Tennant, giving useful tips and suggestions on how to teach speaking.
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ArticleSpeaking matters: Pairwork
Adrian Tennant gives an introduction to using pairwork for teaching speaking skills.
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Shakespeare
Cross-curricular materials for teaching English through the topic of Shakespeare
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Minimal resources: Teaching vocabulary
Adrian Tennant gives us some useful tips and ideas for teaching vocabulary with minimal resources.
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ArticleGrammar teaching: The discovery technique
Adrian Tennant discusses how to use the discovery technique to teach grammar and gives an activity idea for teaching the third conditional using this method.
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Methodology: using CLIL in the English classroom
A discussions and advice on using CLIL in the English classroom.
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The human body
Cross-curricular materials for teaching English through the topic of the human body
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ArticleGrammar teaching: Little words, big grammar
Adrian Tennant explains how the 'little words' (those that make up approximately fifty percent of written and spoken language and grammar) are extremely important.
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Ancient Egypt
Cross-curricular materials for teaching English through the topic of Ancient Egypt
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ArticleWriting skills: Thinking about writing
This lesson looks at a few techniques for ‘thinking’ about writing. There are 3 tasks: brainstorming, loop writing and speed writing.