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Lesson Share: Team games: The alphabet code

This activity is an excellent way to revise vocabulary or build up a new lexical set.

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Alphabet game

An American English worksheet to play a word game by following instructions and doing forfeits when the rules are broken.

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The grass is always greener

An American English worksheet to write sentences about things you regret about your present state.

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Lesson Share: Team games: Anagram race

An exercise which involves making short words out of a longer word.

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Skills: teaching English using anecdotes

Learners are often keen to hear stories about the teacher's life (even if they are not 100% true!). Here are some ideas for creating richer, more varied personal anecdotes.

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Lesson Share: Exchanging information: Don't answer back

I got this idea from a quiz show on a radio programme last year. It guarantees confusion and lots of laughter in the classroom, perfect for teenagers.

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ESOL support: Questions and answers

Chris Speck gives tips and advice on how to teach ESOL adults to read and write.

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Lesson Share: Discussions: One minute, any topic (any time)!

This is an all-time favourite among the students I've taught over the years as it energizes students and enables students to practise listening and speaking.

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Anything's possible

An American English worksheet to complete some sentences as if you were your partner.

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Methodology: the natural approach

Practical advice on The Natural Approach and how to use it in the ELT classroom.

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Teaching approaches: what is audiolingualism?

An article discussing the concept of audiolingualism.

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Teaching approaches: the communicative classroom

An article discussing the communicative language teaching approach.

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Teaching approaches: computer assisted language learning

An article discussing the development of computer assisted language learning.

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Teaching approaches: content-based teaching

An article discussing the benefits of content-based language learning.

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Teaching approaches: the grammar-translation method

An article discussing the grammar-translation approach to language learning.

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Teaching approaches: checking-homework Challenge

Some ideas of how to make the whole-class correction of homework less of a chore and more of an active challenge.

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Teaching approaches: the negotiated syllabus

An article discussing the notion of the negotiated syllabus.

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Teaching approaches: what is the silent way?

An article discussing the Silent Way approach to language learning.

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Teaching approaches: What is "suggestopedia"?

An article discussing the concept of suggestopedia.

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Teaching approaches: total physical response

A discussion of the Total Physical Response approach to language teaching.