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Lesson Share: Discussions: What I noticed

Students discuss ten things they saw, heard, felt or smelled on their way to the lesson today.

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Lesson Share: Discussions: Number talk

This warmer has a focus on numbers, but is a great skill for learners of all levels and subjects.

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Skills: whole-class discussions in English

Have you ever tried a whole-class discussion and, instead of speaking to each other, the learners direct all comments to you? How can you get more student-student interaction in such activities?

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Lesson Share: Team games: The guide dog

This activity works well as a warmer and is also good for practising giving and understanding instructions.

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Students who don't want to write

An article discussing ways to overcome the problem of students who don't want to write.

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Don't say it!

An American English worksheet to play a team game by making up definitions and guessing words.

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Lesson Share: Drama: Mime, draw or explain

A short drama activity for reviewing vocabulary..

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Lesson Share: Drama: The moving story

This activity is an effective way of involving students directly in the story and also of presenting and practising new items of vocabulary.

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Minimal resources: Drilling

Philip Kerr gives us some useful tips and ideas for using drilling in the classroom.

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Imaginative materials: teaching resources: sound effects

Sound-effect CDs are an exciting teaching resource. These are recordings that have hardly any words on - but instead contain a sequence of noises such as crashes, bumps, bangs, whistles, screams etc. Here are some ideas for using sound-effects in the classroom.

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Skills: teaching resources: sound effects

Sound-effect CDs are an exciting teaching resource. These are recordings that have hardly any words on - but instead contain a sequence of noises such as crashes, bumps, bangs, whistles, screams etc. Here are some ideas for using sound-effects in the classroom.

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Methodology: level testing in EFL

Advice on evaluating the level of new students.

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Encounters of a spooky kind

An American English worksheet to dictate part of a story and to write down what your partner dictates to you.

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Vocabulary: plural noun endings

Rules for the use of /s/, /z/ or /IZ/ as the ending for plural nouns.

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Lesson Share: Energizers: The hot potato

There is no particular linguistic aim for this activity but it works well as a brief warmer and to encourage students to use mime and facial expression.

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Lesson Share: Energizers: The knot

This activity probably works best as a way of energizing a group, particularly after lunch!

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Lesson Share: Energizers: Shout!

I teach in Hong Kong, where the classes can be very quiet, and take lots of warming up. This one is great for quiet classes, and hugely versatile (no preparation!).

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Lesson Share: Energizers: Stand in line

You can use this activity as an icebreaker at the start of a new course when the learners do not know each other or simply as a warmer at the start of the day.

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Lesson Share: Miscellaneous: English I've liked

This is particularly good for learners who arrive for a lesson in a hurry and full of other concerns, and benefit from having a few quiet moments to switch into English and re-establish a positive attitude towards the language.

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Methodology: teaching English word order

An article discussing English word order and possible teaching solutions.