All British English articles – Page 129
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Lesson Share: Pictures: Dialogue in music
This simple activity uses a piece of instrumental music to create a dialogue.
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Imaginative materials: teaching with simple props: dice
Some of the most useful teaching props are the simplest. Most ELT teachers will have used dice at some time, perhaps when groups are playing a board game. Here are three ideas for more unusual uses of dice in class.
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Lesson Share: Exchanging information: 'Dicey' questions
Students roll the dice to find out which question word to use.
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Lesson Share: Teenagers: Jokes (a silly dictation)
This warmer/lesson filler exercise is a missing word dictation which will get students laughing.
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Skills: dictation for teaching English
Traditional dictation - where the teacher reads a text aloud and the learners must write it down accurately - is often quite unpopular with learners. It can feel like an unfair test. Could we make it more enjoyable and useful?
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Mixed-ability teens: Graded dictation
Techniques for dealing with mixed ability students: graded dictation.
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Teenagers: Warmers: Jokes – a silly dictation
A fun way to encourage thinking skills and allow students to process the language.
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Methodology: using dictation in English language teaching
An article discussing the role of dictation in English language teaching.
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Teenagers: Writing: Dictogloss
An activity with a focus on communicating meaning and using correct grammar.
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Spot the differences
A British English worksheet to find ten differences between two pictures by asking and answering questions.
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Mixed-ability teens: Managing different speeds and energy levels
Understanding that students work at different speeds and energy levels.
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I'm different now
A British English worksheet to talk about yourself as a child and to compare the way things were with the way things are now.
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From dinosaurs to dynamite
A British English worksheet to match pictures with sentences, then match numbers with their spellings.
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Directions
A British English worksheet to ask for and give directions to different places on a map.
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One-to-one methodology: Ten tips to minimize disadvantages
Ten tips to minimize the disadvantages of teaching in a one-to-one context.