All articles by Jonathan Marks – Page 2

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Pronunciation skills: glossary - homophones

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Pronunciation skills: Glossaries

Jonathan Marks offers a helpful short glossary of terminology for teaching pronunciation: homophones, rhotic and rhythm.

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Lesson Share: Memory games: Flash preview

A short activity to practise reconstructing a text.

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Minimal resources: Everyday objects

Jonathan Marks gives us some ideas for activities that make use of everyday objects that people carry around with them.

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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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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: Pictures: Dialogue in music

This simple activity uses a piece of instrumental music to create a dialogue.

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Methodology: writing with linking devices: 'yet'

An article discussing the use of linking devices such as 'yet'

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Lesson Share: Debates: Where to sit

The class attempts to reach a consensus on where everyone should sit.

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Pronunciation skills: Destruction as creativity

Jonathan Marks offers a set of pronunciation tasks, with notes for teachers, that focus on reading aloud and text chunking.

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Lesson Share: Pre-reading: Making connections

A fun and useful activity where students are encouraged to predict the story they are going to read.

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Lesson Share: Pre-reading: What is the connection?

Learners have to find the connection that links words together in this pre-reading exercise.

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Grammar: teaching conditionals

An article talking about confusion with conditionals and the phrasal verb to put off.

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Methodology: teaching rhythm and stress with Chinese students

Advice and suggestions on how to teach rhythm and stress to Chinese students.

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Lesson Share: Pictures: The character of music

A fun activity in which students pair up pieces of music with adjectives.

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Pronunciation skills: what is it called?

Focus on pronouncing stress patterns in compound nouns.

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Grammar: differences between could and can

An article discussing the differences between could and can when expressing possibility.

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Methodology: seating arrangements

Advice and suggestions of how to overcome the problem of restricted seating arrangements.

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Professional development: adapting your language for the learner

Advice on how to adapt your language for the learner.

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Lesson Share: Grammar activities: Can do / can't do

An activity that is likely to lead to disagreement and discussion!