All articles by Keith Kelly – Page 3

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    Experiments: Ear gongs

    In this experiment, pupils see how sounds travel much more effectively through materials such as metal and string than through air. Matching and gap-fill activities help students revise relevant vocabulary and verbs in the imperative. Students then complete a report using present and past tenses. Key vocabulary and practical teacher’s ...

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    Experiments: 3D shadows

    In this experiment, pupils learn how to produce the illusion of a 3D shadow using two different coloured light sources and colour-filtered glasses. Matching and gap-fill activities help students revise related vocabulary and prepositional phrases. Students then discuss the outcome of the experiment with a partner and write a report ...

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    Editorial: Focus on projects

    In July's editorial, Keith Kelly draws our attention to a vast array of project work to keep young minds busy in the summer months.

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    Editorial: Focus on world geography

    In June's editorial, Keith Kelly celebrates the launch of our new interactive atlas by drawing our eyes to the vast array of geographical materal on the site.

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    Experiments: Nails trick

    In this experiment, students attempt to defy gravity by balancing 14 nails on the head of one nail. Matching and gap-fill activities help students revise related vocabulary and verbs in the imperative. Students then write a report of the experiment using the past tense. Key vocabulary and practical teacher's notes ...

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    Editorial: Focus on news stories

    In May's editorial, Keith Kelly draws attention to materials relevant to the eruption of, and disruption caused by, the Icelandic volcano among other recent world news stories.

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    Editorial: Focus on listening

    Keith Kelly highlights some of onestopclil's key listening resources and previews this month's fresh content.

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    Editorial: Focus on Young Learners

    Keith Kelly presents a collection of resources for Young Learners, including space worksheets that can be coloured in, experiments involving building a sail-car of the future or a 360-degree periscope and the first part of the Amazing world of animals project, by author of the month, Carol Read.  

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    Article: CLIL for ELT

    In this article, Keith Kelly explores the definition of CLIL and gives advice to ELT teachers on how to maximize results in the classroom.

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    Editorial: Art on onestopenglish

    Keith Kelly gets us in the picture as he talks about a new series on using art in the classroom and looks at a vibrant collection of creative activities to get your students into art.

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    Editorial: A new beginning

    In his inaugural address at onestopclil's new home, Keith Kelly celebrates the integration of onestopclil with onestopenglish.

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    Keith Kelly

    King of CLIL, Keith Kelly reveals all about his love affair with Bulgaria, shares tales of a tough introduction to teaching in Bristol and gives a modest tip for budding CLIL authors.

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    The water cycle

    Demonstrate to the geography class how the water cycle works while teaching key subject vocabulary such as vapour, droplets, precipitation and condensation.

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    Secondary Economic Activity

    How does the manufacturing industry turn ‘inputs’ and ‘outputs’ into cold, hard cash? Learn all about the systems and stages involved in secondary economic activity in this animation with accompanying language support material.

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    Sea action

    Teach students how load is carried along the sea shore by a process called ‘longshore drift’.

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    Acid Rain

    How do we define acid rain? What causes it? What damage does it do? Show students how acid rain is formed and the harm it does to our environment in this set of useful CLIL resources.

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    Teaching tips: Using video in the classroom

    Keith Kelly provides us with some useful tips and practical ideas for using video in the classroom.

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    Editorial: A Busy Summer for CLIL

    Our resident CLIL expert Keith Kelly gives us an overview of the latest CLIL news.

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    Teaching Tips: Working with words

    Fantastic tips to help students learn and practise vocabulary

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    Article: Working with words

    Vocabulary is a very broad area in foreign language learning. In this article Keith Kelly explores two main points: identifying which words to teach and techniques for dealing with new words.