All articles by Lindsay Clandfield – Page 3
-
ArticleTeen Talk: How to be so last year
Lindsay Clandfield provides some tips for preparing an end-of-year class quiz.
-
Article
Teen Talk: Talking politics
Is the language classroom a place for politics? Many would argue that it isn’t, especially with teens and younger learners.
-
Article
Teen Talk: Give peace a chance
Did you know that 21 September is International Peace Day? Here, Lindsay Clandfield suggests how to broach this global issue in a teen-friendly way.
-
Article
Teen Talk: Summer blockbuster movies
Lindsay Clandfield brings some Hollywood action and glamour into your class of teenagers.
-
ArticleTeen Talk: Does your status need an update?
Lindsay Clandfield suggests five ways to take Facebook into the ELT classroom.
-
Lesson
Live from London: Christmas audio special
This is the first of two 'Christmas special' Live from London podcasts. We went to Covent Garden and asked people the question: "What's a typical Christmas for you?"
-
Article
Getting more out of 'The Road Less Travelled'
Lindsay Clandfield suggests some activities to extend the onestopenglish soap opera lessons.
-
Article
Lesson Share: Methodology: Project work
Are you teaching in a summer school this year? Lindsay Clandfield answers a question about the challenges of setting up effective project work and getting young learners interested in it.
-
Article
Caterpillars, butterflies and yodelling models
Lindsay Clandfield takes time out from talks and parties to give us his impressions of the 41st annual IATEFL conference.
-
Article
Methodology: Classroom culture
Lindsay Clandfield answers a question on how to create an appropriate classroom culture to encourage learning.
-
Article
American English: In the classroom
Teaching the vocabulary of the classroom used in American English.
-
Article
Methodology: Teaching mixed-ability classes
Suggestions and advice on teaching mixed ability classes
-
Article
What motivates you?
Students discuss different kinds of motivation and what motivates them as learners.
-
Article
Grammar: passives in conversation
Lindsay Clandfield offers some advice and suggestions for practising the passive in conversation classes.
-
Article
Summer stories
In this speaking lesson by Lindsay Clandfield, students prepare and tell each other an anecdote relating to the summer.
-
Article
Stuff and things
Students practise using all-purpose words like stuff and thingsto ask for things they don’t know the word for in English.
-
ArticlePhrasal verbs: Teaching phrasal verbs using an oral text
This lesson combines teaching phrasal verbs as a thematic set with teaching phrasal verbs using a text. Students listen to an oral text on morning routines, and use the original text to write their own morning routine.
-
-
Article
Phrasal verbs: Teaching phrasal verbs using a literary text
Using authentic texts can be a motivating way to teach phrasal verbs. This lesson plan presents eight new phrasal verbs using a literary text as a starting point. The learners deduce the meaning of the phrasal verbs from their context, and then write a follow up story using more new phrasal verbs.