All articles by Lindsay Clandfield – Page 4
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Lesson Share: Miscellaneous: One-word warmers
These warmers all use one word or words as a starting point to the lesson.
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Lesson Share: Miscellaneous: Question warmers
These warmers all use questions as a starting point to the lesson.
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Lesson Share: Miscellaneous: Story warmers
These warmers use stories, or anecdotes, to warm up a class to a topic.
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ArticleLesson Share: Pictures: Picture warmers
Four short warmer activities using pictures to start off the lesson.
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Phrasal verbs: Introduction
How should you approach teaching phrasal verbs? Lindsay Clandfield explains what phrasal verbs are and gives some practical teaching advice.
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Happy New Year!
Three activities suitable for your first classes of the New Year, or if you are starting a new course in January.
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ArticleGrammar teaching: Task-based grammar teaching
Lindsay Clandfield discusses task-based grammar teaching and provides a lesson plan based on this methodology which teaches the grammar point used to.
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Lesson Share: Grammar: Can you do it?
Lindsay Clandfield's winning lesson practises the modal verb can (ability) using a game of questions.
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Grammar: regular and irregular verbs
Practical suggestions for teaching regular and irregular verbs.
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ArticlePhrasal verbs: I'm going to let you in on a little secret
Another way of teaching phrasal verbs is by teaching a thematic 'set' of phrasal verbs. This lesson presents a set of nine phrasal verbs, all connected to the theme of giving and obtaining information. There is a recognition based activity, followed by a speaking activity to incorporate the phrasal verbs into use.
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Are you a learner of the future?
Students talk about possible future developments in education and decide whether or not they are already a ‘learner of the future’.
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Functional language: Riding the metro
A functional language speaking lesson by Lindsay Clandfield, where students practise giving directions for a metro system in a city.
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Exams: FCE exam speaking practice
To practise part one of the First Certificate speaking exam. Highlights and works on persistent errors in students' oral work.
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Phrasal verbs: Teaching phrasal verbs using equivalents and definitions
Many phrasal verbs can be said another way, and many learners of English tend to favour the non-phrasal verb equivalent. This often makes them sound formal. This lesson for intermediate-level students helps students learn – and practise – some phrasal verbs common in spoken English.
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Debate: Are you a teacher of the future?
Lindsay Clandfield questions whether teachers are as in touch with technology as they should be, and suggest some valuable skills to learn.
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Functional language: Giving a compliment
Reviewing and extending positive adjectives, giving and receiving compliments. Students discuss when it is appropriate to give compliments in their culture.
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Methodology: surviving classroom observations
Advice on how to survive classroom observations.
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Teaching materials: using literature in the EFL/ ESOL classroom
An article discussing ways to use literature in the EFL/ESL classroom.
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ArticlePhrasal verbs: Hurry up! It's time for class!
Who says phrasal verbs are only for intermediate level students and up? This lesson is for elementary or false beginners to introduce some common phrasal verbs. It can also be used with higher levels who are suffering from 'phrasal verb anxiety' and need to be reminded that it is not that difficult.
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Grammar: teaching children grammar
An article discussing a communicative approach to teaching children grammar.