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ArticleDifferences in American and British English grammar - tips and activities
Kerry Maxwell and Lindsay Clandfield provide a selection of useful tips and ideas for recognizing grammatical differences between American and British English.
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Countability and noun types - tips and activities
Tips and activities for teaching countability and noun types.
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ArticlePrepositions of time and place - tips and activities
Teaching tips and suggestions for teaching the prepositions of time and place, at, on and in.
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Prepositions relating to movement and position - tips and activities
Tips and activities to help you teach prepositions relating to movement and position.
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Relative clauses in English – tips and activities
Tips and suggestions for teaching relative clauses in English.
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The passive in English – tips and activities
Tips and ideas from Kerry Maxwell and Lindsay Clandfield on teaching the passive in English.
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ArticleReported speech – tips and activities
Tips and ideas from Kerry Maxwell and Lindsay Clandfield on teaching reported speech.
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Reported speech 2 – article
An article by Kerry Maxwell and Lindsay Clandfield on approaches to teaching reported speech.
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Lesson Share: Reported speech 1 – article
An article by Kerry Maxwell and Lindsay Clandfield on approaches to teaching reported speech.
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Business first lessons: Wish list
What are the things that would make a perfect initial impact with a Business English or ESP class? Alex Case offers a wish list, drawn up from talking to other Business English teachers.
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My cat died!
In her third diary entry, Amanda Onken tries not to let her students get the better of her when it comes to tests.
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Teenagers: Writing: Visualization
Students often start writing a narrative before planning where it is going, This activity encourages them to ‘see’ the entire sequence of events before starting writing.
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Ten weeks into teaching
In her second diary entry, American teacher Amanda Onken muses on teaching's good and bad days.
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Teenagers: Writing: Recognizing style and register
Students sometimes get register confused when writing. This activity helps them to recognize style/register.
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Pronunciation skills: Who does what?
Jonathan Marks offers a pronunciation activity, with a helpful key for teachers, that focuses on pronouncing stress in compound nouns.
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Phrase of the week: at sixes and sevens
Tim Bowen sheds some light on the origins and definition of the phrase at sixes and sevens.
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Phrase of the week: three sheets to the wind
Tim Bowen sheds some light on the origins and definition of the phrase three sheets to the wind.
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ArticleTeenagers: Songs: Music as a stimulus for speaking
Visualisation is a tool you can use to help stimulate students’ imagination, encourage them to speak to each other and as a preparation for writing.