All Reference Material articles – Page 17
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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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ArticleClassroom management: Classroom layout
Olha Madylus offers three suggestions for classroom layout, with advantages and disadvantages for using each.
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Classroom management: Maximizing your space
This article by Olha Madylus contains suggestions for activities which maximize the space available to you in your classroom.
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Teenagers: Limited resources: Classroom set-up A
There is very little room for teens to get up or for the teacher to move around the class and students must work on their own. The class is dominated by the teacher (who works very hard) and students are very passive and probably restless too.
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ArticleMixed-ability teens: Managing mixed-level classes
Understanding that students are at different levels of English.
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Lesson Share: A walk in the city
Here, in her fifth diary entry, teacher Laura McGinnis talks about the beautiful city of Prague and how she came to be here.
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Phrase of the week: Hobson's choice
Tim Bowen sheds some light on the origins and definition of the phrase Hobson's choice.
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Festivals: Chinese New Year
Based on a lunar calendar and not the western Gregorian calendar, Chinese New Year can fall any date between late January and early February.
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Grammar: teaching children grammar
An article discussing a communicative approach to teaching children grammar.
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Festivals: Notting Hill Carnival
Groups of people from all over the world emigrated to the UK after the Second World War. Included in this were immigrants from the Caribbean. The carnival tradition was very strong in this part of the world, especially in Trinidad. During the 1950s, living conditions, the lack of work ...
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Festivals: Cannes film festival
Cannes is a small city in the south of France on the Côte d'Azur. This year, the film festival starts on the 16th May and runs until the 27th. It is probably the most famous film festival in the industry, and is one of France's most important cultural and business ...
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ArticleTeenagers: Grammar: Can/able to
Francesca Rossi from Italy contacted us and asked how best to teach can/can’t/is able to. Here are some suggestions.
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Pronunciation skills: what is it called?
Focus on pronouncing stress patterns in compound nouns.
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Teenagers: Limited resources: Classroom set-up C
By moving four desks together, students can interact with each other but can still easily turn their heads to face the board and teacher.
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Phrase of the week: to take the bull by the horns
Tim Bowen sheds some light on the origins and definition of the phrase to take the bull by the horns.
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Phrase of the week: to kick the bucket
Tim Bowen sheds some light on the origins and definition of the phrase to kick the bucket.
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Lesson Share: A day in the life of Melissa Briggs
In her first diary entry, Melissa Briggs guides us through her day teaching online and at a school.
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Listening Skills: A Brief Guide
A short, handy guide to the skills students need to practice to become better listeners.
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