All Reference Material articles – Page 17
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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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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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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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ArticleMixed-ability teens: Managing mixed-level classes
Understanding that students are at different levels of English.
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Grammar and vocabulary: using dictionaries in the EFL/ESL classroom
Advice and discussion about using dictionaries in the EFL/ESL classroom.
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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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Professional development: collaborative teaching in EFL/ ESOL
An article about developing different mechanisms of peer support.
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Grammar and vocabulary: teaching students collocations
A discussion and explanation of collocations and practical suggestions for teaching them.
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Grammar: two-syllable comparatives
An article discussing the usage of comparative and superlative forms of two-syllable adjectives.
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Teenagers: Writing: Linking and structuring compositions
Using pictures to focus on a logical sequence of events.
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Grammar: teaching conditionals
An article talking about confusion with conditionals and the phrasal verb to put off.
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Professional development: teacher development and confidence
Advice and suggestions on how teachers can improve their personal development and confidence.
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Grammar and vocabulary: learning vocabulary - connecting form and meaning
A discussion on learning vocabulary and the difficulties of connecting form and meaning.
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Teenagers: Writing: Consequences
Play a game of consequences to practise writing skills with your students.
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ArticleContinuous Professional Development
A discussion on ways to maintain continuous professional development.
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Lesson Share: Error correction
In her second diary entry, Laura McGinnis corrects her learners' sometimes hilarious errors and manages a class of teens.
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ArticleTeenagers: Writing: Correction
A composition returned to a student covered in red ink is very demotivating so here are some ways to make correction more positive.