All Reference Material articles – Page 22
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Lesson Share: Yo, Ho Me Hearties!
In her fourth diary entry, Willow Vanderbosch writes about an unusual teaching and testing situation.
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Lesson Share: The honeymoon is over
In her third diary entry, Willow Vanderbosch reminisces about her first days on the islands.
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Pronunciation skills: How many syllables?
This lesson by Jonathan Marks focuses on plural nouns and 3rd person singular verbs which are spelt with the ending -es. It helps students to develop an awareness of when this ending represents an additional syllable (e.g. age / ages) and when it doesn't (e.g. behave / behaves).
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ArticleTeenagers: Limited resources: Other ideas
More ideas to help you overcome the problems of teaching with limited resources.
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Teaching writing using the internet
Advice and suggestions about teaching writing using the internet
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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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Phrase of the week: to know the ropes
Tim Bowen sheds some light on the origins and definition of the phrase to know the ropes.
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Mixed-ability teens: Outside knowledge
Understanding that students come to class with a lot of knowledge of things other than English.
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Methodology: literacy training for young learners
An article talking about the problems encountered when teaching English when Roman script is not known.
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Methodology: task-based learning
An article discussing task-based learning consciousness-raising activities.
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Phrase of the week: to pull someone's leg
Tim Bowen sheds some light on the origins and definition of the phrase to pull someone's leg.
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Lesson Share: Nerves
In her second diary entry, Amthal Karim gets her class to grips with comparatives and superlatives.
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Lesson Share: Mobile phones
In her first diary entry, teacher Laura McGinnis gets her patience tested by her students' mobile phones.
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Lesson Share: Private students
Laura McGinnis' third diary entry talks about the joys of teaching private students.
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Lesson Share: Subbing sick
In her fourth entry, Laura McGinnis speaks about the common problem of teacher sickness
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Lesson Share: Mikulas
In here final diary entry, Laura McGinnis tells us about the Czech Christmas festival of Mikulas, as well as getting to grips with phrasal verbs and misleading classroom names.
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Lesson Share: Tsunami
In her fifth diary entry, Willow Vanderbosch talks about how she was affected by the great tsunami of 2004.
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Lesson Share: My song
In her sixth diary entry, Willow Vanderbosch's students master an Elton John classic.
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Lesson Share: Teaching perks
In her eighth diary entry, Willow Vanderbosch muses on the value of positive feedback.
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New Lessons
In her fourth and final entry, teacher Amanda Onken ruminates on what she's learnt from her time in Bulgaria.