All Teacher articles – Page 4

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First steps into ...supporting learner commitment outside the class

Why is it so important to support learner commitment outside the classroom? How should you do it? Daniel Barber suggests some key things to consider.

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First steps into …making effective use of classroom time

How can you make more effective use of classroom time? Daniel Barber provides some suggestions for maximising class time effectively.

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First steps into ...encouraging independent practice for 21st century learning

What are the advantages of independent practice? And how can teachers encourage more of it? Daniel Barber provides some steps for implementation.

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Teaching EAP: Literature: Teaching digital literacy

Dr Chris Lima offers advice on ways to teach digital literacy to prepare students for EAP classes.

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First steps into ...using digital content for the right learning outcome

When – and why – should you introduce digital into your classroom? Daniel Barber suggests some key things to consider.

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Teaching EAP: Literature: Teaching critical thinking in EAP

Dr Chris Lima offers advice on ways to teach critical thinking in EAP classes.

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Teaching EAP: Literature: Teaching academic writing

Dr Chris Lima offers advice on ways to teach academic writing in EAP classes.

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First steps into ...using digital to support students who are learning at different paces

Students learn at different paces. Daniel Barber introduces the benefits of using digital to support mixed-level classes and suggests some practical tips.

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Teaching EAP: Literature: Top ten tips for EAP tutors and learners

Dr Chris Lima offers ten top tips on the basic concepts tutors and learners should keep in mind during EAP programmes.

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Pronunciation skills: Long and short sounds /ɑː/ /ʌ/ and /ɒ/

Which sound do you make when you’re having a massage? And what is the noise of having a whole orange in your mouth? In this video, Adrian answers these unusual questions and uses mime to help demonstrate the physicality of each sound.

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Pronunciation skills: Minimal pairs /θ/ and /ð/

In this video, Adrian looks at the minimal pairand and /θ/ and /ð/ and shows us how to make each sound in a simple and effective way while giving advice on how to gain control of the physicality needed to produce each sound.

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Pronunciation skills: Monophthongs and consonants

In this video, Adrian provides a handy overview of the monophthong sounds and provides a brief guided tour of the consonant sounds, showing how each sound relates to its neighbour on the chart and how it is produced in the mouth.

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Pronunciation skills: The idiot sounds /ɜː/ and /ə/

Did you know that there is not one but two idiot sounds in the phonetic chart? In this video, pronunciation expert Adrian Underhill looks at the visibility and the physicality of these sounds, helping learners with the long vowel sound /ɜː/ and the most famous of all the phonemes, the schwa /ə/

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Pronunciation skills: Off the map sounds /ɔː/ /æ/ and /e/

How can you teach pronunciation without using any sounds? In this video, Adrian helps show us by using mime to introduce us to some ‘off the map’ sounds and demonstrates us how we can identify sounds in relations to their neighbours on the phonetic chart.

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Teaching EAP: Literature: Shakespeare (Part 3)

Dr Chris Lima provides her final five top tips for teaching Shakespeare to both language proficient speakers and language learners alike, in the third part of this series.

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First steps into …the ‘Four Cs’

Communication, creativity, collaboration and critical thinking. Daniel Barber introduces the ‘super skills’ that 21st century students can’t do without.

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Teaching EAP: Literature: Top ten tips for using literature in ELT

Dr Chris Lima offers ten top tips on why and how to use literature in ELT.

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First steps into ...Blended Learning

In the third article in this series, Daniel Barber takes a closer look at Blended Learning and what it means.

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Teaching EAP: Literature: Shakespeare (Part 2)

Dr Chris Lima provides five more top tips for teaching Shakespeare to both language proficient speakers and language learners alike, in the second part of this series.

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First steps into ... Digital Literacy

In the second article in this new series, Daniel Barber investigates Digital Literacy and its impact on the ELT classroom.