All Teaching Notes articles – Page 27
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ESOL beginner lessons: Comparatives and superlatives
A lesson by Chris Speck about describing people and places.
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ESOL beginner lessons: Joe and the poor man
This lesson aims to help students make simple present tense questions (not in the 3rd person).
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ESOL beginner lessons: Joe and the thieves
This lesson aims to help students listen and recount a story, writing a story from memory using the past tense.
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ESOL beginner lessons: Pronunciation
This lesson aims to help students with pronunciation of past tense (-ed) words, adjectives ending in -ed.
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ArticleESOL beginner lessons: will and going to
This lesson aims to help students understand the difference between the constructions will and going to.
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Beginning reading and writing: Internalizing letters
Olha Madylus offers a selection of physical activities that help children remember the shape of letters they've been introduced to.
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Beginning reading and writing: Recognition games
Olha Madylus offers a selection of games that help children recognise and use the letters they've been introduced to, including beginning to write them.
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ArticleBeginning reading and writing: Learning words
Olha Madylus offers a selection of tips and activities to help your students begin to put letters together to form words.
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ArticleBeginning vocabulary: Presenting new vocabulary
Olha Madylus gives advice on how to present and practise vocabulary, using a practical staged approach.
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Beginning vocabulary: Pronunciation and drilling
Olha Madylus gives advice on how to get your young learners practising pronunciation, using techniques including choral repetition, songs and tongue twisters.
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ArticleImaginative materials: board games for teaching English
Learners are often familiar with popular board games. Inventing new games (or adapting familiar games) can often produce materials that motivate students to talk and practise language.
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British English: Describing people – teacher's notes
To introduce vocabulary to do with describing people.
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British English: Describing people – worksheet
To introduce vocabulary to do with describing people.
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British English: Intelligence is a light – worksheet and teacher's notes
To highlight the metaphorical meanings of several words related to intelligence.
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British English: Life is a journey – worksheet and teacher's notes
To highlight the metaphorical meanings of several words and phrases describing life experiences.
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British English: Responsibilities are like weights – worksheet and teacher's notes
To highlight the metaphorical meanings of several words and expressions related to responsibility.
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British English: Making mistakes – worksheet and teacher's notes
To highlight the metaphorical meanings of several phrases related to making mistakes.