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Do your students need to practise asking questions in English?
Onthesamepage ELT has this downloadable table, plus some fun lesson ideas that are a great help:
#Grammar
This booklet is full of suggestions for warmers and fillers categorised by age and language level, and it includes complete instructions for how to use them in class. Download it here:
Thanks
@esBritish
!
Here’s a great resource for you and your students!
A series of videos showing grammar being used in natural conversations. Each video includes a grammar explanation you can download, plus exercises to check that students can use the language correctly:
The following
#homework
choice board, intended for students at B1 level and above, suggests 16 tasks to practise all four skills as well as grammar, vocabulary and pronunciation. By
@onthesamepagelt
🎲 Do you play games in your classroom?
If you do, you’ll find John Hughes’ blog post and downloadable worksheet: very useful to teach the language that students need.
Happy
#InternationalTeaDay
☕
Why not discuss the UK's favourite hot beverage with your B2 teen learners? Click the link in the video for a blogpost 'It's tea o'clock!' to get the discussion started.
If you ask students, ‘Do you understand?’, they are sure to answer ‘Yes’! With concept-checking questions, however, you’re much more likely to find out if they have really followed what you said.
Tongue twisters are a fun way to brighten up your classes.
Here are:
👉 a selection of tongue twisters:
👉 a fun tongue twister game:
👉 a free poster to download:
⭐️ A real goldmine for teachers ⭐️
This booklet is full of warmers, icebreakers and fillers – all categorised by age and language level – and with complete instructions for how to use them in class.
👉 Download the PDF booklet here:
Thanks
@esBritish
Are your students reluctant to read in English? Try out these free graded reading activities.
📚 Every story or article comes at three different levels, so you can find the one that's right for them. Download the story texts and student worksheets here:
Jeremy Harmer, the acclaimed teacher educator, writer, and speaker, delivered five live sessions last year at the British Council in Armenia. Here is your chance to watch the video recordings:
Do your students find reading in English a challenge? Try our free graded reading activities. Every story or article comes at three different levels, so you can find the one that's right for them. Download them and their accompanying worksheets here:
❤️ A real goldmine for teachers! ❤️
This booklet is full of warmers, icebreakers and fillers – categorised by age and language level – and with complete instructions for how to use them in class.
👉 Download it here:
Thanks
@esBritish
!
This communicative activity prepares the class for
#reading
a text and encourages them to collaborate.
📘 You can find more suggestions for pre-, while and after reading activities here:
Interested in learning about different approaches to using new technology in the classroom?
This free publication provides case studies and lesson ideas showing how new technology can be used imaginatively and effectively:
This guide, written by key figures in the world of mLearning, will help you take advantage of the rising tide of possibilities created by mobile language learning. It’s free to download here:
Brief descriptions of the product and process approaches to
#writing
. Which do you tend to use?
💥 Interested in finding out more? We have three videos showing how teachers put the process approach to writing into practice on our TeachingEnglish website:
A free spinning wheel template for you to download from
@tekhnologicblog
. It can be used with:
▪ Student Names
▪ Questions
▪ Vocabulary Review
▪ Grammar Review
▪ Conversation Topics
▪ Conversation Prompts
▪ Role-play Scenarios
Here’s a great resource for you and your students!
A series of videos showing grammar being used in natural conversations. Each video includes a grammar explanation you can download, plus exercises to check that students can use the language correctly:
Here’s a great resource for you and your students!
A series of videos showing grammar being used in natural conversations. Each video includes a grammar explanation you can download, plus exercises to check that students can use the language correctly:
If you'd like to learn more about teaching
#pronunciation
, click the link in the video for details of our 'Understanding Pronunciation' self-access module.
Interested in learning about different approaches to using new technology in the classroom?
★ This free publication provides case studies and lesson ideas showing how new technology can be used imaginatively and effectively:
❤️ Our favourite class games for teaching English ❤️
❤️ We asked you to suggest your favourite class games – and here they are, all in one place! And you can still add more! ❤️
❤️ Click here to see the collection
Lesson plans and story notes for 12 stories from around the world!
📘 For each story there are a series of lesson plans with photocopiable activity sheets. Download the free publication here:
A real goldmine for teachers!
This booklet is full of warmers, icebreakers and fillers – categorised by age and language level – and with complete instructions for how to use them in class.
Download it here:
Thanks
@esBritish
#ELT
#TEFL
#TESOL
What makes a great teacher?
When we asked you this question last year, your response was amazing 👌🙏👌 Here are just a few of your suggestions – you can read all of them here
Have you got any more to add?
Do your students struggle to find the right words when they’re writing?
@blogdecristina
suggests a list of internet sites that will help them improve their written fluency and accuracy:
This booklet is full of suggestions for warmers and fillers categorised by age and language level, and it includes complete instructions for how to use them in class. Download it here:
This free publication will help you face the challenge of teaching learners remotely due to the Coronavirus crisis. It provides case studies and lesson activities suggesting how you can use new technology imaginatively and effectively.
👉 Download it here:
A graphic that merges 21st century learning, modern digital and social spaces, and Bloom’s Taxonomy in one framework.
Read about it and download the poster here:
A real goldmine for teachers!
This booklet is full of
#warmers
,
#icebreakers
and fillers – categorised by age and language level – and with complete instructions for how to use them in class.
💥 It’s free to download here:
Thanks
@esBritish
Are your students reluctant to read in English? Try out these free graded
#reading
activities.
📚 Every
#story
or article comes at three different levels, so you can find the one that's right for them. Download the story texts and student worksheets here:
Video series ⭐️
Teachers from around the world invite you into their classrooms to see how they approach teaching reading and writing.
👉 Access the videos and teachers' notes here:
#ELT
#TEFL
#TESOL
If you missed our first three webinars to help you get started with teaching online, you can now watch the recordings by following these links.
💻 Webinar 1:
💻 Webinar 2:
💻 Webinar 3:
Create a more manageable
#class
. Select and agree on the rules you think are important with your students.
✨You can find more tips about class management here:
#classroom
#ELT
#TEFL
#TESOL
Are you a subject teacher who teaches in English or a language teacher who wants to focus on content that’s useful and relevant to students?
If you are, you’ll find these ideas on how to teach
#CLIL
extremely helpful:
If you're looking for simple readers for your students, check out this website!
There are some great stories such as Sherlock Holmes, White Fang, Treasure Island and more.
You have to register, but it's free!
If you're looking to introduce your young learners to the works of
#Shakespeare
, check out our animated stories including
#Macbeth
,
#Hamlet
and many more. They come with downloadable resources for a great lesson 🎭
Here are Katherine Bilsborough’s tips for keeping lesson planning time to a minimum without lowering your teaching standards:
Find more ideas on how to plan lessons effectively on our
#freeonlinecourse
:
#FLsuccessfulLessons
How to turn students' passive
#vocabulary
(words they know) into active vocabulary (words they can use).
6️⃣ Six easy-to-prepare and highly enjoyable class activities from
@blogdecristina
: