Learners, this month I have prepared a short story that can be used with B2 level students. It has a pre, while and post activity. I hope you find it useful for your English classes.
PRE-ACTIVITY: In pairs, ask the students to look at the picture below and describe to each…
The process of acquiring an additional language is similar, if not exactly the same, as the process of acquiring our first language. So why we do not take that into account when teaching an additional language? We must rethink our beliefs and change our mindsets for…
Songs, nursery rhymes and finger-plays are a common tradition in almost every culture. Learning these in English is an easy and special way to encourage your students’ language learning process.
Songs and chants are an important part of a culture’s heritage.
Effective classroom management is an essential skill for Young Learner (YL) teachers. This post provides some of my top tips for developing positive classroom management strategies that you can incorporate into your routine.
Every teacher knows that without…
Tamara Jones, co-author of Q: Skills for Success Second Edition, joins us on the blog today to review her TESOL talk about flipping the classroom using content aligned videos. I think we can all agree that while teaching is rewarding and most of us love what we do, it can…
This month, I have written another short story with activities for English teachers to use with their advanced students. This illustration was drawn by a very talented young Brazilian artist called Gabriela de Campos Gonçalves. I hope both teachers and students find the…
Summer holidays are often cherished moments for teachers and learners, especially in regular schools. In language institutes, the scenario is usually different, as many students enroll for intensive courses. In any case, it is not the ordinary school term and it may be a…
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Which vocabulary words or phrases do you remember best? How did you learn them? How often do you use them when speaking English? How does your brain retrieve them? As Jeanne McCarten stated in Cambridge University Press’s pedagogical booklet…
