This lesson looks at the causes of water shortages locally and internationally, and learners will produce a poster giving advice on saving water in the home or in the school.
* Low rates of pay
* Low status
* Overcrowded classrooms
* The bad behaviour of students
* Attitudes of parents
* Attitudes of educational managers
* Demands of the syllabus
* Teaching too many hours
* Lack of support
* Lack of training and development opportunities
* I don't have any problems
Some parents might see video games as an impediment to children keeping up with their schoolwork. James Gee, however, thinks video games are some of the best learning environments around.
Do you have a blackboard, a whiteboard or an IWB? Whatever type of board you have in your classroom it is important to be organised and to put yourself in your students' shoes for a moment.
The winners of the ELTons 2010 have now been announced! The ceremony, sponsored by Cambridge ESOL, took place on 3 March in London, marking the seventh year of the prestigious awards.
This activity is great for last lessons of a course, but could be used in other contexts too. It is influenced by an idea from Headway Pre-Intermediate.
These bibliographies, produced by the British Council, can be used as guides to creating a new collection, reviewing and refreshing your existing resources, or for exhibitions or events.
This is the first of our British Council Seminar videos. The seminars encourage debate on areas of contemporary interest in the field of English language teaching and learning.
Compiled by Shelagh Rixon and Richard Smith of Warwick University, the Directory of UK ELT Research 2005-08 contains information on 857 research outputs from 52 institutions.
Help your students hear the sounds of English by clicking on the symbols of this pronunciation chart - you can now install it on your own PC or Mac computer
