Both adults and children need practice at talking to be able to develop their speaking skills, but that things that stimulate them to talk are often quite different.

There’s nothing like a group project to get students talking and they work well as long as:

Introduction
One of the main dilemmas for teachers giving conversation groups is error correction. It’s always tricky to know when and if to correct students and how to go about it.

Did you know that you have to see a new word at least five times before you can usually use it and include it in your ‘active’ vocabulary?

Getting students to use English in the classroom is one of the biggest challenges of teaching. At first you might get frustrated when students speak their own language in class. Keep this checklist in mind and it may help.

No matter how interesting and well prepared our lesson may be, it can be ruined by a confrontation with students. A bad atmosphere can result. Here are some strategies for ‘telling off’ students and still avoiding confrontations.

The following activities focus primarily on fluency and are suitable for intermediate level and up. They will give you a chance to get to know the class, break the ice and estimate their language level.

The activities that you use in your first lessons are very important and are likely to set the tone for the rest of your classes. In your first lessons, it is good to focus on two areas: