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Magazines are a rich source of authentic materials and can be very motivating and inspire a wide range of activities. You can bring whole magazines to class to stimulate interest in British culture,

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 As a language assistant, when you are faced with planning whole lessons on your own for the first time it can seem like a daunting task. Where do you start? How do you choose a topic?

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All classes are mixed ability to one extent or another. Extreme cases, when you have near native level speakers with beginners, can be very challenging for the teacher.

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Music can play a really important part in the language classroom. It can change the atmosphere in the room within seconds.

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Learning a language does not just mean saying something new. It helps to also practise saying words and sounds. The activities below are ways for students to enjoy the music of English.

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Cartoons and comic strips can be used from beginner level to advanced level for a variety of language and discussion activities.

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In the last teaching tip we looked at how to adapt materials for mixed ability groups. This is the most common type of adaptation that teachers have to do. However,

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 ‘Realia’ in EFL terms refers to any real objects we use in the classroom to bring the class to life. In this tip I’d like to offer a few suggestions for activities using realia and to consider why we may want to bring things into the class.

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Class projects can be an excellent way to focus the whole class and get them working together towards a common goal.

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Graded readers or ‘readers’ are books that have had the language level simplified to help second language learners read them. The language is graded for vocabulary,

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