From priming tasks and target tasks to language focus and grammar

      This is the third in a series of four articles which will explore how to integrate a task-based approach into a typical textbook to maximise learning opportunities for your learners and to save teacher preparation time.

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      British and American English

      This activity is designed to be used when teaching or practising the difference between British and American English vocabulary.

      Average: 3.3 (115 votes)

      Cheat & Swindle Holidays


      If you've got a confident class with a passion for debate this activity could be the ideal way to allow learners to let off a bit of steam

      Average: 3.2 (104 votes)

      Francesca Beard: Chinese Whispers

      This project is something out of the ordinary for BritLit as it supports a major piece of performance poetry. The materials here have been designed to support a series of workshops and performances of ‘Chinese Whispers' by Francesca Beard, one of the UK's leading performance poets.

      Average: 4.3 (32 votes)

      Minimal resource - Text translation

      Hello everybody. In Afghanistan we do not have a lot of facilities to use in order to help the students improve their English. We most often use our local newspapers which are not in English.

      Average: 3.4 (18 votes)

      Celebrity interview

      I am an English trainer at Whitefield Academy, and I tried one activity which became an exercise for fluency. I have ten students in each class so I make students, taking it in turns, be a "Celebrity": an actor, sportsperson, a singer etc..

      Average: 3.1 (36 votes)

      Guess who you are!

      I've read these wonderful ideas for speaking lessons, and decided to send you some I have tried with my students:

      Average: 3.4 (39 votes)

      Celebr8 by Levi Tafari

      ‘Celebr8' is a poem about inclusion and diversity. It is by the Liverpool based poet Levi Tafari, himself of Jamaican origin.

      Average: 3.8 (50 votes)
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