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      Three of a kind?

      Submitted by Sally Trowbridge on 20 March, 2012 - 09:33

      Use this activity to practice the use of comparatives and superlatives and to introduce more complex ways of comparison.

      Average: 3.4 (42 votes)
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      Yesterday

      Submitted by ellenpd on 4 March, 2012 - 18:55
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      In this lesson students practise forming, asking and answering ‘wh’ questions in the past tense. They play two games and do a mingling activity.

      Average: 3.9 (19 votes)
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      Using texts constructively: what are texts for?

      Submitted by Michael Swan on 1 February, 2012 - 10:24

      Text use may seem a dull topic after all the exciting matters that other guest writers have dealt with recently.

      Average: 4 (71 votes)
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      Using poems to develop productive skills

      Submitted by TE Editor on 19 January, 2012 - 10:53

      You and your students might already enjoy reading and listening to poetry in your own language and perhaps in English too. Poems are, after all, authentic texts.

      Average: 4.1 (111 votes)
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      Powerpoint for teachers

      Submitted by Anonymous on 21 December, 2011 - 11:00

      This is something I've already blogged about - if you have the right facilities in your classroom, powerpoint can be a very useful addition to your teaching toolkit. 

      If you're interested in some of the techniques mentioned here, there's another video that explains how to create the 'word bank':  http://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/blogs/rob-lewis/powerpoint-teachers-part-2 

      Average: 3.8 (149 votes)
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      Vocabulary and autonomy

      Submitted by TE Editor on 15 December, 2011 - 10:25

      This article looks at ways to improve your students' abilities to both explore, store and use vocabulary.

      Average: 3.9 (77 votes)
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      Fairy tales; not just for kids

      Submitted by Sally Trowbridge on 12 December, 2011 - 23:50

      What do you remember about Snow White or The Three Little Pigs? In this lesson, students talk about well-known stories. They revise story telling vocabulary and then plan and write a fairy tale.

      Average: 4.6 (37 votes)
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      Revising lexis: quality or quantity?

      Submitted by leosel on 22 November, 2011 - 16:52

      This article discusses how much attention language teachers should pay to vocabulary acquisition research, particularly with regard to repeated encounters with lexical items.

      Average: 3.7 (63 votes)
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      Parkour

      Submitted by Sally Trowbridge on 15 November, 2011 - 15:20

      What do you and your students know about the non-competitive urban sport, parkour? In this lesson students read about this activity, focus on informal language, then ask and answer questions about other activities in pairs.

      Average: 3.4 (27 votes)
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