Getting teenagers to use English in class can provide a considerable challenge to most teachers. This article examines some of the reasons why it can be so difficult and makes some suggestions for overcoming these problems.
Submitted by David Heathfield on 28 June, 2011 - 11:00
Live storytelling is a spontaneous creative process which fires the imagination. The listener experiences and participates in the story creatively. If the storyteller allows, the listener can have a direct influence on the story as it unfolds.
People spend a huge chunk of their everyday conversation time talking about themselves and the people they know, so the most natural thing in the world is for us to invite our students to do the same.
Group discussions occur in many different formats – from very informal ones between friends to highly structured and challenging discussions included as part of a selection process.
For many people, standing up in public and doing a speech is one of their greatest fears. For many language students in particular, this is the ultimate challenge.
Submitted by TE Editor on 12 November, 2008 - 13:55
Pre-selecting, grading and presenting business vocabulary - Is this the way forward? Traditionally curriculum developers and materials writers have assumed it would be worthwhile to make a selection out of a set of to-be-learned vocabulary items that they would then grade (which in effect means that some words would come before other words) before presenting them.
This article is in three parts. The first part has already looked at what a speaker needs to be able to do to use spoken English as an effective form of communication.
