Many English teachers would probably agree that teenagers are the most difficult age group to teach. Sometimes our teenage students do not want to be in class in the first place and often their minds can be on other things when we are giving an English lesson.

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Using arts and crafts in the classroom can be an excellent way to facilitate language learning with young learners. Below are some reasons why these types of activities can enrich the learning experience for your students,

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Pictures are all around us everyday, in the street, at work, at home and even in our leisure time, so why not in the classroom as well?

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Although the behaviourist view of language learning has been largely discredited for some time now, a lot of teachers set great store by the stimulus / response way of inducing students to produce 'correct' language.

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In my previous article, Video Exchange Project, I outlined how an exchange project can motivate teenage students by providing a context for real and meaningful communication.

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There are obviously many cultural differences between the teenagers we teach all over the world. However, I think that many parents and teachers would agree that the teenage years are,

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NLP (Neuro Linguistic Programming) has been around in language teaching longer than we may realise. Those teachers who incorporate elements of suggestopedia, community language learning, music, drama and body language into their lessons are already drawing on NLP as it stood twenty years ago.

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Dictation has been a feature of language classrooms for hundreds of years. However, for many teachers these days, the word 'dictation' is synonymous with 'old-fashioned', 'boring', and 'teacher-centred'.

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Getting teenagers to speak English can prove a challenge to many teachers. One way is to provide a context for real and meaningful communication.

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In general, students learning to read in English do not like reading and they rarely read. This is partly due to the way reading is approached in the language class.

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