The magic of fun and play  
book jacket by same author of The Magic of Fun & Play

In the following article, Derek Strange, author of New Chatterbox, argues that children should have 'serious fun' with English.

Connect  
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Your free guide to using computers and the Internet in the English language teaching classroom

Confusing words  
Confusing words
The following lesson plans, based on Word for Word, all aim to explain the difference between words that are confusing because they look alike, sound alike or seem alike.
Teaching Listening: From Comprehension to Acquisition  

Teaching Listening: From Comprehension to Acquisition Professor Jack C. Richards examines the two functions of listening in language learning: listening as comprehension and listening as acquisition.

Practical Classroom English  

A practical handbook that provides the vocabulary you need to run a lesson in English plus training to enable you to use English confidently.

Introduction to Teaching English  
Introduction to Teaching English

Ideal for the novice teacher, this book features sample lesson plans and advice on classroom management and provide the support on teaching practice and in the early days of your teaching career.

Oxford Learner's Thesaurus: A dictionary of synonyms  
Oxford Learner's Thesaurus

No two words are exactly the same - this is the learner's thesaurus that explains the difference. If shows learners which words are used most frequently and helps them choose the most appropriate.

An Applied Linguistic Approach To Discourse Analysis  

Unpublished Ph.D. thesis by H.G. Widdowson, Department of Linguistics, University of Edinburgh, May 1973

Glossary of ELT terms A-D  
Glossary of ELT terms A-D
Key concept - Fluency  

For the last ten years ELT Journal has been publishing a feature called Key Concepts in ELT. The aim of the feature is to give readers a brief overview of a current topic in ELT and to suggest further reading to follow up some of the ideas presented.

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