No matter how interesting and well prepared our lesson may be, it can be ruined by a confrontation with students. A bad atmosphere can result. Here are some strategies for ‘telling off’ students and still avoiding confrontations.

Introduction
The tendency with primary learners is to treat the class as a whole group and underestimate their ability to work in pairs or in small groups. Even very young learners can become independent in their learning and

Theme: MI6
Lexical area: spying, personal information, codes

Introduction
An essential skill in communicating and keeping up a conversation is the ability to ask questions.

Theme: Bonfire Night in the UK
Lexical area: Festivals

Introduction
Art is an important part of the young learners’ development at school and can also be part of their English learning. Colouring shouldn’t and needn’t however become simply a means to fill in time. Here we look at

The following activities focus primarily on fluency and are suitable for intermediate level and up. They will give you a chance to get to know the class, break the ice and estimate their language level.

This is a great game to revise vocabulary and you can use it with any age group and any level by changing the category headings.