Teaching tips

Teaching tips extends the Language Assistant resource manual with more tips and practical hints. You can find helpful hints and advice under these categories:-

Christmas tips  
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Christmas is an excellent theme for adding games and fun to your teaching. Most students enjoy festive lessons if your activities encourage a personal contribution about the students’ own families and customs.

Using poetry  
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The reasons for using poetry are similar to those for using songs and many activities that you do with songs can be adapted to poetry. Any authentic material exposes students to some ‘real English’ and can be

End of year activities  
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As you come to the end of your placement in a school you may be thinking about what to do in the last few classes with each group. Here are three ideas for you to end the course on a high note.

Activities on the theme of Summer  
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With the summer holidays approaching it might be nice to base some of your lessons around this seasonal theme. Here is a selection of activities that you can use a various levels.

Activities on the theme of Summer 2  
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Here’s a second group of tasks to get your students’ in the mood for summer. Some of these tasks are more suited to intermediate learners and up.

Festive resources  
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This week's tips is a pick and mix of classroom activities on a festive/seasonal theme. Secondary and Primary teachers will find there is something for them. Don't forget to check out last year's seasonal links and

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