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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:

Using Graded Readers  
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Graded readers or ‘readers' are books that have had the language level simplified to help second language learners read them. The language is graded for vocabulary, complexity of grammar structures and also by the number of words. They are made to cater for all levels from beginners through to advance.

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Using plays in the language class  
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Introduction
 Using plays or drama in the language classroom can be both enormously rewarding and enjoyable for teachers as well as students. Here are some suggestions and guidance from Clare on how to get the best from your students.

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Activities for using magazines in the classroom  
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Introduction
 Magazines are a rich source of authentic materials and can be very motivating and inspire a wide range of activities. You can bring whole magazines to class to stimulate interest in British culture,

Lesson Planning  
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As a language assistant, when you are faced with planning whole lessons on your own for the first time it can seem like a daunting task. Where do you start? How do you choose a topic?
Realia  
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‘Realia’ in EFL terms refers to any real objects we use in the classroom to bring the class to life. In this tip I’d like to offer a few suggestions for activities using realia and to consider why we may want to bring things into the class.

Making a class magazine  
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Introduction
 Class projects can be an excellent way to focus the whole class and get them working together towards a common goal.
How to exploit Essential UK  
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In this teaching tip you'll find out how best to understand and exploit the materials supplied on the Essential UK part of the site.
Using Graded Readers  
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Introduction
 Graded readers or ‘readers’ are books that have had the language level simplified to help second language learners read them. The language is graded for vocabulary,
Using video 2  
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Introduction
 Video is a great resource to use in class and there are an endless number of ways to exploit it to create motivating, memorable classes with a high level of language production.
Trivia  
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Introduction
 Quizzes and trivia games can make a nice change from more typical EFL style activities and it may give students who aren’t the best at English a chance to shine in another area.

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