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Teaching the four skills

Read posts from our TeachingEnglish bloggers and TeachingEnglish associates to get ideas about teaching reading, writing, speaking and listening skills.

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Teaching the four skills
18 October, 2017
Larry Ferlazzo - four ways to give ELL students feedback on their writing
So much student writing and so little time to read and provide feedback!
Teaching the four skills
19 June, 2017
Speaking Skills
Speaking, listening comprehension and understanding are parts of the same process.
Teaching the four skills
29 May, 2017
Sandy Millin - Giving students feedback on their writing
Over the course of my teaching career, I’ve tried all kinds of approaches to marking writing, including, but not limited to, using...
Teaching the four skills
23 May, 2017
Four ways to encourage speaking in the ELL classroom
As a language learner myself (Spanish), I am intimately aware of the challenges involved in speaking a new language.
Teaching the four skills
29 March, 2017
Feedback on writing
Celebrating 5 years of happy blogging with TE by writing :)
Teaching the four skills
18 March, 2017
How to Encourage Children to Write Discourse and give Feedback
Teaching the four skills
14 March, 2017
Giving learners feedback on their writing
This blog post focuses on strategies that help teachers to make their writing feedback useful and not highly time-consuming
Teaching the four skills
8 September, 2016
James Taylor: A Low Prep, Always Effective Reading Lesson
I have a kind of formula for reading lessons that I find works with any type of text and any level. It requires very little preparation...
Teaching the four skills
8 September, 2016
James Taylor: Encouraging students to do a deep dive
I’ve thought for a long time that texts in coursebooks, both listening and reading, may be the most neglected resources available for our...
Teaching the four skills
15 July, 2015
Featured blog of the month for June 2015
Our latest blog of the month award goes to Svetlana Kandybovich and her post Going graphic: 4 squares for better speaking. In her post,...
Teaching the four skills
28 March, 2015
Green (paper-free) Writing Feedback
If we continue to live they way we do now, we will need at least two planets worth of resources by 2050 to survive!
Teaching the four skills
26 February, 2015
Vicky Saumell - Approaching literature with an open mind
I believe that using literature in a second language is a rich opportunity to see language in use.
Teaching the four skills
7 February, 2015
Using Literature
An ideal situation for me is one when I get a group of children aged eight; that is when they come to second grade and begin learning...
Teaching the four skills
31 January, 2015
Authentic Texts and the Efficient Method of Teaching
Undoubtedly using the authentic texts in teaching languages has proved its efficiency as a means of conveying information to the language...
Teaching the four skills
27 January, 2015
Using Authentic Texts
English To Go is a wonderful resource where you can find lesson plans for any age and level, based on Reuters News articles.
Teaching the four skills
13 July, 2014
Look, Listen & Learn
I think that one of the most difficult things with listening activities is actually making them interesting.
Knowing the subject, Teaching the four skills
12 July, 2014
Authentic Listening, Genuine Tasks
Receptive skills - in particular the art of processing listening texts - often hold an important position in curricula.
Teaching the four skills
29 May, 2014
Hold the front page - get students writing
I think that practicing reported speech is one of the most fun activities you can do with your students in order to get them writing.
Teaching the four skills
14 May, 2014
Rachael Roberts - Motivating students to write
Why is it that so often when we announce a writing activity a groan goes up from the class?
Teaching the four skills
30 April, 2014
Plain Sailing: Motivating Young Learners to Write
“Today, we are going to do some writing.”
Integrating ICT, Teaching the four skills
30 April, 2014
Larissa Albano: An app a day keeps the dull writing lesson away
An app a day keeps the dull writing lesson away - 6 apps to make teenage and young adult learners write
Knowing the subject, Teaching the four skills
21 April, 2014
Teaching the four skills - Free Writing
I have recently taught a class of teenagers aged between 14 and 16. They were of a good level (B1) and were motivated to learn English. I...
Teaching the four skills
25 January, 2014
An activity I use again and again
One activity I turn to very often, with different people and at different teaching stages, and that never fails to deliver, is called...
Teaching the four skills
30 January, 2012
Writing skills - the Traffic Light Hamburger!
Oh the introduction, and when do I put the examples.. and what about the explanation.. and oh my God the conclusion, what to write there?!
Teaching the four skills
17 February, 2011
A slight undercurrent of success
In last wednesday's ELTChat 'How do you teach writing? And How do you mark it', I vaguely accepted / was cajoled into...

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Teaching the four skills
18 October, 2017
Larry Ferlazzo - four ways to give ELL students feedback on their writing
So much student writing and so little time to read and provide feedback!
Teaching the four skills
19 June, 2017
Speaking Skills
Speaking, listening comprehension and understanding are parts of the same process.
Teaching the four skills
29 May, 2017
Sandy Millin - Giving students feedback on their writing
Over the course of my teaching career, I’ve tried all kinds of approaches to marking writing, including, but not limited to, using...
Teaching the four skills
23 May, 2017
Four ways to encourage speaking in the ELL classroom
As a language learner myself (Spanish), I am intimately aware of the challenges involved in speaking a new language.
Teaching the four skills
29 March, 2017
Feedback on writing
Celebrating 5 years of happy blogging with TE by writing :)
Teaching the four skills
18 March, 2017
How to Encourage Children to Write Discourse and give Feedback
Teaching the four skills
14 March, 2017
Giving learners feedback on their writing
This blog post focuses on strategies that help teachers to make their writing feedback useful and not highly time-consuming
Teaching the four skills
8 September, 2016
James Taylor: A Low Prep, Always Effective Reading Lesson
I have a kind of formula for reading lessons that I find works with any type of text and any level. It requires very little preparation...
Teaching the four skills
8 September, 2016
James Taylor: Encouraging students to do a deep dive
I’ve thought for a long time that texts in coursebooks, both listening and reading, may be the most neglected resources available for our...
Teaching the four skills
15 July, 2015
Featured blog of the month for June 2015
Our latest blog of the month award goes to Svetlana Kandybovich and her post Going graphic: 4 squares for better speaking. In her post,...
Teaching the four skills
28 March, 2015
Green (paper-free) Writing Feedback
If we continue to live they way we do now, we will need at least two planets worth of resources by 2050 to survive!
Teaching the four skills
26 February, 2015
Vicky Saumell - Approaching literature with an open mind
I believe that using literature in a second language is a rich opportunity to see language in use.
Teaching the four skills
7 February, 2015
Using Literature
An ideal situation for me is one when I get a group of children aged eight; that is when they come to second grade and begin learning...
Teaching the four skills
31 January, 2015
Authentic Texts and the Efficient Method of Teaching
Undoubtedly using the authentic texts in teaching languages has proved its efficiency as a means of conveying information to the language...
Teaching the four skills
27 January, 2015
Using Authentic Texts
English To Go is a wonderful resource where you can find lesson plans for any age and level, based on Reuters News articles.
Teaching the four skills
13 July, 2014
Look, Listen & Learn
I think that one of the most difficult things with listening activities is actually making them interesting.
Knowing the subject, Teaching the four skills
12 July, 2014
Authentic Listening, Genuine Tasks
Receptive skills - in particular the art of processing listening texts - often hold an important position in curricula.
Teaching the four skills
29 May, 2014
Hold the front page - get students writing
I think that practicing reported speech is one of the most fun activities you can do with your students in order to get them writing.
Teaching the four skills
14 May, 2014
Rachael Roberts - Motivating students to write
Why is it that so often when we announce a writing activity a groan goes up from the class?
Teaching the four skills
30 April, 2014
Plain Sailing: Motivating Young Learners to Write
“Today, we are going to do some writing.”
Integrating ICT, Teaching the four skills
30 April, 2014
Larissa Albano: An app a day keeps the dull writing lesson away
An app a day keeps the dull writing lesson away - 6 apps to make teenage and young adult learners write
Knowing the subject, Teaching the four skills
21 April, 2014
Teaching the four skills - Free Writing
I have recently taught a class of teenagers aged between 14 and 16. They were of a good level (B1) and were motivated to learn English. I...
Teaching the four skills
25 January, 2014
An activity I use again and again
One activity I turn to very often, with different people and at different teaching stages, and that never fails to deliver, is called...
Teaching the four skills
30 January, 2012
Writing skills - the Traffic Light Hamburger!
Oh the introduction, and when do I put the examples.. and what about the explanation.. and oh my God the conclusion, what to write there?!
Teaching the four skills
17 February, 2011
A slight undercurrent of success
In last wednesday's ELTChat 'How do you teach writing? And How do you mark it', I vaguely accepted / was cajoled into...

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Teaching the four skills
30 October, 2009
TELLING A STORY
This is a module I wrote for teachers at upper primary stage in India.
Teaching the four skills
15 December, 2009
The Typical Indian Railway Journey
I don't know what a railway journey is like in other countries but I know pretty well what it is like in India. I would like to share my...
Teaching the four skills
13 January, 2011
'We were never born to read'
The title of this entry is the first sentence in Chapter 1 of Maryanne Wolf's book Proust and the Squid (2007). This is a very punchy...
Teaching the four skills
13 July, 2008
A request
I've had a lot of trouble finding reading resources for my adult ESOL learners.
Teaching the four skills
17 February, 2011
A slight undercurrent of success
In last wednesday's ELTChat 'How do you teach writing? And How do you mark it', I vaguely accepted / was cajoled into...
Teaching the four skills
9 November, 2008
All the same or all different? How do you expect students' understandings of text to be?
I write you this message from a very calm Baku. The sky has emptied all the rain it can and now is serene.
Teaching the four skills
25 January, 2014
An activity I use again and again
One activity I turn to very often, with different people and at different teaching stages, and that never fails to deliver, is called...
Knowing the subject, Teaching the four skills
12 July, 2014
Authentic Listening, Genuine Tasks
Receptive skills - in particular the art of processing listening texts - often hold an important position in curricula.
Teaching the four skills
31 January, 2015
Authentic Texts and the Efficient Method of Teaching
Undoubtedly using the authentic texts in teaching languages has proved its efficiency as a means of conveying information to the language...
Teaching the four skills
18 June, 2009
Conversation starters
As this will be my last blog during my stint as Guest Writer, and as the last couple of discussions have got quite theoretical, I thought I...
Teaching the four skills
16 February, 2009
Digital Storytelling
I only know one thing about the technologies that await us in the future: We will find ways to tell stories with them. (Jason Ohler)
Teaching the four skills
25 November, 2010
Draw the line
Young adult fiction. Where do we draw the line?
Teaching the four skills
25 May, 2008
Extensive reading
I have just received an email from Ana Laura Gonzalez Gonzalez in Mexico asking this question:
Teaching the four skills
15 July, 2015
Featured blog of the month for June 2015
Our latest blog of the month award goes to Svetlana Kandybovich and her post Going graphic: 4 squares for better speaking. In her post,...
Teaching the four skills
29 March, 2017
Feedback on writing
Celebrating 5 years of happy blogging with TE by writing :)
Teaching the four skills
23 May, 2017
Four ways to encourage speaking in the ELL classroom
As a language learner myself (Spanish), I am intimately aware of the challenges involved in speaking a new language.
Teaching the four skills
14 March, 2017
Giving learners feedback on their writing
This blog post focuses on strategies that help teachers to make their writing feedback useful and not highly time-consuming
Teaching the four skills
28 March, 2015
Green (paper-free) Writing Feedback
If we continue to live they way we do now, we will need at least two planets worth of resources by 2050 to survive!
Teaching the four skills
24 December, 2009
Happy Bloomin' Christmas
For all of those readers who do celebrate Christmas, in whatever way, before you go under the cataract of shopping and the blear of good...
Teaching the four skills
29 May, 2014
Hold the front page - get students writing
I think that practicing reported speech is one of the most fun activities you can do with your students in order to get them writing.
Teaching the four skills
12 June, 2008
How to be a good story writer?
How to be a good story writer?
Teaching the four skills
18 March, 2017
How to Encourage Children to Write Discourse and give Feedback
Teaching the four skills
11 November, 2008
How Umberto Eco sees the reading process
One of the great minds in the University of Bologna, Italy, is Umberto Eco, professor of semiotics and author of the novel 'The Name...
Teaching the four skills
22 November, 2008
Interrupting the story-teller!
Today I write to you from Stockholm in the balmy South of Sweden where the temperature is hovering around zero!
Teaching the four skills
27 October, 2010
Introducing the chart and the sounds to your students
Every time you use the chart you get it more into circulation in your class, and then there is more you can use it for, and you create a...

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A slight undercurrent of success
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Authentic Listening, Genuine Tasks
Authentic Texts and the Efficient Method of Teaching
Conversation starters
Digital Storytelling
Draw the line
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