Read Write Think Cartoons

admin — Thu, 15 May 2008 14:49:54 +0100

If your students have access to computers in school then they can create a simple cartoon strip in class. Students can add speech bubbles and text

Speaking strings

mel h — Thu, 15 May 2008 13:49:36 +0100

This tip is for a game which is really useful for getting shy students to speak. It can also be a fun way to practice extended speaking for exams, and requires very little preparation indeed.

Guided writing

admin — Thu, 15 May 2008 13:34:23 +0100

Guided writing involves a teacher working with a group of learners on a writing task. The aims of the task are based on what they have previously been learning about the writing process.

Evaluating speaking - Part 2

admin — Thu, 15 May 2008 13:26:45 +0100

This article is in three parts. The first part has already looked at what a speaker needs to be able to do to use spoken English as an effective form of communication.

Learning styles

admin — Fri, 09 May 2008 09:51:49 +0100

* I vary my teaching styles and the types of lesson I do * I set individual students work to suit their learning preference * I just follow the course book * I don't have time to cater to this * What are different learning styles?

Numbers

admin — Fri, 09 May 2008 09:25:30 +0100

On the LearnEnglish Kids website you will find materials for practising numbers with all levels of young learners. Activities range from simple matching and spelling exercises to stories and worksheets to practise really big numbers.

Revision chocolate bars

Nicola Crowley — Fri, 09 May 2008 08:57:07 +0100

This is a version of the popular game Battleships. In this version, instead of blowing up battleships, teams have to find hidden 'chocolate bars'. I usually do this on the whiteboard.

Distance learning

Rob Lewis — Wed, 07 May 2008 11:29:01 +0100

What are the essential differences between the teaching of English in the classroom (in the face-to-face mode) and teaching English by distance? How can we make teaching of English through distance learning effective?

Francesca Beard: Chinese Whispers

admin — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 09:09:50 +0100

This project is something out of the ordinary for BritLit as it supports a major piece of performance poetry. The materials here have been designed to support a series of workshops and performances of ‘Chinese Whispers' by Francesca Beard, one of the UK's leading performance poets.

Pet mania

admin — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 17:08:48 +0100

Level - Mixed

This lesson is about pets and focuses on the recent British trend of having a small dog as a fashion accessory.

Sound and spelling

admin — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 14:34:29 +0100

Download the attached quiz, print it off and use it in your class.

Phonemic chart

admin — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 09:54:54 +0100

Help your students hear the sounds of English by clicking on the symbols of this updated pronunciation chart - you can now install it on your own PC or Mac computer

3 Pronunciation - individual sounds

admin — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 08:28:08 +0000

Teaching students to form sounds. Which sounds are difficult for your students and how can you help them improve their pronunciation?

Innovations in teaching 3

admin — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 12:04:00 +0000

Content and Language Integrated Learning' (CLIL) - Part 1
Now we turn to Europe and focus on methodology, for an increasingly popular way of putting content and language learning together.