Articles

Evaluating speaking - the IELTS speaking test

admin — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 14:45:30 +0000

This is the third in a series of articles looking at evaluating speaking.

Solving problems with fluency 2

admin — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 14:57:32 +0000

In Part 1 of this article, Will Forsyth analyzes the uses and benefits of fluency activities. Here he makes suggestions for solving the problems related to fluency activities.

The power of picture books

admin — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 14:46:51 +0000

When I started teaching children, (almost 20 years ago!) there were hardly any EFL textbooks for children and I had to make my own materials.

Working with minimal resources - teacher training in Mongolia

KarenW — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 16:02:38 +0000

Teaching with minimal resources can seem a daunting prospect for those of us lucky enough to work with coursebooks, photocopiers, audio and IT facilities in our schools.

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Solving problems with fluency 1

admin — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 13:02:55 +0000

What are the uses and benefits of fluency activities? What problems are associated with fluency? In Part 1 of this two-part article, Will Forsyth, author of Clockwise Intermediate, explores the issues.
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The voices that guide us

Rod Bolitho — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 12:19:12 +0000

Which voices do you hear in the course of your professional life, as you prepare, teach and reflect? Which ones are the strongest? Which do you really listen to and take notice of?
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Producing your own grammar activities

admin — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 09:23:07 +0000

There are many ways of revising and consolidating grammar, but I've found it's often useful to give students short passages containing grammar mistakes which are characteristic of the student's level, nationality, and what the teacher may have identified as areas of particular strength or weakness.
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Teacher induced neuroses

Rod Bolitho — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 10:34:11 +0000

This is the first in Rod Bolitho's series of articles for TeachingEnglish.
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Story telling: the language teacher's oldest technique

Mario Rinvolucri — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 09:09:10 +0000

In this article Mario Rinvolucri explores a range of story telling techniques that he uses in the classroom and gives some insights into why these techniques are effective.
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Presenting business vocabulary to beginners

admin — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 12:55:58 +0000

Pre-selecting, grading and presenting business vocabulary - Is this the way forward?
Traditionally curriculum developers and materials writers have assumed it would be worthwhile to make a selection out of a set of to-be-learned vocabulary items that they would then grade (which in effect means that some words would come before other words) before presenting them.
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