Articles - ideas on teaching
In this section you will find articles from experienced teachers and ELT professionals on a wide range of subjects. Click the links below to select articles under each topic area.

Evaluating speaking - Part 2  
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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.

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Techniques for form focus after reading  

The four stage cycle
In my earlier articles Reading for information, Form focus and recycling, and Techniques for Priming and recycling, I set out a four stage cycle for teaching reading:

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Techniques for priming and recycling  

A four stage methodology for reading
In Reading for Information, and Form focus and recycling, I have proposed a four stage methodology for teaching reading:

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Form focus and recycling: getting grammar  

In my last article, Reading for Information: Motivating learners to read efficiently, I referred to four stages in a task-based reading lesson

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Reading for information: Motivating learners to read efficiently  

This is the first in a series of four-articles which propose a four stage methodology for teaching reading.

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Using the Board  
Do you have a blackboard, a whiteboard or an IWB? Whatever type of board you have in your classroom it is important to be organised and to put yourself in your students' shoes for a moment.
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Online video for ELT  

In this article I am going to explore the use of short video clips in the classroom. By short videos I am referring to short clips such as news items, short documentaries, music videos and trailers for films etc.

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Emotional Intelligence and ELT  

The theory of Emotional Intelligence and its measurement, the Emotional Quotient (EQ) were developed in the 1970s and 80s but popularised by Daniel Goleman in the mid-90s.

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Evaluating speaking  

This article looks at what a speaker needs to be able to do in order to use spoken English as an effective form of communication.

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Classroom layout  

The layout of your classroom can have a serious impact on the way you teach and the way your students learn. This article looks at some of the basic points that you can consider regarding the way you arrange your classroom.

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