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Tips Watch teachers in the classroom and out in our Tips series of videos. You will find new videos regularly added with new ideas and issues for you to consider. Why not watch a video and tell us what you think? |
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Getting to know new coursebooksI find it is always worth taking time to explore a new coursebook when we start working with it so I sometimes take a whole class to do this and prepare a variety of activities for my learners including quizzes and mini-presentations on features of the new material. |
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Integrating homework and class workHomework setting sometimes becomes an automatic reflex in my classes and its fit with my lessons and syllabus is dubious. |
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Preventing learners use of L1When all my learners speak the same L1 and I speak the language too then I believe that it has a role to play in classes, but I am very careful with how big a role this is. |
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Making time for new wordsWhen we are working with a text that has a lot of new words, like many teachers I try to limit the number to discuss with my learners, as too many can be counter-productive. |
Past tense pronunciationHere is an idea that has been successful for me when teaching regular past tenses/participles. |
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Movies in the English classroomNowadays students need to be exposed to a wide variety of resources from audio to printed material. |
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Classroom managementFor most teachers of young learners, classroom management is a big issue. |
Lesson menusI always put a menu on the board before my classes. This describes the main stages of the lesson and the focus of each, and gives page numbers and details of homework. |
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Reading out loudWhen I work on reading aloud with learners, I always try to do two things. |
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Publishing student writingSometimes my learners get really inspired by writing tasks and produce work where they really want to communicate something, so it seems natural to respect this and to give them a wider audience. |
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Personalising example sentencesI often ask learners to write example sentences using new vocabulary. |
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Powerpoint for teachersThis is something I've already blogged about - if you have the right facilities in your classroom, powerpoint can be a very useful addition to your teaching toolkit. If you're interested in some of the techniques mentioned here, there's another video that explains how to create the 'word bank': http://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/blogs/rob-lewis/powerpoint-teachers-part-2 |
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Presentation for teachersDo you think about colours, fonts and grouping when you use a board or prepare a presentation? Watch and listen to Tony's ideas and leave your comments below.
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Preventing learners use of L1When all my learners speak the same L1 and I speak the language too then I believe that it has a role to play in classes, but I am very careful with how big a role this is. |
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Proverbs and quotationsFor years I have been writing quotations, proverbs and statements on the top left side of the board. |
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Houda24
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