In this article, Alan Maley talks about how you can organise classroom work to incorporate the four features of creativity. You can also explore the essential elements of creative thinking if you want to get back to the basics. Alan Maley's article connects you to other articles and lesson plans on the topic of creativity.

The development of Communicative Language Teaching (CLT) brought with it a methodology which emphasised communication in the classroom, pair and group activities and student involvement in the learning process.

Most teachers at some time in their career have to teach one-to-one classes. They find a very different, challenging and special learning context, with unique possibilities and unique problems.

This article explains the importance of encouraging as much learner-to-learner interaction in the class as possible and looks at why learners are sometimes reluctant to speak to each other and what teachers can do to overcome this.

When checking the answers to an exercise or activity, teachers can often revert to a more traditional role, where they stand at the front of the room, and they ask students for their answers and tell them whether they are right. I am going to tell you about my practice at the British Council in Cameroon.

This article looks at the importance of effective monitoring by the teacher while learners are carrying out interactive tasks with their peers in the classroom.

In a standard language focus lesson following a PPP (present, practise, produce) or similar format, the target language (structure or vocabulary) is normally presented in context, then isolated and analysed.

This article looks at what teachers should consider when positioning themselves in the classroom at various stages of the lesson and the effect it has on their learners.

Some time ago, I wrote an article about different ways responding to your students' written work. This present article builds on those ideas and gives suggestions for how students can respond to each other's writings.