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Adapting materials for different age groups
This teaching tips looks at how to adapt materials for different age groups.
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Adapting materials for mixed ability classes
All classes are mixed ability to one extent or another. Extreme cases, when you have near native level speakers with...
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Anna Whitcher and Kieran Donaghy: Image makers in the future of ELT
In November 2014, at The Image Conference in Córdoba, Spain, we presented a short video called A Visual Manifesto for...
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Arts and crafts with young learners
Using arts and crafts in the classroom can be an excellent way to facilitate language learning with young learners. 
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Beyond Language
What can we do to add value with higher levels?
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Bringing the outside in – choosing supplementary resources for the classroom
One thing the world of ELT doesn’t seem to be lacking is materials.
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Building a lesson around a sitcom - culture article
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Building a lesson around a sitcom
Like any piece of authentic material the possibilities for using a sitcom in the classroom are boundless.
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Card games for Literacy (A0)
Reading can be quite boring, and very teacher centered as monitoring is necessary.
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Celebrating Traditions
How can we prepare students for a shrinking world, while teaching them language?
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Cuisenaire rods in the language classroom
The first time I saw Cuisenaire rods being used in the language classroom I had no idea how much fun they could be.
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English clubs
English clubs come in many different guises. What they do all have in common, however, is that they provide an...
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Everyday Activities Adapted for A0
When I first started teaching A0, one of the greatest challenges was not knowing what to do with the students.
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Fairy Tales
Fairy tales provide a wealth of possibilities for teaching English topics. Each fairy tale has its own magical setting...
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Homework
Homework is fundamental for learners to make effective progress. Learning a language takes time and time is something...
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Interacting with texts - Directed activities related to texts (DARTs) - reading article
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Interacting with texts - Directed activities related to texts (DARTs)
Good readers use what they know about language and the world to interact with what they are reading. This helps them...
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James Taylor: Encouraging students to do a deep dive
I’ve thought for a long time that texts in coursebooks, both listening and reading, may be the most neglected resources...
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Kids and arts and crafts
In this article you will find tips and ideas for using and extending craft activities in the classroom.
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Kids and homework
'I like doing homework!' 'We get too much homework.' 'Homework is really boring.' 'The teacher doesn’t always check my...
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Kids and poetry
Poetry is a great tool to use with your learners as it helps practise not only listening, speaking, reading and writing...
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Kids and songs
There are many activities which you can use with your learners to exploit songs in the classroom. They can be used with...
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Kids and stories
On the British Council’s site for young learners - LearnEnglish Kids - there are lots of stories which you can use to...
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Kids and the LearnEnglish Kids website
LearnEnglish Kids is the British Council’s website for children aged 5-12 who are learning English as a second or...
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Larry Ferlazzo: Instructional strategies for multi-level classes of English language learners
Many schools, especially those with small English Language Learner populations, do not create separate classes for...
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Lizzie Pinard - Course books in the language classroom: friend or foe?
This is not the first time I’ve discussed or reflected on the use of course books in the classroom, neither, I’m sure,...
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Magic Pencil
The Magic Pencil exhibition and website celebrated children's book illustration and brought together the work of 13...
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Materials Development
The best textbook is the one you wrote yourself
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Music for visualisation
Music can be used in so many different ways in language teaching. These days I am especially interested in facilitating...
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My favourite book
Storybooks are a good way to approach topics and introduce vocabulary with young learners. I’ve detailed a few general...
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Picture stories in the communicative classroom - resources article
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Picture stories in the communicative classroom
Pictures are all around us everyday, in the street, at work, at home and even in our leisure time, so why not in the...
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Real books
In this comprehensive series of newsletters available to download, Opal Dunn introduced readers to real books to use in...
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