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In this article Karen Waterston explores how building relationships, thinking critically and increasing motivation can be used to make positive changes.

Here are some ideas for practising speaking in class with young learners.

This article by David Petrie looks at three simple steps involved in action research.

Many of us may be familiar with aspects of the Silent Way, mainly because in recent years it has been popular to use "Silent Way" techniques for teaching pronunciation, for example in the work of Adrian Underhill in Sound Foundations (Heinemann, 1994). 

Phonemes are the smallest units of sounds in a language.

This lesson has some fun activities and language learning tasks based around the theme of Halloween. The activities include singing songs and making Halloween decorations.

These star charts are designed to be used on your classroom walls with young learners aged between 5 and 11 years old.

Chunks are groups of words that can be found together in language.

This activity gives students maximum speaking time and helps develop fluency. The slightly ‘unusual’ classroom set-up seems to encourage students to speak, producing a healthy buzz and fostering a positive learning environment.

This kit integrates a range of mixed-ability cross-curricular materials based on the fairy tale Jack and the beanstalk.