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In this series of articles I want to explore with you a number of different filters you can fix onto the lens of your thinking camera.

Lewis Lansford, co-author of Keynote, winner of the 2016 British Council ELTon award for Excellence in Course Innovation, looks at how teachers can help students at every level to engage with authentic input. Using TED Talks, he’ll look at brain science related to listening and offer practical tips for creating success-oriented lessons at any level.

Developing spoken fluency with learners at low levels can be very challenging, but here are some tips and activities which may help.

Use this lesson with secondary and adult students at CEFR Level A2 and B1. Students will do speaking, listening and writing activities related to a photo. 

Syllabus writers - and teachers in general - commonly assume a ‘scaffolding approach’ to course design.

Tattoo Possibilities is a set of teaching resources designed to encourage students to use their higher critical thinking skills. The focus on this lesson is hypothesising about an image using language prompts, reconstructing a text by means of a dictogloss, and practising speaking skills by speaking about values and attitudes.

After lunch is a set of teaching resources which encourage students to use their higher level critical thinking skills to talk about an image. The focus of this lesson is on students integrating listening, speaking, writing and vocabulary skills in the context of local festivals.

These activities provide opportunities for learners to speak at length on various lighter topics.

Use this lesson with secondary and adult learners at CEFR Level A2 and B1. Learners will do speaking, listening and writing activities related to a photo.