Teacher Articles on Teaching English (Page 2)

A selection of ideas for using video to teach specific grammar points and language skills

Activities to teach football vocabulary so students understand English language World Cup sources such as TV commentary and news reports, and activities using the World Cup to teach language unconnected to football

Useful Classroom Language for making things in class

Useful classroom language for teachers for finishing classes

Interesting activities and topics about prehistory and ancient history for ESL classes

Activities suitable for English through History classes, CLIL classes, as supplementary activities when there are historical topics in an EFL textbook, or as grammar practice

Activities for history projects in the ESL classroom

The advantages and disadvantages of eliciting in the EFL classroom… and how to exploit them

Why did my foolproof activity just fail with that class? … and how to make sure it works again next time.

Explore the intricacies of classroom language for English teachers, focusing on the vocabulary and actions associated with audio equipment and listening exercises.

Useful classroom language for teachers while using the board

Useful classroom language for ESL teachers for starting lessons

Using students' first languages in the classroom

Error correction in the EFL classroom

A look at dictionaries in the classroom

Students are often less keen on pairwork than their teachers

A look at a common and frustrating issue

Some suggestions for organising and equipping a Learning Resource Centre

Who's in charge in the classroom?

A look at why learners may find listening difficult

Reasons for students not doing their homework, with suggestions to deal with the problem

Tips for handling listening activities

Ideas on miming vocab associated with Xmas

This article is based on a workshop entitled "Testing and Reviewing New Materials" given by Alex Case at the Tokyo Expo/ Tokyo ELT Book Fair

Keeping your self-motivation up and the experience new as the years go by