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There are two main types of chains; the first kind is a sentence containing a particular grammar poi...

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This is a typical Monday morning warmer, where the students have to wander around talking to their f...

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Most teachers learn about the grammar auction during their initial training, but just in case you fo...

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It is generally agreed that students focus more on a particular structure during either written or o...

Verónica Bernadette Rivera Perez
The domains of language acquisition, Speaking, Writing, Reading and Listening need to be equally...

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There are several ways to alter a listening task to make it easier. First you have to decide what th...

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There are several ways to alter a listening task to make it easier. First you have to decide what th...

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Problem The listening task is too easy. Solution Make the task more difficult. If you w...

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A very useful source of authentic listening material is radio news. Most countries have an English-l...

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At the start of a news broadcast, there is usually a preview of what is to come, along with pictures...

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Have students focus on the dialogue contained in a scene by listening for particular vocabulary word...

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One way to ensure students can identify and recognise a particular sound is to play this game based ...

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Homophones, as we all know, are two or more words which have a different spelling but the same pronu...

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Are your students bored with boring pronunciation exercises? Try this as a possible solution. We...

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Write the following sentences on the board : 1. I think Oxford is so boring! 2. I don't b...

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To sensitize students to the idea that meaning can be judged largely by intonation can be illustrate...

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Using newspapers in class is a very good idea. The language is authentic, and students should get us...

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Students' imaginations are vast. However, if they are asked to write a story in class, usually...

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Reading passages don't always have to concentrate on words; for scanning skills especially, a ...

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With reading passages, there are alternatives to giving students the entire reading passage to read....

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Lost for a warmer first thing in the morning? Well, with zero preparation you can walk into the clas...

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A warmer with no preparation time needed, and which always gets a few laughs is the non-stop speakin...

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Sorry about the long-winded title! Okay, so you want to have a speaking activity, maybe a debate or ...

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Here's a nice 'trick' to play on a student, which also gets a good story from a cl...

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Most students will use their English over the telephone, and using a foreign language over the telep...

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You know when you were young and you had these puzzles where there were two pictures, identical, exc...

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Get a cartoon story made up ideally of as many pictures as there are people in your class, or of at ...

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These can be used in a number of ways with classes. I approach them as part of an advertising &rsquo...

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This game is as old as the hills and a bald man called Robert Robinson has hosted a TV show with thi...

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If you are dealing with monolingual classes and are interested in teaching collocation, the first th...

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A Job Interview "Alright Mr Jones?" "How's it going Mr Bradshaw?" "Sit down." "Cheers." ...

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This game can be a lot of fun when you have an animated class. You choose one word for each member o...

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Remember, studies suggest that 80% of what someone has studied is lost from memory within 24 hours. ...

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Receipt roleplays When setting up a shop roleplay, instead of using character cards, hand each pa...

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With audio off: -Have students predict the situation and characterizations based on viewing an en...

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This activity has the motivational element of students not knowing exactly what the entire compositi...

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When a student hands in a piece of written work and you mark it, correcting the mistakes and giving ...

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This is an oldie, but a goody. It's a writing exercise that combines communication, grammatica...