Teacher

  Journal articles will help you to gain a deeper and broader understanding of TESOL, TEFL, English language teaching (ELT), second language acquisition, classroom methods, etc. These TESOL articles provide in-depth discussion and understanding of important theoretical issues with practical implications for the classroom teacher of English to speakers of other languages. They report on […]

  The ability to give an effective presentation to a group depends on careful attention to the following: the language of presentations being prepared having knowledge of the audience demonstrating confidence how to stand / body language appropriate volume and tone where to look while presenting / eye contact use of visual aids, particularly PowerPoint […]

  Developing presentation skills is important for students on many types of English courses. Most obviously relevant to trainee teachers and business students, in fact many other types of courses aim to help students to communicate effectively to a group audience using a rich mix of spoken language, body language, voice projection, audio-visual aids and […]

  These pages contain teaching materials and suggested classroom activities on the theme of the Cadbury family and chocolate at various levels of difficulty. The teachers’ notes are provided in this this section and the related short passages and English exercises are in the ‘Thematic learning: Chocolate‘ pages in the student section. Cadbury and Chocolate […]

  Train the students to read the instructions very carefully and respond appropriately. Ensure that they get into the habit of making brief plans before they start to write. Ensure that they spend only 20 minutes on Writing Task 1 to allow enough time to answer Writing Task 2 as Writing Task 2 carries more […]

  It is vital that the students read the instructions carefully. This is very important however familiar they are with IELTS. Regularly remind them to read the questions carefully. Make sure that students are familiar with using the answer sheet. Provide the students with plenty of practise in scanning. Provide the students with practise in […]

  Poems provide excellent practice, lead to a significant amount of discussion, and can significantly improve the students speaking and reading skills. They are also excellent in helping to reinforce good intonation patterns and ensure that word stress is correctly placed. This poem is one that can be used very effectively with adults, and of […]

  Summer with Monika by Roger McGough Poems are a wonderful way of developing the students’ skills in pronunciation, stress and intonation. They are particularly welcome at the end of the week when something completely different might be considered. This poem is best used with adults rather than young people. It always raises a smile […]

  This is one of Frost’s most beautiful and evocative poems and it invariably is enjoyed by students from all over the world. This poem would be suitable for upper-intermediate students and above. Suggested steps: It’s invariably a good idea to start with the title. This gets the students thinking about the content. Write it […]

  Poems are a wonderful way of developing the students’ general skills as well as improving their pronunciations, stress and intonation. They are particularly welcome at the end of the week, on Friday, towards the end of the morning, or perhaps the afternoon. If students are in intensive academic writing programmes poems are probably not […]