Thought-provoking articles and classroom ideas for English teachers who never stop learning.
The Art of Giving Instructions: Part 3
In his third and final blog post on this topic, Lindsay Clandfield switches his focus to your students. How can we teach them to give good instructions? Featuring 5 great activities to try in class.
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Speaking in class is both essential and difficult to do. In this post, Nick Franklin explores some simple techniques and strategies to get everyone in your class speaking, sensibly, in English.
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Where, how, when and to what end your students are seated is a vital factor in successful language practice. Discover Nick Franklin’s worst classroom management experience, how he learned from it and some great ideas for 21st-century ESL students.
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Now, more than ever, environmental sustainability is a central topic in the classroom. Here are 5 ways we can include these themes in our lessons so that it becomes easy for students to think about sustainability and begin green habits that could last a lifetime.
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Maximum engagement in class is achieved when your students are involved in creating their own class resources. Here are 4 ideas to keep them engaged and improving all year long.
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The summer holidays are almost here. How can you keep your students happy engaged until school’s out? Here are 6 ways to get them motivated.
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English is full of words that have different meanings depending on the context in which they are used and a case in point is the word “mean” itself. Find out just what mean “means” and see why teaching English is never is as straightforward as it seems but is always full of great surprises!
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