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Foreign Language Assistant teaching at a school in Hounslow, UK © Frank Noon
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Primary
Keystage 3
GCSE 1
GCSE 2
A/AS level
Tips and Lessons for all ages
Tips and Lesson Plans for All Ages
Tools to help you in a variety of lessons for students of all ages.

This on-line support is provided by the British Council.

We recommend you take a look at the tips and lessons below which should give you some new ideas.

Tips

Getting Students Talking and How to Correct Errors

Managing Pair and Group Work and Developing Professional Relationships

Oral Work: Building Pupils' Confidence

Preparation for Oral Exams  Useful advice on preparing your pupils for their GCSE and A/AS level oral exams.

Setting the Level How to pitch the level of your activities

The UK Education System - an outline

Lessons

Christmas  Here are some ideas that you could use for any festivals with any age really, depending on the level of the resources you find.

Drama – putting on a show

Fun With Dice  You can practise anything with dice!

Grammar - Practising real Language  Grammar can be seen as either hard work or boring by many pupils and yet, once pupils have understood some of the basic structures they need to express themselves, their language learning becomes more fun.

Languages for Work  A number of activities that you can use with your pupils to stimulate discussion and demonstrate the advantages of language learning

Running Dictation  This is an activity you can use with any level group from KS2 to A level, with any number of students from two upwards. You can use it to practise dialogues, role-plays, short texts or grammatical structures

Using Songs  Students of all ages respond well to songs, motivation often increases, but you need to think carefully about level, vocabulary content and the interest factor before you begin.

Video Tips  A list of techniques in order to get the most out of using videos.

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