If you are a newly qualified or experienced English language teacher looking for support, we can provide you with teaching materials, tips and resources specifically designed by British Council teachers for use with young learners and teens.
Using plays or drama in the language classroom can be both enormously rewarding and enjoyable for teachers as well as students. Here are some suggestions and guidance from Clare on how to get the best from your students.
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This story is based on the well-known children’s joke: Mum, am I a real polar bear? Of course, son. Then why am I so flipping cold?
The joke has been expanded into a repetitive story and provides an ideal context to practise the question, have I got?
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This a simple way of recycling texts previously studied in class. This speaking activity gets students to think in English and use their memory, simultaneously. It works well with factual texts in EFL, texts used in CLIL lessons and quizzes related to any subject.
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Text messaging is becoming an increasingly popular form of communication in the UK and around the world, especially amongst young people. Students are often really keen to learn how to text in English and the students may also be interested in teaching you some of their ways of texting in their language.
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