If you are an English language teacher or trainer then we can help to provide you with materials and ideas to use in your classroom as well as new pedagogical articles each week.

Next update 02 May 2008

This week Updates

Welcome to the new look Teaching English website.
We hope you are enjoying the new site, starting to find your way around and trying out some of our new features. Now you can become part of the teaching English community by registering as a site user. This will allow you to create your own profile, add comments, questions, join groups and much more, so please join us.
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The knowledge wiki
Check out the knowledge wiki. This feature of the site helps you to understand ELT related jargon. We're adding 5 new words each week to help you develop your teaching vocabulary
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New features:
Now you can interact with the writers of our articles and send in comments.
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Techniques for priming and recycling
In this article I'd like to look at more ways of priming and recycling. After this, I hope you will be able to apply these techniques to a range of texts.
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Cheat and swindle holidays
If you've got a confident class with a passion for debate this activity could be the ideal way to let learners get off a bit of steam.
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Teacher training videos
This programme introduces the Teaching Speaking series by looking at some of the challenges that English language teachers face around the world.
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Collaborative learning
I think we can be helped by our brighter students. Is it right to ask them to teach something to their peers, and how can they do that?
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Poetry in the classroom
Many teachers are keen to use poems in the language classroom other think it is a waste of time.
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Latest Question on teaching English
Dear everyone, as teachers, I think we can be helped by our brighter students. Is it right to ask them to teach something to their peers, and how can they do that?
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Last weeks updates

42nd International Annual IATEFL Conference: Online NOW
Join us and fellow ELT professionals from around the world to discuss, reflect on and develop ideas. The 42nd IATEFL Conference offered many opportunities for professional contact and development. Catch up with the Conference online!
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Think - Form focus and recycling
Reading for information is very much a lexical process. We focus on the message bearing words. Often we don't take account of the little words that hold the text together - words like at, the, in, this, 'd and to in my first paragraph above. But if we want our learners to improve their English grammar these are exactly the words they need to look at very carefully.
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Try - Vanishing dialogue
This activity practises language of ordering food in a restaurant although this can be adapted for any scenario. It's a great way to consolidate the language and recycle the vocabulary.
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Transform - Evaluate yourself
Complete our self-evaluation checklist to find out what you know, what you can do, what you need to find out and what you'd like to explore.
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Talk - Student self-reflection
I know this is something that it's better to think about at the beginning of the year, but how can I get my students to reflect on how much they've learnt on their course without using formal tests?
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