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.

Next update: 16 January 2009

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Games: Mystery objects
The game is good for revising lexical sets and is useful for practising using adjectives. It can be teacher led or played as a team game.
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Classic / Christmas materials
Teaching tips: Christmas
Christmas is an excellent theme for adding games and fun to your teaching. Most students enjoy festive lessons if your activities encourage a personal contribution about the students’ own families and customs.
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Essential UK: Christmas
This lesson has some ideas for how to introduce the topic of Christmas. Your own experiences and thoughts about the festive season will enhance the lesson and you will be a great source of information for your students on this theme.
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Games: What’s my line?
The classic guessing game!
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Classic materials
Primary Tips: Developing spoken fluency with learners at low levels
Developing spoken fluency with learners at low levels can be very challenging, but here are some tips and activities which may help.
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