If you are a busy English language teacher or trainer looking for support and development materials for your classroom, we can help you with this weekly collection of links to free materials from our British Council websites for teachers.
Our fourth guest teacher is Paula Belló from Argentina. Paula will be keeping a blog, contributing to discussions and telling us about teaching in Argentina. You can read Paula's biography and an interview with her.
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The exercises in this lesson introduce some of the elements of advertisements such as slogans. There is a discussion on where advertisements can be found. The concept of a storyboard is introduced and an example of a storyboard for an advert is examined in detail.
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Over my years of learning, teaching and training I have become increasingly aware of the impact that teachers can and often do have on our learners, and their attitudes to English. Affective factors, such as attitude and self-esteem, are well-known to have a profound effect on learners’ motivation
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This series of videos explores some of the challenges that English language teachers face around the world when teaching speaking in schools.
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I'm collecting data for my research project which looks at how host culture affects native teachers teaching in non-native settings. Please discuss culture related issues you have faced & how you have resolved those issues when you are working in expatriate situations.
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This activity, suitable for pre-intermediate students, follows on from a presentation and controlled practice of the comparative and provides extended practice of this structure. It engages the students visually and integrates all four skills. The students will produce a newspaper travel review of two ‘island' destinations.
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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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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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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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This month Rod Bolitho joins us as a guest on the site. Watch our video interview with Rod in which he talks about his teaching career and his views on different ELT issues.
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This is a role-play speaking activity based on Henry VIII for upper-intermediate students and above. This is a topic that reappears in course books and he is a historical character who is well known throughout the world. This activity creates a lot of interest both historically and on a more personal level.
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While many children and young people enjoy positive and creative experiences when using the internet or a mobile phone, a minority is using these technologies negatively.
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These steps can help you to carry out your research. Depending on your topic, you may find out what you need to know easily in one lesson, or you may prefer to record the stages of your research in writing. Whether your research is formal or informal, our links provide information and documents to support you.
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Project work surely includes traces from these approaches; therefore it offers opportunities for language learning through problem solving, cooperative learning, collaboration and negotiation of meaning.
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These full lesson plans accompany the Cambridge English Readers series. Each lesson provides and focuses on extracts from one of the Readers. Modern, original fiction for learners of English.
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The classic guessing game!
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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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To find more teaching articles and materials visit www.teachingenglish.org.uk and Language Assistant
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