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Multicoloured pencils on a wooden surface
Date
24 November 2017 - 12:54

Six low-preparation vocabulary activities for the English classroom

Cristina Cabal, winner of the British Council's TeachingEnglish blog award, has new and improved games for revising English words. 

Tags
English language, Teaching, Teaching resources
'Teachers have the responsibility to encourage creativity, engagement, and critical thinking.' Image (c) Jerry Kiesewetter, used under licence and adapted from the original.
Date
04 October 2017 - 18:18

Should language teachers avoid global issues when teaching?

Is it a teacher's responsibility to bring up difficult global issues such as poverty and women's rights in the classroom? We asked English language teacher Malu Sciamarelli.

Tags
English language, Teaching resources, Teaching
'[Games] can form the integral core of a well-staged lesson.' Image (c) Michal Parzuchowski, used under licence and adapted from the original.
Date
25 August 2017 - 15:47

Why classroom games can be much more than lesson fillers

Mike Astbury, four-time winner of our TeachingEnglish blog award, explains how classroom games can benefit your students, lessons and professional development.

Tags
English language, Professional development, Teaching, Teaching resources
'Once you have a set of cards, they can be adapted and reused with counters and pencils.' Image (c) fielperson, licensed under CC0 and adapted from the original.
Date
12 May 2017 - 17:50

Classroom activities to teach narrative tenses

Are you looking for new grammar games for the classroom? Award-winning blogger Mike Astbury shares some resources to download and print.

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Schools, Teaching resources, Learning resources, English language
'Get students out of their seats and moving.' Image (c) Mat Wright
Date
20 January 2017 - 10:00

How to keep your students motivated

Cristina Cabal has been teaching for 26 years. She shares some of her top tips for keeping students motivated.

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Teaching, Teaching resources, Schools, English language
'There's an easy way to immerse yourself in the culture: live with a French family.' Image (c) barbara w, licensed under CC BY 2.0 and adapted from the original.
Date
12 January 2017 - 09:34

How to make the most of your time abroad when not teaching

What should you do when you're not teaching as an English language assistant? We asked Faye Briscoe, who is on a teaching placement at a primary school in France.

Tags
English language, Work outside the UK, Teaching resources
'The English language has about 60 to 70 different prepositions.' Photo (c) Thomas Hawk, licensed under CC BY-NC 2.0 and adapted from the original.
Date
21 November 2016 - 16:40

Five fun activities to teach prepositions

How do you make learning prepositions easier for your students? TeachingEnglish blog award winner Aoife McLoughlin of ELT-Connect has some tips.

Tags
Teaching, English language, Teaching resources
Date
17 November 2016 - 10:30

How chat apps can help students collaborate and self-correct

The winners of the latest Teaching English blog award, Elena Mutonono and Veronika Palovska, share some practical ideas for using two popular chat apps with your adult learners.

Tags
Teaching, English language, Teaching resources
Photo of mobile phone and paper exercises
Date
18 July 2016 - 12:30

Get your students to reflect on their learning using mobiles

Lucy Norris and Professor Agnes Kukulska-Hulme explain how teachers can help language students get on top of their own learning by using mobile phones.

Tags
English language, Teaching, Teaching resources, Technology
English language teaching is evolving all the time, particularly alongside advances in technology. Photo (c) Mat Wright
Date
01 June 2016 - 14:14

Ten innovations that have changed English language teaching

What innovations in English language teaching (ELT) have had the biggest impact on your teaching? Teaching expert Chia Suan Chong lists her top ten.

Tags
Teaching resources, Teaching, English language
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