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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
'Who would expect to hear students talking about la Gran Vía in Madrid as if they had just met there?' Image (c) Jose Maria Cuellar, licensed under CC BY-NC 2.0 and adapted from the original.
Date
09 March 2017 - 17:00

Eight ways to improve your secondary school language project

Are you curious about setting up an international, inter-school language project? Spanish teacher Cristina Sánchez explains how to make it a success.

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Teaching resources, Teaching, Schools
'We developed a card game where you can match female and male figures doing the same profession.' Image (c) 27707,licensed under Creative Commons CC0 and adapted from the original
Date
23 February 2017 - 21:00

How to approach teaching gender equality to boys and girls

Fatma Özdemir Uluç, who led a British Council-supported study into gender equality in Turkish schools, tells us how teachers can show children that boys and girls are equal.

Tags
Education, Women and girls, Teaching resources, Teaching
'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.

Tags
Teaching, Teaching resources, Schools, English language
'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.

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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
'[W]atch the films in advance so there are no awkward moments during the screening.' Photo
Date
29 June 2016 - 12:57

How to get film-based lessons right

Have you ever shown films to your class, or considered setting up a film club? Daryn Simon, Head of History at Ysgol Bryn Alyn, and Beatrix Clark of Into Film share some advice.

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Film, Schools, Arts, Teaching resources, Teaching
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