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The artwork 'PLEASE...' by Jeppe Hein, words written in neon lights
Date
26 April 2019 - 08:23

Three games to recycle vocabulary in the English language classroom

Aoife McLoughlin won the TeachingEnglish blog award with 7 Fun Tasks for Classroom Debates. Here, she tells us her favourite classroom vocabulary games.

Tags
English language, Teaching, Teaching resources
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Date
24 April 2019 - 17:24

Make your English language lesson work for learners from a different culture

Chia Suan Chong is the author of Successful International Communication, and a regular columnist and award-winning resident blogger for monthly magazine English Teaching Professional.

Tags
Teaching, English language, Equal opportunities and diversity
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Date
08 April 2019 - 13:00

Netflix and learn – six ways to teach English language skills with television

How can teachers of English create learning material with streaming services? Melissa Thomson, a British Council teacher and trainer based in Bilbao, describes her top six approaches.

Tags
English language, Teaching, Teaching resources
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Date
03 April 2019 - 13:57

Three ways to see what learners know in the English language classroom

Don Merritt, an English language coordinator and former British Council teacher, uses these low-preparation activities to understand what his class have learned.

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English language, Teaching, Teaching resources
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Date
21 March 2019 - 09:42

What I wish I'd known when I began teaching English to refugees

How does teaching English to refugees differ from teaching other groups of learners, and how might you change your approach in the classroom?

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English language, Teaching
Woman at a table writing in a notebook
Date
15 March 2019 - 10:34

Four ways teachers can manage workload and stress

How do you manage your teaching schedule and lesson planning, with the added challenge of unsocial working hours? British Council teacher Melissa Thomson describes her top four approaches.

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English, Teaching, Teaching resources
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Date
11 March 2019 - 13:15

How to survive substitute teaching an English language class

Substitute teaching can be demanding. We asked Daniel Vincent, a teacher of English at the British Council in Madrid, how to plan and deliver these lessons with confidence.

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English language, Teaching, Teaching resources
Broccoli
Date
14 February 2019 - 16:46

Build rapport in the English language classroom – eight tips for new teachers

Ste Sharpe mentors newly-qualified teachers of English. This is his advice for building rapport with adult and teenage learners, for teachers who are new to the classroom.

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English language, Teaching, Teaching resources
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Date
06 February 2019 - 14:09

Why I love being an English language assistant in a small town

Is teaching in a small town more rewarding? Emily Torr explains what surprised her about living in rural Spain and how sharing traditions allowed her to integrate into the community.

Tags
English language, Professional development, Work outside the UK, Teaching
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Date
05 February 2019 - 11:28

English language lesson observations – five common problems and how to fix them

These are the top five issues that one observer sees in the English language classroom, with practical steps for teachers who want to fix them.

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English language, Teaching, Teaching resources
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