Back to the Future Day was a real-life event that was celebrated on Wednesday, October 21, 2015, across the globe. It commemorated the day to which the main characters of the movie travelled in the time machine at the beginning of “Back to the Future Part II”. Why not talk about future in the lesson?...
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Idioms for Autumn (test)
English is full of idioms that come up both in written and spoken language. Using the most common idioms will make your students sound more native. One of the ways to teach English idioms is through the words connected with this or that season. So if you have already dealt with idioms linked to the...
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Songs in the ESL Classroom
Music is one of the things that has got a universal appeal and its use in the classroom will greatly motivate the learners of different learning types. Songs can be extensively used while practicing the four main skills. Apart from the main learning aims, they enable the learners to have fun and full involvement in...
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Interactive online whiteboard IDroo
When we teach in a classroom the most powerful and essential teacher’s tool is a whiteboard. We use it to present grammar or vocabulary, to clarify some points, to visualise the material, to project on it. But what do we do when we teach online via, let’s say, Skype? We may feel quite helpless without...
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How I give instructions to young learners
I never paid attention to the way I give instructions to my students. Especially to younger students, who get easily distracted and who have a short attention span. Until the day, I read Jim Scrivener’s excellent book: Learning Teaching. I supposed that such an obvious thing as giving instructions doesn’t deserve to be even discussed....
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Digital tools for exam preparation
Preparation for language exams requires plenty of time and effort. Digital tools can not only bring some variety to your lessons but also improve the main skills and subskills as well as make learning easier and more comfortable. Let’s consider websites and applications that can provide some extra practice for your students and reduce preparation...
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How to Make Textbooks More Communicative
There are plenty of textbooks which serve as the main guidance while teaching/learning English. However, teachers can not always rely only on textbooks as all students have different learning goals. Teachers have to add student-focused and communicative activities to actually “bring the language to life”. In this article we will suggest some practical methods of...
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Tips on Teaching Intermediate students
It might be tremendously rewarding to teach students of Intermediate level. In this article, we will have a look at some teaching tips on working with B1 level students. First of all, let’s understand the language competency of intermediate level students. What can they do? According to the CEFR scale Intermediate students CAN: understand the main...
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How to introduce the topic in the lesson
“The beginning is the most important part of the work.” ― Plato, A good beginning will motivate the students and trigger their thinking and the desire to know and learn. A good beginning of the topic or lead-in is important as it prepares the learner for a new topic, helps to bring the topic into students’...
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What prevents students from progressing?
“I can never learn English” “I’m not good at languages” “I’m too young (old) for this” “I haven’t got enough time” “I am too shy to speak to anybody in English” “I hate learning grammar” “Someone else can do it better than me” How often do you hear these statements from your students? I...
