• improve listening.
• use video in your classroom (Part One).
• teach mixed ability classses.
• to deal with noisy teens.
• use pictures in class.
• correct mistakes students make when speaking.
• encourage your students to write.
• make grammar more communicative.

What is ...?

• Teacher Talk: the secrets of comprehensible speech for non-native speakers of English
• Are text messages killing grammar and spelling?
• What is ESA?
• What is task based learning?
• What is communicative methodology?
• What is TPR?

Articles

• Culture: English, the world’s second language.
• Using graded readers with adult students. The Penguin Readers catalogue is a vast resource for earners of English. Nick Dawson looks at some practical ideas for use in the classroom.
• What do students need to communicate with confidence? Read this article by Nick Dawson, with some practical ideas on getting your students to speak.
• Read an article from the English Teaching Professional by Scott Thornbury. The subject is accuracy, fluency and complexity.
  

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