Arguing for words
A dictionary activity which encourages lots of discussion.
Teaching adult beginners
This article looks at what adult beginners expect from their English course.
Dating customs
A ready-to-use culture activity that will provide plenty of entertainment for your students.
Adding words to a story
Give your students an opportunity to start writing creatively.
Dictionaries as a teaching resource
Ideas for making the dictionary a primary source of interaction.
Guardian Weekly series: Discovery listening - improving perceptual processing
This article describes a listening technique based on word recognition.
Solving problems with fluency: part 2
Discover how to increase the benefits and reduce the problems related to fluency activities.
Easy vocabulary revision exercises
Activities to use any time your students need to revise words and phrases.
Implementing task-based learning with young learners
This article analyses themes relevant to the classroom implementation of task-based learning.
Interview with the author of Potato Pals
Patrick Jackson talks about the making of his new series of stories for young children.
Improving your students' listening skills
Some areas worth thinking about when teaching listening.
Key concept: Noticing
Find out why 'noticing' is an important tool in English language learning.
Introduction to Children's Jazz Chants Old and New
Suggestions about how to use chants and songs in class.
Adults are people too
Three suggestions for helping adult students get the most out of your classes.
From word to phrase to sentence: a new approach to teaching grammar (Part 1)
Discover why we should focus on teaching the most frequent words in English.
