Here’s a video from Cambridge University Press about ways to get students to stick to English in class:
Month: April 2014
Experimenting with English (Part 2) – Activities for learners to do outside the classroom [26 and counting!]
A great way to push students to do more outside class.
Photransedit: Online phonetic transcription tool
A great tool which immediately transcribes words or sentences into the phonetic alphabet. Great to share with students or use in class for those problematic words.
English Central
Here are some great class “hooks” from English Central:
http://community.eflclassroom.com/profiles/blogs/every-book-has-its-cover
There’s also a great piece on 50 pieces of best practice for teachers:
Mind-mapping social encounters: a generic lesson plan
Another great mind-mapping fluency activity from Olya at ELT Stories.
This American Life: Podcasts for Advanced Students
Fascinating podcasts on a wide range of topics:
http://www.thisamericanlife.org/radio-archives/episode/491/tribes
A few tweaks to the 4-3-2 technique: mining texts for lexis + mind-mapping to increase fluency gains at B1-C2 levels
A great activity for developing fluency.
High School ESL
Check out Duncan Elder’s great ESL blog:
Loads of great lesson plans for a range of levels.
Defining relative clauses
Great communicative introduction to defining relative clauses.
Some great warmers
Here are some great warmers/ice breakers from Adam Simpson: