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• Lesson idea: present perfect time markers

  By Pete on August 14, 2018 • ( 2 )

  

  Here are a few fun activities for practising time markers used with the present perfect. There’s a review of these markers in a B1 level teen coursebook we’re using (Gateway, Macmillan). I found the meaning/rule activity in the book useful,… Read More ›

• Tech tips for new materials writers

  By Pete on August 6, 2018 • ( 2 )

  

  These tips may sound simple to some, but useful to others! As a new writer I reckon you’ll have to do some of the things below, so this primer could help you hit the ground running…

• Developing into a materials writer

  By Pete on August 3, 2018 • ( 4 )

  

  Here are a few general tips for skills to develop if you’d like to write for publishers or big teaching organisations. This is not a ‘How to become….’ post. You can find good tips about how to actually get into… Read More ›

• Review: ELT Lesson Observation & Feedback

  By Pete on July 28, 2018 • ( 8 )

  

  Lesson observations – where to start?! Jeanette Barsdell, the author of ELT Lesson Observation and Feedback Handbook, was thrown in at the deep end and expected to observe a teacher on her first day as a DOS. Despite being terrified,… Read More ›

• Pronunciation priorities

  By Pete on July 27, 2018 • ( 4 )

  

  Uh-oh! Here comes a ‘Teacher Pete thinking something through out loud’ moment. Tut. I hate these… Mark Hancock shared a good article on LinkedIn the other day called ‘Pronunciation Teaching Post-ELF’. It’s got me thinking about my own attitudes towards… Read More ›

• Review: Great Writing

  By Pete on July 17, 2018 • ( 4 )

  

  A couple of months ago we ran a two-week ‘Grammar and Writing’ course for teens (aged 14+). I was scheduled to teach these classes but, to be honest, the prospect didn’t fill me with excitement. I enjoy teaching teens in… Read More ›

• Past continuous: sporting experiences

  By Pete on July 16, 2018 • ( 0 )

  

  More football! Give me more football! I heard it’s less than a month until the start of the Premier League season. Here’s more football related content for the post-World Cup/pre-PL football hungry students.

• Tip: A planning matrix for research (Cohen et al, 2005)

  By Pete on July 10, 2018 • ( 1 )

  

  I’ve been doing some research as part of my dissertation through NILE. I came across an awesome book by Cohen et al called ‘Research Methods in Education’. It wasn’t on our key reading list but I’d thoroughly recommend it.

• Teaching functional language

  By Pete on June 25, 2018 • ( 3 )

  

  A newly-qualified CELTA teacher has asked me for advice about how to deal with functional language. So… this is one of my approaches to teaching functional language! The example is from a lesson I did last weekend about the World… Read More ›

• Training: Improve your whiteboard work

  By Pete on June 11, 2018 • ( 5 )

  

  I’ve written a training session about whiteboard work designed for our CELTA level teachers. After the last round of teacher observations we established that boarding new/emergent vocabulary was an area for development. This session includes some tips to help teachers… Read More ›

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