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• Present perfect game

  By Pete on January 22, 2017 • ( 4 )

  

  I’m on good form! It’s been a fun weekend of classes. Today I tried out a new task for practising the present perfect (life experiences). Well, it wasn’t exactly new, just a variation on a few well-known tasks. Still, it… Read More ›

• Making it up as you go along…

  By Pete on January 21, 2017 • ( 2 )

  

  I had a brief chat with TalkTEFL after class about how some activities we make up during class work better than the things we plan! Today was a prime example. My teen class were really lacking a bit of get… Read More ›

• My TEFL articles

  By Pete on January 17, 2017 • ( 5 )

  I’ve just uploaded a few of my articles to Scribd. Hopefully I’ll have more to add in the future… Click here for advice on writing for ELT magazines. Here’s an article I wrote in July 2015 for ETp on error correction…. Read More ›

• Reasons to explore your staffroom

  By Pete on January 11, 2017 • ( 8 )

  

  What’s your staffroom like? Do you know what’s in all those cupboards and drawers? Is there dust collecting on most of the supplementary materials? What’s in that unlabelled ring binder? I’m lucky to have worked in some really well-stocked staffrooms…. Read More ›

• What Kate and Kris did…

  By Pete on January 4, 2017 • ( 0 )

  

  Happy New Year! Attention! New blog! My mates in Bangkok have started this site to help people who want to teach English. They offer general advice, opinion and interviews with current teachers, to give an idea of what the job is… Read More ›

• Article for The Teacher magazine

  By Pete on December 12, 2016 • ( 3 )

  

  I’ve had an article (this post) published in The Teacher magazine this month. As I mentioned in my post on ELT magazines, they always send you a free book of your choice when they publish your stuff! Was pleased to receive… Read More ›

• Workstations for reviews (young learners)

  By Pete on December 5, 2016 • ( 5 )

  

  I saw my boss use a simple workstation activity during a peer observation. It was a really good way to prepare students for their final task. I often include a quick 10-15 minute workstation activity in my YL classes now…. Read More ›

• Lesson idea: should and shouldn’t…

  By Pete on December 3, 2016 • ( 0 )

  

  A repeat of the must/mustn’t game I mentioned a while back. I used this for should/shouldn’t the other day, in the context of illness. Choose an illness, or some kind of problem related to your context. Prepare three pieces of… Read More ›

• Q+A: Reading and listening texts for DipTESOL teaching practice

  By Pete on November 22, 2016 • ( 0 )

  

  Someone contacted me on this blog asking a question about the DipTESOL. Q: Where/how did you find good listening and reading materials for the teaching practice? My answer: a) I recorded my own b) I sourced authentic materials on the… Read More ›

• Teaching pronunciation: contractions

  By Pete on November 21, 2016 • ( 2 )

  

  Contractions often come up as a pronunciation point in our Elementary level lessons. My students don’t have much trouble with ‘I am’ becoming ‘I’m’, but contractions with ‘you are’, ‘we are’, etc seem a bit harder to produce. I feel… Read More ›

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