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• 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 ›

• An EFL book I’ve used: Incredible English

  By Pete on November 19, 2016 • ( 9 )

  

  Last year our course book for primary level learners was Incredible English. This was the first coursebook I ever used for teaching primary learners, and I have to say I thought it was great. It seemed like the perfect book… Read More ›

• TEFL sniglets – ‘tiglets’

  By Pete on November 18, 2016 • ( 5 )

  

  sniglet (noun): any word that should be in the dictionary, but isn’t. (Hall, 1983). I’ve been watching some old sniglet sketches from Not Necessarily the News recently. This one is by far my favourite (sorry for lack of quality): Call… Read More ›

• Highlighting success criteria to young learners

  By Pete on November 16, 2016 • ( 2 )

  

  This post explains simple coding you could use to help learners notice key features of a model text. I know this type of stuff is common in primary schools, so I’m not trying to reinvent the wheel. It’s just not… Read More ›

• Lesson idea – self-portraits

  By Pete on November 9, 2016 • ( 4 )

  

  I love the book Being Creative by Chaz Pugliese. It’s full of great activities and ideas for personalising learning. It’s also a great book for new teachers to have around as it will encourage you to experiment. I first used… Read More ›

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