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• Encouraging autonomy in teen classes

  By Pete on September 18, 2016 • ( 2 )

  You might not need to encourage your students to take control of their learning. I do. My teens aren’t used to working independently or undertaking tasks without the teacher directing proceedings. Our current topic is health and fitness. I found… Read More ›

• Introducing travel – student quiz

  By Pete on September 17, 2016 • ( 1 )

  

  This came up again recently. There’s nothing wrong with ‘Where the hell is Matt?’, that will always be a classic. However, I like to mix things up, personalise, find different ways to engage my students. This worked well… First up,… Read More ›

• Teaching for Success online conference

  By Pete on September 16, 2016 • ( 0 )

  

  Oh look, Se at TalkTEFL has been taking the Mickey out of our ‘Quality Circle’… Sarah Smith and I will be chatting about our teacher-led development group (‘The Quircle’) at the British Council Teaching for Success online conference. We’re on the… Read More ›

• Word stress – footballs and sticky balls

  By Pete on September 15, 2016 • ( 8 )

  

  I like teaching word stress. I have various ‘go to’ activities for noticing and practising word stress – stuff like this: Using Cuisenaire rods Humming the stress pattern Fist pumping when you say the stressed syllable Building vocab based on… Read More ›

• Grammar review using drawings

  By Pete on September 14, 2016 • ( 3 )

  

  This was a good idea I came across Bucksmore summer school. A review for various tenses/structures. Give students a piece of paper. Get them to split it into 4 squares. In each of the squares they draw one of the… Read More ›

• ClassDojo – not a no go

  By Pete on September 13, 2016 • ( 1 )

  

  Sometimes I think I’m far too serious to teach young learners. Maybe my expectations are too high. Maybe I just don’t ‘get’ them. Perhaps I’m getting too old. Maybe I’m just not learning how to teach them properly. I don’t… Read More ›

• Digital Breaks – James Styring

  By Pete on September 12, 2016 • ( 1 )

  

  I attended a useful webinar by James Styring the other week, entitled ‘Easy and motivating ways to use digital technology in the classroom. Click here to watch a recording of the webinar. Overall, it was a very good presentation. There… Read More ›

• Spelling races with mini-whiteboards

  By Pete on September 11, 2016 • ( 9 )

  

  I don’t do enough spelling practice. I should develop in that area, definitely. But one fun thing I do is a simple whiteboard spelling game as a review. Give each team (about 4 students) a mini whiteboard, pen, eraser. Say… Read More ›

• Disappearing dialogues, colour-coded support

  By Pete on September 10, 2016 • ( 4 )

  On the CELTA YL course I did a story retelling task. The students had watched a Shaun the Sheep video, and I’d pre-taught some of the tough vocab. After the video I wanted them to retell the story, but they… Read More ›

• Post-it note votes

  By Pete on September 9, 2016 • ( 4 )

  

  A quick post-task for poster work. We’ve been doing quite a bit of post-it note voting recently, students seem to like it. Display posters around the room. In this case, we were designing environmentally friendly parks. Tell students that we will… Read More ›

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