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• Lesson idea: must, mustn’t, don’t have to…

  By Pete on December 10, 2015 • ( 4 )

  

  I remembered a great activity for practising ‘must/mustn’t/don’t have to…’ that was modelled on my CELTA a few years back. I used it last week and it worked well. Give the students a table like this…

• EFL Classroom Management Techniques

  By Pete on December 8, 2015 • ( 6 )

  

  I contacted Cambridge University Press last month. I said ‘If you send me a book, I’ll review it on my blog.’ To my surprise, a copy of Classroom Management Techniques by Jim Scrivener turned up in my pigeon hole at… Read More ›

• Lesson idea: introducing inventions

  By Pete on December 7, 2015 • ( 3 )

  Lessons that involve designing a new invention or product have cropped up at 5 of the 6 summer schools I’ve worked at. I came across this video the other day that gives me a new lead-in to the topic… After… Read More ›

• Lesson idea: introducing dreams and ambitions

  By Pete on December 5, 2015 • ( 0 )

  You really must check out these two sites: All at C and Vocabulary in Chunks. I’ve started to use a lot more videos in class and these have some great resources on them! Sometimes I come across resources, especially videos,… Read More ›

• Lesson tip: tidy-up song

  By Pete on December 3, 2015 • ( 1 )

  Do you use a tidy-up song at the end of class? This is mine… My primary level students start singing this with about 5 minutes of the lesson to go. They love the challenge of getting everything packed away, plus the… Read More ›

• Lesson idea: activities for short videos

  By Pete on November 30, 2015 • ( 5 )

  

  I use a lot of videos in class these days. There’s no shortage of inspiration for film lessons online, and a bit in print too. We received a copy of Film in Action last June, which Martin Sketchley reviewed here…. Read More ›

• Lesson idea: Introducing travel

  By Pete on November 21, 2015 • ( 2 )

  The old ones are the best! Here’s a video of a guy travelling around the world and dancing. You’ve probably seen it. I’ve used it quite a few times to generate interest in the topic of travel/geography. Actually, I think… Read More ›

• Lesson idea: James Bond observation challenge

  By Pete on November 19, 2015 • ( 0 )

  I don’t know about you, but I was quite disappointed with the latest Bond movie. I’m a big Bond fan, but I wish we could go back to the pun-filled days of Connery/Moore. Anyway, here’s a fun observation challenge based… Read More ›

• Lesson tip: creative displays

  By Pete on November 18, 2015 • ( 3 )

  

  The other day I did a creative writing activity with my teen class (ages 12-13). The activity was based on the teacher resources in English in Mind, and it worked well. Students had to describe the colours, sounds and smells in their… Read More ›

• Lesson idea: The planets

  By Pete on November 17, 2015 • ( 0 )

  Check out this great video – I came across it during the summer school at British Council HCMC. We did an activity where students described what was happening on each of the 12 planets. Then they created a 13th planet themselves, displayed their… Read More ›

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