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Adapting materials for different age groups
This teaching tips looks at how to adapt materials for different age groups.
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Adapting materials for mixed ability classes
All classes are mixed ability to one extent or another. Extreme cases, when you have near native level speakers with...
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Anna Whitcher and Kieran Donaghy: Image makers in the future of ELT
In November 2014, at The Image Conference in Córdoba, Spain, we presented a short video called A Visual Manifesto for...
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Arts and crafts with young learners
Using arts and crafts in the classroom can be an excellent way to facilitate language learning with young learners. 
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Building a lesson around a sitcom - culture article
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Building a lesson around a sitcom
Like any piece of authentic material the possibilities for using a sitcom in the classroom are boundless.
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Cuisenaire rods in the language classroom
The first time I saw Cuisenaire rods being used in the language classroom I had no idea how much fun they could be.
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English clubs
English clubs come in many different guises. What they do all have in common, however, is that they provide an...
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Fairy Tales
Fairy tales provide a wealth of possibilities for teaching English topics. Each fairy tale has its own magical setting...
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Homework
Homework is fundamental for learners to make effective progress. Learning a language takes time and time is something...
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Interacting with texts - Directed activities related to texts (DARTs) - reading article
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Interacting with texts - Directed activities related to texts (DARTs)
Good readers use what they know about language and the world to interact with what they are reading. This helps them...
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Kids and arts and crafts
In this article you will find tips and ideas for using and extending craft activities in the classroom.
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Kids and homework
'I like doing homework!' 'We get too much homework.' 'Homework is really boring.' 'The teacher doesn’t always check my...
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Kids and poetry
Poetry is a great tool to use with your learners as it helps practise not only listening, speaking, reading and writing...
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Kids and songs
There are many activities which you can use with your learners to exploit songs in the classroom. They can be used with...
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Kids and stories
On the British Council’s site for young learners - LearnEnglish Kids - there are lots of stories which you can use to...
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Kids and the LearnEnglish Kids website
LearnEnglish Kids is the British Council’s website for children aged 5-12 who are learning English as a second or...
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Magic Pencil
The Magic Pencil exhibition and website celebrated children's book illustration and brought together the work of 13...
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Music for visualisation
Music can be used in so many different ways in language teaching. These days I am especially interested in facilitating...
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My favourite book
Storybooks are a good way to approach topics and introduce vocabulary with young learners. I’ve detailed a few general...
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Picture stories in the communicative classroom - resources article
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Picture stories in the communicative classroom
Pictures are all around us everyday, in the street, at work, at home and even in our leisure time, so why not in the...
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Real books
In this comprehensive series of newsletters available to download, Opal Dunn introduced readers to real books to use in...
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Self-access on a budget
Not all self-access ideas need to cost a fortune. Here are a few ideas for how you might develop resources in your...
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Self-access: A framework for diversity - resources article
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Self-access: A framework for diversity
What is a self-access centre, why might your students benefit from using one, and how might you go about setting one up...
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Shakespeare for teens - resources article
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Shakespeare for teens
Shakespeare is without a doubt the most famous British poet and playwright that has ever lived. However, his work is...
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Should you be developing your own materials?
In this article, Vicky Saumell looks at some considerations for developing your own materials.
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Speaking aids - speaking article
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Speaking aids
How would your Christmas feel without a Christmas tree or your birthday without a cake? How romantic would your...
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Stories waiting to be told
The power of an image often doesn’t lie in the image itself, but in its ability to trigger images and stories in the...
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Story books in the classroom
In this article I would like to highlight the value of using story books in a Young Learner classroom. I will look at...
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Storytelling - benefits and tips - literature article
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Storytelling - benefits and tips
We often give stories to our students to read, but how often do we tell them a story? This article looks at the...
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Storytelling in young learner classes
According to David Vale and Anne Feunteun in 'Teaching children English: A training course for teachers of English to...
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