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Used to, get used to, be used to and would – an activity to train, revise and speak
A couple of days ago I felt there wasn’t a good material on would, be used to, be used to used to and get used to that would meet all the requirements for my student. And so I decidecd to … Continue reading
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Tagged ELT, English as a second or foreign language, lesson plan, lesson starter, speaking, substitution table, used to, warmer, would
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a more personalised approach to ING and TO
The gerund vs infinitive grammar has always seemed quite tricky for teaching to me: I have always felt there wasn’t enough really good materials, especially for the one-to-one situation. Of course there are all kinds of gap-fills and contextualised gap-fills (like … Continue reading
Posted in grammar, grammar games, speaking, teaching higher levels
Tagged EFL, ELT, English as a foreign or second language, English as a second or foreign language, English language, fluency activity, Gerund, gerund and infinitive, grammar, Infinitive, lesson starter, personalized grammar
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getting our students to focus on success
next time I get a new student, I’ll add one more point to my long-established 1st class procedures. it will be the GROW model suggested in “from English teacher to learner coach”. GROW stands for: goal -the end point where … Continue reading
my favourite ways of revisiting vocabulary
I’ve recently come back to work! yes, for 9 month I was off work – at least I wasn’t teaching English to real people, that is. I was a blogger and materials writer. But now 2 times a week I … Continue reading
Posted in Business English, grammar, intermediate, lesson plans, lesson starters, lists, materials writing, Professional development, teaching higher levels, teaching lower levels, vocabulary
Tagged collocations, ELT, ESL, lesson plan, lesson starter, Skype, speaking, student, teaching English, teaching vocabulary, ways oа teaching vocabulary
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“lost interview”: a recreative activity to practise asking closed questions
here is a short but effective activity to train asking closed questions like are you…/ have you…/ did you…/ do you…?.- the ones that cause a lot of difficulties with some of our students… in this activity students are only … Continue reading
Posted in grammar games, intermediate, lesson plans, lesson starters, materials writing, teaching lower levels
Tagged activity, ELT, ESL, lesson starter, questions, teaching grammar
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What to do at a first class?
I love new beginnings, and you? Today is the last summer day, and a lot of new classes and courses are starting on September 1st. All these lessons are the chances of the new beginnings. There are actually 2 kinds … Continue reading
making your students feel better at your lessons, and dream (a kind of NLP approach in practice)
as most of my students are Very Busy People (VBP) ;-), quite often I experience a feeling that some of them “are not quite there” – in this case meaning they can be physically in the classroom, and mentally in … Continue reading
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