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'Kings and Queens' is a topic which can be spread over a few lessons and one which covers several language areas, including food, clothes, biographies, family trees and parties. It's steeped in British culture, as the Royal Family is an integral part of our identity and image abroad. The majority of the activities are linked through a fictitious King or Queen invented by the children themselves in pairs or small groups depending on the size of your class.
| Teaching teens
This lesson for students at A2-B1 level is about the Magna Carta and the promises that King John broke after he sealed it. It provides students with information about the sealing of the Magna Carta and lists ten promises that King John broke. It allows students to practise reading for information, identify and use 'will' for promises, and develop legal vocabulary.
| Teaching adults
'Inside lives' is an activity to practise listening and speaking skills. Students listen to a description of two images, analyse the language used and try to use it to describe some different pictures. The activity takes a similar format to that used in many speaking exams. The images used are those of Viennese migrants, all of whom run specialist businesses.
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| | | | Development
This talk from IATEFL 2017 by Gail Ellis and Nayr Ibrahim, 'The view of the child in an ELT context', addresses the fact that although most ELT training is focused on the adult, more and more teachers are required to teach children. As a result, their view of the learner needs to expand. Focusing on data which reveals that teachers have rarely developed a philosophy of the child, the presenters offer techniques to help them consider children as active participants in their own learning.
| Events
Watch a recording of a free EnglishAgenda webinar about using film in English language teaching. The webinar was presented by the inventors of the application 'Mooveez', which won the 2016 ELTon award for Digital Innovation. In this webinar, Martina Limburg Loučková, language teacher and teacher trainer, explores various ways of learning and teaching English through films. You can also read Martina's blog post: 'How to use movie dialogue in the classroom'.
| Magazine
Our featured blog of the month award for April 2017 goes to Larissa Albano and her post 'The dice game: a fun, low-prep speaking game'. From Larissa's Language Studio, 'The dice game' is a simple, fun game that will work well with beginner students. The rules are easy and the game can be adapted to meet a wide range of students' needs. This month's shortlist also includes advice on preparing students for speaking exams, ideas for quick speaking activities, a game show activity and a creative flip book activity.
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