| | | | Teaching kids
'People who help us' is a topic which could be easily spread over several lessons by taking a different person, e.g. a firefighter, per week as the focus. In the first lesson, the children get an overview of all the people who help us with the help of flashcards. Each lesson raises awareness of the benefits of helping people, integrates cultural references (traditional poems, popular cartoons/storybooks) and introduces and practises vocabulary.
| Teaching teens
This 'Pause & predict' YouTube activity is quite simple and can be used with a variety of YouTube videos, especially those from Mr Bean. The clip used here is a great introduction to the theme of travel and can help students practise prediction, e.g. 'I think he'll pack his teddy bear' or 'He's definitely going to forget his suitcase.'
| Teaching adults
In this article 'Pronunciation - the poor relation?', Adrian Underhill suggests that as we explore two key problems with pronunciation teaching and develop solutions, something remarkable can happen in terms of engagement for learners, impact across the 'whole' of language learning and the feeling of enjoyable, doable progress. Read more about these two problems and suggestions on how to move forward.
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| | | | Development
Teaching in low-resource classrooms: voices of experience is a book of training materials for teachers in 'low-resource' classrooms. Throughout the world, English is often taught in low-resource classrooms, but there are few training materials which are derived from and which reflect this reality. This book, with associated video, is intended to help fill the gap, and is free to download in PDF format.
| Events
In this webinar on Saturday 2 December, Eduardo Amos will discuss 'Peace Education in the Secondary School ELT Curriculum', winner of the 2017 British Council ELTons Award for Course Innovation. Bringing real-life topics to the classroom and giving students room to voice their opinions and to listen to one another gives the ELT class a broader perspective and wider reach. The webinar will take place at 16.00 UK time.
| Magazine
Many school districts and/or schools have adopted textbooks of varying quality as part of the curriculum for ELLs. Unfortunately, teachers may only be given the textbook without any professional development or additional curriculum resources. Read Larry Ferlazzo's post, 'Fifteen ways to adapt your textbook so your students aren't bored to death', to find out how textbook activities can be made more engaging and effective.
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