We've selected a range of practical resources to help you in the classroom and ideas to help you with your professional development, which we hope you find useful.
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Ditching the plan
'Sometimes good ideas come while you are in the classroom. I don't believe that we should always be improvising, but sometimes the language you get from your students is more language than if you stick to the plan.' Read this interesting postof what happened in this teacher's classroom when she 'ditched the plan' and improvised.
Draw a story
Create a picture story with your young learners using this lesson plan and a story from LearnEnglish Kids. Learners will listen to a story and imagine each scene. Then they will work in groups, making colourful illustrations of key points from the story. When they finish they will put their pictures together to form a picture book version of the story. Finally, they will use the picture book to retell the story in groups.
A house of mystery and secrets
David Petrie presents six ways to exploit an image with your classes. He suggests one idea for each level, or approximate level, of ability, and he's taken the approach of using the image as a springboard for language production. The language comes from the learners and they work with what they've got – it's not about input, but output.
Deja vu
This fun speaking activity gets students to think in English and use their memory, simultaneously. It is a simple way of recycling texts previously studied in class. It works well with factual texts in EFL, texts used in CLIL lessons and quizzes related to any subject. You will need texts previously studied or quizzes completed in class, plus a few questions about factual information from the text(s).
Unplanned opportunities – a lesson in culture
There are often times in a lesson when an unplanned opportunity for learning – language or otherwise – arises. Think of a time this has happened. How did you adjust your plan to take advantage of it? What was the outcome? Read Sandy Millin's account of how the lesson plan went out of the window, and she had one of the best discussions ever.
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