| | | | Teaching kids
Once it starts to get warm you can easily start to talk about holidays and possible destinations with your young learners, and the beach is always a popular destination. This series of activities is suitable for language assistants and teachers and perfect for summer school programs.
| Teaching teens
"This is one of my favourite speaking activities because a) it's really flexible and can be done with any level and at any stage of the course (though it works particularly well for a first lesson or a cover lesson), b) it takes very little or even no preparation if you're good at thinking on your feet, and c) students always enjoy it." Read Rachael Roberts' blog post - A favourite speaking activity.
| Teaching adults
Adult learners often complain that (sometimes) after years of study, they can't understand native speakers. This is partly because they do not receive adequate exposure to authentic texts in class or because it's hard to find authentic audio texts that can be easily adapted for classroom use. To tackle these issues, Tom Hayton developed an approach to listening based loosely on the way children learn languages and found it to be successful.
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| | | | Development
Most materials writers start their careers as teachers, and lots of authors have their first experience of developing materials when they create things for their own classes. Read Katherine Bilsborough's blog post - From teacher to materials writer - to learn more about developing in this direction.
| Events
ESOL learners with basic literacy needs - where do I start? Judy Kirsh explores some of the different approaches involved in teaching basic literacy to ESOL learners who have no, or very little, literacy in English or any other language. She begins with a brief overview of possible approaches and theories of literacy learning, followed by a closer examination of the 'language experience' approach.
| Magazine
Read Larry Ferlazzo's blog post - Online tools - to find out his 'best of the best' list of recommendations. Learn more about which tools he finds useful to develop reading, listening, speaking and online writing skills, and try some out yourself. |
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