Teaching
Think on your feet
Teaching without material could be a dreadful idea in the beginning. Let’s play a game That’s a phrase that everyone loves to hear. It is a magical formula that works both with adults and children. No need for props apart from your imagination, a pen and some paper. Here are some ideas to have on your mental list when in need of improvisation. 20 questions always a favourite Apart from the classical version where you have to guess a famous person by asking 20 yes/no questions, you can modify it to guessing practically anything. Great for practising vocabulary. A fruit, a piece of furniture, a phrasal verb, you name it,…
Everyday practice ideas
Enhance your listening skills through BBC’s 6 minute English page Probably most of you, language learners, have come across and used any BBC materials. Their website is very complete and has tons of resources. I would like to concentrate on one of them in particular the 6 minute English page. For learners A lot of learners struggle with listening and the dialogues the website provides on diverse topics with vocabulary explanations and transcript are ideal in size and level for quick everyday practice. Something that you should be doing ideally if you would like to reach your English learning goals quickly. If you are not practising a bit every day,…
Quizlet a new way to study vocabulary
Paper is out, applications are in Quizlet is one of my favorite applications to use when it comes to memorising vocabulary. So here are my tips on how to use it with your students. Instead of a vocabulary notebook For example, your student has 15 new words per lesson so every time after class he or she introduces these words as a new unit. And as homework he or she can play with these words in order to memorise them. Search for a specific vocabulary topic that other people have created and then just study from there. For instance, there are a lot of irregular verbs lists, adjectives and prepositions,…