Co-author of Chatterbox and American Chatterbox for primary learners, and Double Take for young teenagers, Strange is also: author of Start Reading - a series of reading comprehension books for young learners course consultant for Chit Chat writer for Oxford's range...
Blind Artists is a fun (and noisy) way to get the class talking. It's good as a short activity at the end of a lesson or as a longer activity. Props Two blindfolds; ideal are the masks from long-haul airplane journeys but a scarf will do. Blackboard and 2 markers....
Creative Writing is all about using imagination. Often, however, if you ask your students to write about their holidays, or what they did at the weekend, they will spend too long trying to think about what to write and decide there's nothing to say so will produce a...
Mind the Gap is a simple, useful game which can be adapted for any age or class level. It helps with word recognition, word boundaries, and reading in general. One aspect of the game is that it can be used in any situation and with any class and takes very little...
Reading Comprehension is one of the basic lessons often given by TEFL teachers. It simply consists of presenting a class with a text, have them read and analyse it, then check for understanding. There may be a few follow up activities based on the subject. This...
TEFL/TESOL in Nepal Nepal is a landlocked country in South Asia and is one of the world's youngest republics. It is bordered to the north by the China, and to the south, east, and west by India. Kathmandu is the nation's capital and the country's largest city (about 2...
Author: David Nunan Publisher: McGraw Hill ELT Details: Paperback; 342 pages; Pub.2003 ISBN: 0072820624 The entire PELT (Practical English Language Teaching) series offers a thorough yet practical overview of language teaching methodology for teachers and trainee...
Where to Teach is one of the key questions asked by newly qualified teachers as well as experienced teachers who are looking for a change. On the plus side teaching English happens in pretty much every single country in the world so there are jobs available almost...
These three are often confused by learners of English: they're their there These words are homophones (that is, they sound the same) but with very different meanings. This article looks at the differences between these three and then how to teach them to your class....
Anti-Word Association is an ESL activity based on Word Association but taking the opposite approach and rewarding non sequiturs. In Word Association the idea is to have the students give words which are somehow related to the previous word. In this - much harder -...
