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Speak an Adverb
Speak an Adverb is a way to have your students practice different kinds of intonation and language register in English and also to help them become aware of the importance they play in speaking. A short amount of preparation is enough for different versions of...
Teaching Exam Classes
Teaching Exam Classes is often asked of teachers who are teaching English as a Second or Foreign language. As you will find, it is often the case that the only reason the students are in the class learning English is in order to pass a First Certificate or Proficiency...
Conversation Classes in English Language Teaching
Conversation classes are those based almost entirely around getting the students to speak. This contrasts with classes where the other skills are employed. Often native English teachers will be used in conversation classes in foreign schools; sometimes this will be...
Teaching the Spoken Language (book)
Author: Gillian Brown; George Yule Publisher: Cambridge University Press Details: Paperback; 176 pages; Pub.1983 ISBN: 0521273846 Not exactly hot from the press (it was first published in 1983) but still a book teachers recommend when it comes to teaching spoken...
Behaviorist Method in TEFL
At its simplest, the Behaviorist method to teaching English works like this: a student gets into the habit of responding in a certain way when prompted Notably, this is a habit and the student doesn't have to think or work out what to say, it just comes naturally. So,...
Read My Mind
Read My Mind is a simple game which you can play at the end of a lesson. It is ideal for groups of 3 or 4 and practices vocabulary and speaking. If this is the first time you have played the game with the class, begin by demonstrating it to everyone and making sure...
Black English
Black English is a very broad term used to refer to British English and American English as spoken by the black communities in the US and the UK. To a lesser extent it's also used to refer to black communities in places like the Caribbean and Africa. Two of the...
Teaching English Abroad (book)
Author: Susan Griffith Publisher: Vacation Work Publications Details: paperback, 576 pages; 8th Edition pub. 2010 ISBN: 1854583522 Griffith's book is a reference source for British or Britain-based teachers who are looking to embark on an EFL teaching career in...
German vs English
German (Deutsch) is a Germanic language, related to English and Dutch. It is the second-most spoken language in Europe after English. It is spoken by approximately 105 million native speakers and also by about 80 million non-native speakers. It is spoken in Germany by...