Teaching tips
In this section you will find a selection of teaching tips sent in by contributors around the world. If you have a new teaching tip or game you would like to add then use the form on the Contact us page.
Flashcards are effective and easy to use, making them an ideal resource in the primary classroom. Here are ten simple ideas for using flashcards to present or revise vocabulary.
To try and make learning words a reaL "LIFE" situation, I ask pupils to
keep a list of all the words they encountered in the previouos week.
They bring them to the lessons and they ar
A simple activity to try is to print out flash cards for the
astrological signs. Then print out the "advice" from one of the many
offered in papers or magazines.
With small groups, a useful exercise is to write down a simple, basic sentence and ask the students to add as many adverbs and adjectives to make the sentence more "colourful".
To revise new vocabulary I keep a vocabulary bag in the classroom for the term. When we study new vocabulary in a lesson I write the words on strips of card (one word on each) and put the cards in the vocabulary bag.
Hello everybody. In Afghanistan we do not have a lot of facilities to use in order to help the students improve their English. We most often use our local newspapers which are not in English.
I am an English trainer at Whitefield Academy, and I tried one activity which became an exercise for fluency. I have ten students in each class so I make students, taking it in turns,be a "Celebrity": an actor, sportsperson, a singer etc..
