Category Archives: clarifying

Teaching checking/ clarifying on and for Zoom

Even more than face to face, the classroom language most needed for online classes is definitely checking/ clarifying phrases like “Can you say that one more time (more slowly)?”, “Can you say that another way?”, “Did you say… (or…)?” and … Continue reading →

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32 key words card games (TEFLtastic classics Part 19)

This is another game which featured prominently in my article in EtP magazine on getting students to use more complex language. Students are given a pack of cards with key words for one or more functions on them, e.g. cards … Continue reading →

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