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Category Archives: Listening
TEFL Why oh why Part Four- Listening Comprehension
Why does reaching for the play button cause snoring, sighs or panic? Possible reasons and solutions: 1. Build up of wax in students’ ears You could try giving cotton buds as prizes for getting good marks in the test, or … Continue reading
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Making textbook listenings manageable and fun
Despite the attempts of some textbooks to use more stimulating listening activities like jigsaw listenings, stories in episodes that end at suspenseful moments, comic dialogues etc, turning on a tape is still the action that is most likely to make … Continue reading
Putting the grammar back into Xmas
UPDATE: Full list of Xmas ideas and materials now here. Putting the seasonal cheer back into grammar (and putting the grammar back into Xmas) Some of you might be thinking that the problem with Xmas today is an excess of … Continue reading
Posted in Cultural differences/ cultural training, Flashcard games, Grammar, Grammar games, Lesson planning, links, Listening, Modals, Modals of deduction, Pairwork and groupwork, Passives, Photocopiable worksheets, pre-school/ kindergarten/ very young learners, Present simple for routines etc., Present tenses, Songs with adults, Teaching low levels, Teaching young learners, TEFL, TEFL games, TPR, Using songs with kids
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