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Category Archives: Teaching young learners
Food for young learners page much much much expanded
It had three rather boring links. Now it has about thirty, with stories, songs, worksheets, flashcards and all kinds of other fun and games: Food worksheets, games, songs and stories for young learners Article on the topic also coming up soon.
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Animals lessons with EFL young learners
Such a great topic that I got two articles out of it: Teaching animal vocab (disappeared off the site, will try to put up later) and Teaching other language through the topic of animals – LINK FIXED
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All my articles on teaching kids – reorganised and much expanded
Am back to teaching little and very little ones from next week (despite being absolutely convinced I am too old for it), so thought I’d have a look at my page of articles on the topic to help me plan … Continue reading
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Variations on classic YL games Part 6 – Tag
Unlike most of the games I have given variations for in previous articles in this series, this is not (yet?) well known as an EFL game. I tried it in my classes for the first time about four years ago … Continue reading
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Bookwork is fun!
(How to make kids look forward to opening their books) An old article of mine from English Teaching Professional Issue 45 Okay Ladies and Gentlemen, let’s start. Open your books please… If you had any negative reaction to that command, … Continue reading
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Variations on classic YL games 5 – flashcard reveal
Showing students a flashcard and getting them to shout out what is shows is already much more stimulating for students than it sounds. These variations make it both more interesting and richer in language. The ‘classic’ version: The teacher shows … Continue reading
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Variations on classic YL games Part Four – target practice
The ‘classic’ version The students throw something at various targets depending on what the teacher says. Possible targets include letters, words, pictures, phonemic symbols, classroom objects, realia or flashcards; and these can be on the whiteboard, at the front of … Continue reading
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First lesson ideas
As promised (surprisingly!) have just made a new page with 17 links to worksheets and articles about new classes, including (very) young learners, exam classes, Business, ESP and adult General English, including my two new articles on the topic: First … Continue reading
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Variations on classic young learner games 2 – Catch
The classic version: Students sit in a circle (on the floor or on chairs) and throw a beach ball (or other soft ball) to each other while shouting out the target vocabulary or grammar. This game is good for: Any … Continue reading
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Variations on classic YL games 1 – Stations
In case anyone thought I was republishing my MET articles to show off that I’d been published there, here is the beginning of a series I wrote for the very slightly less famous Shane Japan Teachers’ Newsletter: Introducing new games … Continue reading
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