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These videos look at different techniques for giving teacher-led and learner-led feedback on speaking activities.

Teacher talk is a new series of videos featuring some of our TeachingEnglish Associates speaking about important teaching issues. In this video, the theme is student motivation.

In this video, Winnie Pang demonstrates several activities that can be used with 5 year-old children who are in their first English class of the year.

Teaching Unplugged is the term used for a teaching method and philosophy which has three primary aims: teaching through conversation, taking out external input such as course book and technology and letting the lesson content be driven by the students rather than being pre-planned by the teacher. Based on the ‘Dogme ELT’ approach to teaching, its origins lie in an article written in 2001 by Scott Thornbury and Luke Meddings called ‘The roaring in the chimney’. They later wrote ‘Teaching Unplugged’, a comprehensive guide to this type of teaching and winner of the British Council ELTons award for Innovation in 2010.

Sometimes looking back can help us look forward. My talk - The History of Video in ELT, given at the Image conference – came about as a way to trace the changing role of video in the language classroom.

Our latest teaching tip looks at how using humour in the classroom can help with classroom management as well as create a warm atmosphere and help relax students.

Watch Dale demonstrating some simple techniques for introducing elements of humour with a likes and dislikes activity and discussing his ideas.

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They say that every picture tells a story. They are completely wrong. 

This article explores the strengths and challenges of learners with autism, and how to support them in the classroom.

In this article, Marie Delaney explores some of the myths surrounding teaching students with Special Educational Needs (SENs) and offers advice and tips.

‘How can I teach English to a learner who has difficulty speaking and understanding their own language?’