Articles
Read articles written by expert teachers and English language professionals about a wide range of current English language teaching topics and issues. All of our articles feature ideas and suggestions about how you can develop your teaching and bring new ideas into your English language classroom.
Using texts constructively 2: Intensive input-output work
How can texts (audio or written) be best used in class to improve language skills? This article explores how intensive input/output work can help learners recycle and consolidate language.
Kids and learning
As well as teaching English to our young learners, we can help them reach their full potential as language learners. Here are some tips and ideas on how to use materials on the LearnEnglish Kids website to help your pupils learn more effectively.
Teenage angst
Partly because I was always being asked whether my books Junk and Doing it were autobiographical, I started to write a memoir some years ago on my own teenage years, 14 - 19.
Grouping learners
This article looks at the different ways teachers can organise their learners into groups and explores the pros and cons of each one.
Stress timing
How do you teach English pronunciation? One area often problematic for learners is stress timing. Watch Rachael below, using chants and rounds to help her learners.
Video recorders in the classroom
I have just become an uncle! My new nephew Tomás is three weeks old today.
Using the internet with younger learners
When I first started teaching, the schools I worked in had ‘a’ computer that a few classes shared. Here are a few tips for activities using computers with learners.
Warmers
What kind of warmers do you use with your students?
Core pronunciation activities using the phonemic chart
Discover some simple pronunciation activities that you can use to focus on individual sounds, word stress and connected speech once your learners have been introduced to the phonemic chart.
Error Correction
One of the main dilemmas for teachers giving conversation groups is error correction. It’s always tricky to know when and if to correct students and how to go about it.