Ideas to Start a new class – Part Three: Student Expectations
When starting a new class, it’s always wise to get a sense of what your students expect of you during ...
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Start a new class – Part Two: Learning About Each Other
During the first week of classes, everyone is a stranger. You don’t know your students, they don’t know you, and ...
How To Start a New Class – Part One: Learning Names
The beginning of a new class can be an exciting, yet stressful experience. Everyone will be meeting each other for ...
How to End a Lesson
One common problem is getting to the final minutes of class and not having enough material to end things smoothly. ...
Find Someone ‘Who…’ by Hall Houston
Find Someone 'Who...' by Hall Houston Find someone who is one of the most famous activities in language teaching. In ...
Getting ESL Students to Talk Part 1
Despite the fact that pair work and group work are often very effective ways of learning a language, some students ...
Teach English with Videos Part Three
To get students interested in the video, it’s important to get them curious about what they’re going to see.
Teaching ESL with Videos Part 2
Finding useful video clips is easy with YouTube’s search feature. One suggestion is to do a search for “2013’s funniest ...
Teaching English with Videos -Part 1
In the next few articles, I’m going to explore the topic of teaching English with videos, and show you how ...
Drills for Learning English – Part Two by Hall Houston
Drilling is a basic activity where the teacher reads a word or a sentence, and the class repeats it.
