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Methodologies

Using PPP as a Lesson Format

CLIL - Some Problems and Some Solutions (by Flavia Zappa)
Community Language Learning : Part One
Community Language Learning : Part Two
The Flipped Classroom

Project Based Learning

Using Task Based Learning

Learner Centred? Or Learning Centred??

Text Based Teaching

Lesson Planning and Teaching Techniques - General

The Balanced Lesson
Setting Objectives : Part One
Setting Objectives : Part Two
Using Repetition Drills
Drill bits (by Lee Shutler)
Receptive Exposure Activities

The Controlled Practice Stage
Making the Most of Your Coursebook
My Favourite EFL Classroom Warmers (by Nadia Zehni)
Teaching Mixed Ability Groups : A Solution
The Final Five Minutes (by Chris Cotter)
ESL Activities with little Preparation (by Keith Taylor)
Task Repetition
Using Guided Discovery

Using a Lesson Framework

Edutainment

The Plateau Stage - and how to get over it

Using Coursebooks in the Classroom

Using Information Gap Activities
Using Different Dictation Techniques

Using Songs and Music in the Classroom

Using the L1 in the Classroom

Using Translation in the Classroom

Ten Uses for Written Texts in the Classroom

Differentiating Activities in the Classroom

Understanding and Teaching Structure and Function

Practising Questions : Lateral Thinking Problems
Used to Do and Be Used to Doing
Teaching Used to to ESL Students
On Contractions : Part One
On Contractions : Part Two
They, Them, and Their : Singular or Plural
Identifying People
Teaching Subject-Object Oriented Questions
Getting to Grips with Get
Have Got : Part One
Have Got : Part Two
Even If and Even Though
Understanding Will
Will and Be Going to : What's the Difference?
Teaching Polite Requests : Part One
Teaching Polite Requests : Part Two
There is and There are
Possessive, compound nouns, or "of" plus noun phrase?

Teaching Functionally to Develop Pragmatic Competence.

Teaching Grammar

Understanding and Teaching Vocabulary

What does it mean to know a word? 

Teaching Multiword Verbs (by Ben Corcoran)

Teaching Lexis as Chunks
Using YouTube for Vocabulary Development
Learning strategies : Vocabulary Cards
Learning Strategies : Labels
Teaching Numbers and the Time : A Game
My Teacher is an Old Cow - Teaching figurative language, should we or shouldn't we?

Using Dictionaries in the Classroom
Colloquial English : Body Idioms
Colloquial English : Expressing Emotion
Colloquial English : Colour Idioms
Colloquial English : Animal Idioms
Colloquial English : Fruit and Vegetable Idioms
Colloquial English : Six Weather Idioms
Colloquial English : Geographical Idioms
Language Snippets : Fall Off or Fall Down

Teaching Pronunciation

Teaching Individual Sounds : Part One
Teaching Individual Sounds : Part Two
English Consonant Sounds

Teaching Pronunciation - Pros, Cons and Priority Areas

Using the Phonemic Script in the Classroom - Pros and Cons

Teaching Features of Connected Speech - Pros and Cons

Teaching Intonation

Teaching Skills

Teaching Receptive Skills - A Subskills Approach

a) Speaking

Ideas for Conversation Classes
Developing Fluency at Intermediate Level
Developing Circumlocution Strategies
Using Music and Visualisation to Promote Discussion
Five Picture Games
A Fluency Activity - The Best Reason
Preparing for Roleplays
Improving intermediate (CEFR B1) learners’ ability to tell anecdotes using a planning and rehearsal approach (by Jane Sabey)

Teaching Presentation Skills

Storytelling in the EFL Classroom

Teaching Turn-Taking

Teaching Learners to Take Long Turns


b) Listening

Why Don't They Understand?

Practising Listening
Teaching Listening : Top Down or Bottom Up
Planning a Listening Lesson
Developing Bottom-Up Decoding Skills for Listening

Using News Broadcasts to Improve Listening Skills

c) Reading and Writing

You don't need to understand everything - or do you?

Inferring Unknown Words From Context : Part One
Inferring Unknown Words From Context : Part Two
Describing Famous People : A Reading and Writing Activity

Extensive Reading
Using Graded Readers (by Jeremy Taylor)
Reading Aloud

Using Authentic Reading Texts in the Classroom

A Genre Approach to Teaching Writing

An Eclectic Approach to Teaching Writing

Making Writing Bearable (by Lee Shutler)

Exams and Exam Preparation

Teaching Exam Classes (by Marie-Anne Gillis)
Teaching Exam-Based Writing Skills (by Jenny Bedwell)
ESL Exams : A Teacher's guide (by Keith Taylor)

Teaching Communication Skills

Cross Cultural Communication : Part One
Cross Cultural Communication : Part Two

Teaching Younger Learners

Teaching Parts of the Body
Teaching Young Learners :What makes for good practice? (by Mark)
Motivating Younger Learners to Learn English (by Shelley Vernon)
Snap! Without Tears
A Game for Younger Learners
The End of Course Show
A Christmas Activity
Recycling Vocabulary : The Handkerchief Game
Making ESL Learning Fun for Pre-School Children (by Shelley Vernon)
An Easter Game
Early learners want to play! (by Ariel Hudnall)

Teaching Teenagers and Adults

Teaching British Culture

Teaching Adults

Dealing with Difficult Situations

Dealing with Latecomers
Determining Course Content

Teaching Large Classes

Teaching Mixed Ability Classes

The Inclusive Classroom

Helping Students with Learning Disabilities : Part One
Helping Students with Learning Disabilities : Part Two

Classroom Management and Affective Variables

Learning Students' Names
First Lessons : Establishing Classroom Culture
Warm Up Your Classroom!
Using Background Music
Using NLP in ELT
Where do they Sit?
Who do they sit with?
Giving and Checking Instructions
Using the L1 in the EFL Classroom
5 Classroom Management Tips to Silence a Noisy Class (by Rob Johanson)
Teacher Talking Time : Part One
Teacher Talking Time : Part Two
Teacher Talking Time : Part Three
Seeing Yourself as Others See You

Taking Social and Cultural Appropriacy into Account in the EFL Classroom

Error and Feedback

Understanding Learner Error (by James Trotta)
Correcting Written Work : Encouraging Noticing
Correcting Written Work : A Process-Oriented Approach
Deciding What and When to Correct

Feedback and Correction

Feedback - A Minimal Intervention Policy?

Teaching Different Levels 

Beginners and Elementary Learners - Problems, Needs and Techniques

Intermediate Learners - Needs, Problems and Solutions

Teaching Grammar at Advanced Levels (CEFR C1/2)

The Plateau Stage - and How to Get Over It

Teaching Business English

Teaching High Level Lexis to Business English learners

Teaching One-to-One

Teaching 121 - Some Considerations

Content and Methodology
Teaching VIPs

Visual Aids and Technology

Using Visual Aids with Higher Level Learners

Making Flashcards : A Question of Time
Using DVD and Video in Your ESL Class - Part One (by Keith Taylor)
Using DVD and Video in Your ESL Class - Part Two (by Keith Taylor)
Using Balloons in the EFL Classroom
Using the Internet in the classroom (by Lee Shutler)

On-Line Teaching

Using On-Line Courses : Part One
Using On-Line Courses : Part Two
On-line Tutoring - the Future of ESL? (by Toby Ung)
Teaching Intensive Courses : The Role of On-Line Materials

IATEFL Reports

Glasgow - 2017
Birmingham 2016 - The programme; Scott Thornbury ; David Crystal;

Miscellaneous

A Christmas Quiz

Career Development

Getting Started in TEFL : Choosing a TEFL Course
Getting started in TEFL : Finding Your First TEFL Job
The Teaching Knowledge Test

Another Day in the Life of ....

Teaching in Bangkok, Thailand (by Barry O'Leary)
The ELT Industry in Malaysia (by Emile Alexander Dodds)
Teaching in Osaka, Japan (by Matthew Walsh)
Teaching in Sarajevo, Bosnia (by Katie)
Teaching in South Korea (by David)
Teaching in Sardinia, Italy (by Clive Hawkins)
Teaching in Bucharest, Romania (by Michael Tate)
Teaching in France (by Michèle)
Teaching in Extremadura, Spain (by Will Peach)