 | Teaching pronunciation |
| It's an issue which teachers often disagree on: how do you teach pronunciation? Do you use the phonemic chart in class? Watch this video, with some arguments for and against, and then - if you're convinced - check out our free interactive chart. |
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 | Olympic and Paralympic quiz |
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| This lesson plan, from the English for 2012 series, provides students with an opportunity to practise both present and past forms and revise question words by introducing them in an Olympic and Paralympic Games quiz. |
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 | Integrating pronunciation into your classroom activities |
| Addressing issues regularly during the language feedback or group correction stage of a lesson helps to focus learners' attention on pronunciation's importance and leads to more positive experiences. Find out more in this article. |
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 | Online workshop: process writing |
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| This free workshop outlines how to use a process approach to teaching writing. The materials are suitable for teachers with a minimum B1 level, working in any educational context - primary, secondary, tertiary, adults. |
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 | Test your vocab |
How many words do you think you know? This intriguing website is part of an American-Brazilian research project, and gives you an estimate for how many words you know following a short two-stage test. It's free and gives you a result immediately when you finish the test.
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 | Language testing: looking back and looking forward |
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| This engaging video, part of our Seminars series, sees Barry O'Sullivan take a look at language testing, all the way from Imperial China to the present day global industry. He also considers where testing might be going in the future. |
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