It Works in Practice
Reading tips
Story building
Here’s a quick learner-generated writing and reading activity.
Give out a sheet of paper to everyone.
Ask them to write the following...
Voicing urban treasures
In an increasingly urbanised world, reflecting on the nature and evolution of cities can provide impetus for further learning, especially when they are connected...
Utilising other strings in our bow
The artificial intelligence revolution has been providing the teaching and learning community with a wealth of resources that, depending on how they are used,...
It works in practice – Dialogue building
Dialogue building
Gareth Davies, Wales, UK
I did a controlled practice with a group of pre-intermediates recently. This was one of the gap-fill sentences.
What do...
It works in practice – Writing whispers
Writing whispers
Gareth Davies, Wales, UK
Do you ever play a whispering game where you whisper a sentence to one student, then they pass it down...
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Over the years, English language teachers have sent in hundreds of ideas to our ‘It works in practice’ column. We have brought them all together in one place, so you can browse through them, or dip in and out as you need. You’ll find tips on how to start a lesson, vocabulary games, lots of ideas for games and much more.
All the ideas have been tested out in the English language classroom, so you can be confident that they should work.