Teaching students how to use video at home
One of the best ways to take advantage of video in the ESL classroom is to offer students a host of techniques that can be used outside...
To Pair or not to Pair: Part Six: Pair-work Alone or with the Curriculum
Finally, some general, concluding thoughts on how to fit pair-work into your class. Pair-work as a stand-alone activity Pair work is an...
To Pair or Not to Pair: Part Five -- Class Structure
Now that you've got the basic things prepared (classroom, characters, props and student attitude), you'll want to make very clear to your...
To Pair or Not to Pair: Part Four: The Bag of Props
This will probably be the most useful and fun object you have for the pair-work exercises. The bag of props The word “prop” in theatrical...
To Pair or Not to Pair: Part Three: Stock Characters
In this part I concentrate on the development of characters that your students can (and should!) pretend to be, so that it is not them...
To Pair or Not to Pair: Part Two: Setting Up
Second part of that long blog post on working in pairs. It begins with the physical setup of your classroom, then continues with the...