Where to get free FLASHCARDS and great ideas for using them
I have always been a big fan of flash cards and I even use them in my own language learning. You can find lots of free flash cards on the internet but there is one particular place I use all the time and that is ESL Flashcards. ESL Flashcards has loads of high quality images […]
Activating grammar with grids
Simple grid technique that can easily be adapted This is a very simple idea that I have been using for many years. It is ideal for practicing some important grammar structures like the present simple and the past. It also makes use of the Clip Art that is provided in Microsoft Word. Teaching Grammar This […]
Making use of pictures in the language classroom
We make a lot of use of pictures in language teaching. If you look at most of the exams like FCE, PET etc, you will see that pictures are widely used to help generate language. I was an examiner for FCE, PET , KET and all the young learner exams and so I have heard […]
Peter Watkins meets Italian teachers
I’m sat waiting for a taxi to take me to Palermo airport and soon I’ll be back in the UK, so it seems a good time to reflect on an exciting week. There’s no doubt that one of the best parts of my job is the opportunity to meet teachers from different parts of the […]
Tips from the Teacher’s Desk – Making the most of Google Apps
The current standards in education require that all students be successful with 21st Century Skills. Along with the World Languages tenets of Speaking, Listening, Writing and Reading, we must also make certain that students are able to utilize these skills in a means that is in line with technological and informational developments that happen on […]
Listening – The Cinderella Skill?
In times past, listening was seen as the least important of the macro-skills. It was primarily used as a way of presenting new grammar structures; the target language shown in model dialogues. Greater importance was placed on speaking, reading and writing, evidenced by the fact that a listening component was only introduced into the Cambridge […]
