Getting students speaking

Introducing yourself
Advice on how to get to know a new group of students
Reluctant talkers 1
Tips on how to get your students talking
Reluctant talkers 2
More tips on how to get your students talking
Drama techniques to get students talking
Drama techniques to get across meaning using physical signals as well as words
Short projects to get students talking
Group projects to get students talking, with interesting topics, a little research and presentations
Improvising discussion lessons
Tips on how to get students to talk, control their own discussions and practice formulating opinions
Getting the whole class talking
Activities to get everyone talking for all different levels
Fluency activities for lower levels
How to encourage learners at lower levels to speak whilst providng support and structure
Fluency activities for higher levels
Encouraging learners beyond intermediate level to speak at length, tapping into their interests and sense of fun
Getting adults and children to talk
Tips, activities and tasks to get children and adult learners to talk
Getting teenagers talking
Tips and stimulating discussion topics to get teenagers to talk

Working in the classroom

Establishing the ground rules
Some helpful hints on how to establish discipline and encourage good behavious in your classroom.
Error correction
Some tips on how and when to deal with your students errors.
Teacher motivation
Some tips and advice on how to stay motivated and make sure that your teaching develops.
Recycling vocabulary
English has more words than any other language in the world. Helping your students to not only learn, but also remeber words can be very helpful for the. Here are some tips to help you with this.
First classes
Tips and advice for when you first meet your students
Activities for first lessons 1
Useful activities for fist lessons with lower levels
Activities for first lessons 2
More useful activities for first lessons with higher levels
Working with teachers
Tips on how best to get along with the teacher and develop a good working relationship
Encouraging more use of English in class
How to encourage you students to use English in class
Strategies for keeping attention
Reasons why your students' attention may wander and ways to keep your students on track
Questioning techniques and strategies
Tips to help you get the most out of your questions
Checking comprehension
Tips for helping you to make sure your students understand
Dealing with discipline
Some strategies for 'ticking off' students and avoiding confrontation
Round up activities
Revision activities for reminding students what they have studied and reinforcing a sense of learning
Student progress
Tips on how to give students feedback on their progress
Last lessons
Fun activities and advice for ending the year on a positive note

Using materials

Using music and song
Advice on how to use music to improve the atmosphere in class and tasks that can be used with songs.
Using poems, quotations and proverbs
Advice on how to use these popular features to develop you students' language abilities
Using cartoons and comics
Advice on how to use cartoons and comic strips for language practice
Having fun with dialogues
Advice on how to use dialogues to support language learning
Using plays in the language classroom
Advice on how to use plays and drama to develop you students' speaking abilities
Using songs
Choosing songs and planning lessons based around songs
Using film clips
How to exploit video materials to motivate your students
Using magazines
Advice on how to help students handle authentic English publications and use magazines to stimulate interest in British culture

Special times of year

End of year activities
This tip has three suggestions for possible end of year activities.
Christmas tips
This is a collection of tips and ideas for activities to do around Christmas time.
Activities on the theme of summer 1
Tips on themes relevant for summer
Activities on the theme of summer 2
More tasks to get you students in the mood for summer
Festive resources
Tips and activities to do around Christmas time