In this section, you will find a number of publications, webinar recordings, conference presentations and interviews, as well as video tips which have been written to help you develop your skills and knowledge as a teacher in the professional practice 'Managing the lesson'. From advice on how to teach primary-aged students to supporting adult learners in the EFL classroom, the content you will find here is practical, insightful and full of ideas to support your teaching and planning for all kinds of learners.

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Green fingers

Theme: gardening, growing your own food, finding food in the wild, guerrilla gardening
Lexical area: plants, food, gardens

Graffiti

Graffiti

This lesson offers a variety of activities based on graffiti and the Banksy exhibition that took place in Bristol in 2009.

Diverse group of primary learners raising hands in classroom

School subjects

This lesson for primary learners introduces vocabulary related to school subjects and reviews days of the week.

Getting old

Getting old

This lesson explores attitudes to age and ageing. Students reflect on ‘how old is old?’ and learn vocabulary related to different age groups.

Monitoring - methodology article

Monitoring

Monitoring is a classroom management technique loosely defined as listening to the learners for their accuracy and fluency, or checking to see whether activities are going to plan and that the learners are 'on task'.

Research and insight

Browse fascinating case studies, research papers, publications and books by researchers and ELT experts from around the world.

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