Action Verbs for Kids: Jump, Run, Swim, Fly!
⏱ 5 Minutes · A1 — Starter · Kids & Adults 🏃 Action Verbs Verbs tell us what someone does. Action verbs are easy — they…
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Lesson Staging: A Lesson Has Stages, Not Just Activities
⏱ 5 Minutes · Teacher Training 📖 From Experience One observation feedback I received during my 120 supervised teaching hours stayed with me: ‘The activities were…
ReadError Correction: Fix It Now or Let It Go?
⏱ 5 Minutes · Teacher Training 📖 From Experience I made errors in French every day for three years. The best teachers let me talk first…
ReadEliciting: Teach It Without Telling It
⏱ 5 Minutes · Teacher Training 📖 From Experience The best moment in any class I taught was when a learner produced the language I was…
ReadCCQs vs ICQs: Stop Asking ‘Do You Understand?’
⏱ 5 Minutes · Teacher Training 📖 From Experience My trainer said it in week one and I’ve never forgotten: ‘Do you understand?’ is the least…
ReadWriting Effective Lesson Aims: The One Sentence That Drives Everything
⏱ 5 Minutes · Teacher Training 📖 From Experience In the feedback room after a lesson observation, the first question is always the same: ‘What was…
ReadVowel Sounds: The Secret to Clear Pronunciation
⏱ 5 Minutes · A2/B2 📖 From Experience English has about 20 vowel sounds but only 5 vowel letters. When I arrived in Sydney, I couldn’t…
ReadIntonation: Use Your Voice to Mean More
⏱ 5 Minutes · B1/B2 📖 From Experience At the casino, tone of voice was everything. The same sentence — ‘Is there anything else I can…
ReadThe ‘th’ Sound: Nobody Warned Me About This
⏱ 5 Minutes · A2/B1 📖 From Experience When I first started speaking English seriously, the /θ/ sound — ‘th’ as in think — was physically…
ReadConnected Speech: Why Fast English Sounds Different
⏱ 5 Minutes · B1/B2 📖 From Experience When Vanessa and I first met, she spoke French fast and I spoke English fast — and neither…
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