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Teaching Definite and Indefinite Articles
January 2007 by Chris Gunn
This article provides a summary of two important rules for using articles with nouns and one important exception. The article is an attempt to put order into an area of English usage that is seemingly chaotic. There are also six worksheets to review these basic rules.
Using Short Conversations to Create Survival Skill in Beginners and False Begninners
-August 2004 by Yoda Schmidt
This sections a library of over 30 short three-line conversations that are full of useful chunks of language. They are great for giving students some survival skills in an English setting.
Interesting ESL Group Activities
-March 2004 by Joanne Elliot
Joanne Elliot outlines several activities for using groups to teach children. Activities include cultural charades, word association, and memory momentum.
Teaching Precision Using Riddles
-January 2004 by Yoda Schmidt
This article shows how teachers can use riddles to teach middle school students to be precise. The article includes several downloadable riddles that can be used as fluency activities.
Teaching Effective Communication Through Graded Reading Materials
-August 2003 by Yoda Schmidt
This article shows how teachers can use mini-articles to teach effective communication. There are many materials available for download.
Teaching Noun Clauses -August 2002 by Thomas Lavelle
What noun clauses are how noun clauses can be taught. Part I of a 3-part feature.
List-Group-Label -July 2002 by Thomas Lavelle
Getting students organized so to help them with their fluency.
Adding "Stress" to Your Students Oral Proficiency - June 2002 by Thomas Lavelle
This lesson uses roleplays to teach how stress can alter the meaning of a sentence.
How Can I Teach Relative Clauses in Reading and Writing?- May 2002 by Thomas Lavelle
Continuing from April 2002, Thomas discussing 3 lesser-known aspects of American culture to highlight relative clauses inreading and writing.
How can I teach relative clauses? - April 2002 by Thomas Lavelle
Relative clauses are essential in English and difficult to master. This article contains some good suggestions for teaching them.
What are Lexical phrases? - March 2002 by Thomas Lavelle
Statistical studies of language show that we speak and write in pre-fabricated chunks of language called lexical phrases. This article gives a brief description of lexical phrases and how to teach them.
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