Tag Archives: Teaching techniques

Helping students remember useful phrases

Before the lesson, cut some scrap paper into small cards. Whenever a new or useful phrase comes up during the lesson, write it down on one of the cards.  About 10 minutes before the end of the class, hand the pile of cards over to the student and encourage him/her to go through them, remembering [...]

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English Teaching Blog

Like some of the other tutors I have not been a blogger prior to today! I tried Twitter but I don’t think I do anything out of the ordinary to justify tweeting. However, Intuition Languages Blog is specific to what I do on a daily basis. I have been reading the various blogs from both [...]

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A Grand Design for My French Student

What do I know about sustainable living and energy efficient homes?  Well, virtually nothing!  So, when my student who builds timber homes in France wanted a Professional English course,  at first I scratched my head.  But I needn’t have worried.   I found to my amazement that I could construct quite a few useful activities to [...]

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Fun in the Rain – 2

Lena is a trainee English teacher so is an advanced student.   I found it was not necessary to do a lot of grammar.   We decided the more important topics were to improve her intonation and pronunciation and to give her more confidence in talking. We did a lot of talking!   We read newspapers and had [...]

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