Teaching Tips

Since 1997, "Teaching Tips" has been a popular section of the TESOLANZ Newsletter. These tips are now being collected and indexed so that members can find a wide range of communicative activities and warmers. You can click on the activity to find the page from the relevant edition.

You can also download the Index here as a Word document so you can sort it yourself to help find specific items.

Name

Focus

Type

Level

Month

Year

A What?

Pronunciation

W

March

1997

Back to the Board

Vocab

C

December

1997

Buttons for Stimulating Speech

Speaking

C

November

2001

Childhood Memories

Vocabulary / Speaking

W

March

1997

Communication Problems

Speaking

W

March

1997

Communicative Grammar Practice

Grammar

C

April

2002

Concordancer

Vocabulary

C

November

2001

Conversation (Towards Conversation)

Discussion

C

July

1997

Co-operative Activities (Vocabulary )

Vocabulary

C

November

2005

Dictations: Correction

Proofreading

C

April

2002

Dictations: Focus on Forms

Grammar

C

Lower

April

2002

Dictations: Pre-Dictation Activities

Listening / Grammar

C

Lower

April

2002

Dictations: Sentences / Whole Sentences (running dictations)

Listening / Writing

C

April

2002

Dictations: Whole Passage Prep

Reading

C

Lower

April

2002

Dictations: Word / Phrase based

Vocabulary /Grammar

C

April

2002

Draw a Word

Vocabulary

W

March

1997

Eliciting Game

Vocabulary

C

December

1997

Gapfill

Vocabulary

C

December

1997

Gift of the Gab

Speaking

W

March

1997

Giving Directions

Discussion

C

November

2005

Graded Readers

Reading

April

2003

How was your Weekend?

Vocabulary / Speaking

W

March

1997

I have ...who has?

Vocabulary

C

November

2005

Index cards

Vocabulary

W

July

1997

Last Letter (cards, ball)

Vocabulary

C

July

1997

Line Up

Sorting / -est

W

March

1997

Logical Puzzles: Family Tree

Discussion

C

November

2005

Logical Puzzles: How old is Each Person?

Discussion

C

November

2005

Lying continuously

Speaking

W

March

1997

Making Sentences

Vocabulary

C

December

1997

Memory Dialogue

Reading / Discussion

C

Lower

July

1997

Modifying a Story

Vocabulary

C

December

1997

Newspaper

Reading / Writing

C

April

2002

Newspaper

Speaking

C

Post Beg

April

2002

Newspaper

Reading

C

November

2001

Passing Go

Vocabulary

C

December

1997

Pictionary

Vocabulary

C

December

1997

Picture Discussion (newspaper)

Discussion

C

Lower

November

2005

Random Observations – Great teaching tips and ones to avoid

Teaching

N/A

All

November

2002

Scattergories

Vocabulary

C

December

1997

Sold!

Speaking

W

March

1997

Sorting into Groups

Grammar

C

April

2002

Spelling Warmer

Spelling

W

March

1997

Split Narrative

Discussion

C

November

2005

Three Level Reading Guide

Reading

C

November

2002

Three, two, one, go! (cards)

Vocabulary (numbers)

C

Beg-low Int

July

1997

Topical Journals

Writing

April

2003

Vanishing Dialogues

Speaking

April

2003

Word Association

Vocabulary

C

December

1997

Type

C = Communicative Activity
W = Warmer or quick activity

Level

Only stated if given by the writer.

Beg(inner)
Elem(entary)
PI (Pre-Intermediate)
Int(ermediate)
Adv(anced)


 

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