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.

Download Index here. You can download the Index below 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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