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29 Mar 2019

Adding more pictures to Cambridge A1 Movers Reading and Writing Part 5

A fun way of getting learners to interact with a story like the ones that appear in A1 Movers Reading and Writing Part 5 is to ask them to look at the picture for each part of the story and...

27 Mar 2019

Fun with three pictures and Pre-A1 Starters, A1 Movers and A2 Flyers Reading and Writing – Win the race!

Posted ByAnne Robinson

TagsA1 Movers, A2 Flyers, fun, writing

Let’s look at some fun ideas for using the sets of three pictures that appear in different parts of the Pre-A1 Starters (Reading and Writing Part 5), A1 Movers (Reading and Writing Part 5, Speaking Part 2)and A2 Flyers (Reading...

8 Mar 2019

4-3-2-1 minute stories for fluency

Posted ByAnne Robinson

Tagsfun, speaking, Tips

4-3-2-1 Fluency Development Just found some notes I’d written when I was at someone’s session. Apologies for not remembering whose session this was shared at, but I thought the idea was worth sharing! The idea is that you give students...

4 Mar 2019

You’re not here – you’re at the park!

Posted ByAnne Robinson

Tagsfun, speaking, young learners

You’re not here – you’re at the park! Imagine your park! Say to your students: Imagine you’re at the park! Think of your answers to my questions: 1 How many people are in the park? 2 How many trees...

28 Feb 2019

Giving young learners a choice in what to say

Posted ByAnne Robinson

TagsA1 Movers, A2 Flyers, listening, Pre A1 Starters, speaking, young learners

I wanted to share an activity for giving young learners a choice that I’ll be using in my session here in Kiev tomorrow. I’m going to use a short audio from Fun for Starters Student Book. The task in the...

28 Nov 2018

Shout outs for encouraging interaction in speaking

Posted ByAnne Robinson

TagsA1 Movers, A2 Flyers, Pre A1 Starters

I had an idea the other day for encouraging interaction in speaking – making some “Shout outs”! You can see some of the ones I took to Madrid and used at the seminar in this photo. I gave out the...

26 Nov 2018

5 ways of interacting successfully in speaking.

Posted ByAnne Robinson

When we are having a conversation with someone, there are 5 ways of interacting successfully. (Well, admittedly, there are probably more ways!) If we make our students aware of these five things, then their interaction in speaking in English should...

21 Nov 2018

Wonderful feedback from Fun for learners

Posted ByAnne Robinson

TagsA2 Flyers, projects, young learners

One of the things I most enjoy is meeting teachers (and occasionally students) who are using Fun for Starters, Fun for Movers or Fun for Flyers. When I first had the idea of writing materials for students preparing for Starters,...

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