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10 Apr 2015

Songs that get stuck in your head

I said that this week’s theme was listening, and I’ve been preparing some resources and activities to use in class. This post is about music – irritating music mostly. How many times do you hear a song on the radio...

7 Apr 2015

This week, we’re listening!

Posted ByAnne Robinson

Just over a year ago, I wrote a post for the Cambridge English Teaching Together Blog on Training your listening skills. In the post, I recommended the Ted talk by Julian Treasure: 5 ways to listen better. Julian Treasure is one...

5 Apr 2015

Spotlight on (mis)spelling

Posted ByAnne Robinson

Just before the Easter break, my second post for the Cambridge English Blog: Cambridge Conversations. I looked at common letter patterns in English words that cause problems when we write. I hope that the ideas I share via these...

3 Apr 2015

Motivating young learners

Posted ByAnne Robinson

TagsCambridge ELT blog, Tips

Karen Saxby, my co author of the Fun for Series and also author of Storyfun, gave a webinar recently and has written three posts on the themes of the webinar. Some great advice and suggestions for activities here. Well worth...

1 Apr 2015

Free activities for Pre A1, A1 and A2 from Cambridge English

Posted ByAnne Robinson

Some great games here for Young Learners to practise lexis. Games for pre-A1, A1 and A2.

31 Mar 2015

Lesson plan – Gangs & Heroes video

Posted ByAnne Robinson

Start by asking students to think of an adjective that could be used to describe each of these people or groups of people. addicts firemen gangs ...

30 Mar 2015

Spotlight on misspelling

Posted ByAnne Robinson

In her second post for Cambridge Conversations, Fun for author Anne Robinson looks at how we can help young learners with their spelling. Look at these misspelt words: telefone, straigth, wich Why are the words telephone, straight and which often...

29 Mar 2015

On the Threshold of Excellence

Posted ByAnne Robinson

Tagsconferences, events, Turkey

Last Saturday (was it really a week ago?) I was invited to take part in the XI On the Threshold of Excellence Seminar in Bursa. After a car and ferry trip across from Istanbul, we arrived at Nilufer Koleji. The...

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