Cover it up (with questions) for A1 Movers Reading and Writing Part 6
Posted on15 Oct 2017
In my previous post, I shared an idea for covering up a large poster with sentences written on post-its. To practise writing... Read More
Cover it up for Cambridge English: Movers Reading and Writing Part 6!
Posted on08 Oct 2017
Recently, at a training session, I tried out an idea I had for preparing for the new Part 6 writing task in... Read More
Flyers writing skills booklet
Posted on24 Apr 2017
The Flyers writing skills booklet which I wrote for Cambridge English has just appeared on the World of Fun website. You can... Read More
Inspiration clouds
Posted on02 Apr 2017
Back home after flying through Dublin airport, where these inspiration clouds inspired me! I thought I’d share the positivity and suggest that... Read More
How do you ‘experience’ the word?
Posted on01 Apr 2017
Today, I thought I’d share an activity which can give our students (and we, the teacher) some insights into how they ‘experience’... Read More
Let’s work on Cambridge English: First for Schools Paper 1 Part 2
Today, I’m sharing some ideas to work on a Cambridge English: First for Schools gap fill text. I shared them at my... Read More
Cambridge English: Preliminary Writing task: Padlet prompt
Posted on30 Jan 2017
Today, I’m sharing a very quick activity to generate ideas and content for a Cambridge English: Preliminary writing task. I’m trying to... Read More
Collated tips on marking
Posted on23 Jan 2017
I thought I’d share some different ways that teacher can mark written work. As you may have gathered from my posts on... Read More
What’s the most challenging thing about teaching writing?
Posted on20 Jan 2017
I’m collecting comments from teachers about teaching writing. I asked the teachers at my seminar in Bilbao this morning the same question... Read More
Resources for Cambridge English: Advanced
Posted on20 Jan 2017
I thought I’d share the list of resources I’ve put together for preparing students for Cambridge English: Advanced. I shared many of... Read More