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PPP: a small addition

By Miguel | September 25th, 2008
Sometimes the presentation phase of a lesson can take up most of a lesson. What percentage of an overall lesson do you spend in presenting particular language point and what percentage do the learners get to actually use the language? Half of the lesson, or just five percent of the lesson time? Do the learners [...]
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47 things you can do with a text…

By Miguel | February 10th, 2008
Perhaps you are very limited in terms of resources for teaching, or you find your resources are inadequete to your learners’ needs. Here are some ideas that you can use with texts. I developed this list while working in Azerbaijan where we only used authentic material – for every level, including beginners…
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