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'''Teachers - how to use this wiki'''
 
'''Teachers - how to use this wiki'''
  
This is wiki is ideal as a self-access resource for learners from pre-intermediate upwards. Encourage them to choose topics they are interested in to read and tell others about.
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You are very welcome to teach only from this free wiki, but sometimes the learners want, or need their own copy of materials, or extra similar materials to work through. This Easier English wiki probably works best with a combination of the online materials and these new (November 2016) A5 booklets, at 3 levels, Pre-Intermediate, Intermediate and Upper Intermediate:
  
Some learners may need some guidance, so there are many Ready Lessons, on powerpoint and PDF, that you can use with groups. If you have access to a screen, you can display the visuals, text and exercises. Or if learners have tablets, laptops or smart phones, they can access the links. Or you can print out the articles, visuals and exercises before the lesson.
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*[[GLOBAL JUSTICE IN EASIER ENGLISH]]
  
* [[More teaching ideas]]
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You could start by asking learners which topics they are interested in or know about. This works particularly well with 1-1 classes. Use this task:
  
(for ideas on how to develop pronunciation ("Radical Phonology"!), how to use the wiki in one-to-one lessons and on Skype, and how to use various types of dictation/dictogloss)
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*[[WHAT ARE YOU INTERESTED IN?]]
  
'''Follow us on Twitter: @EasierNewInt for new Ready Lessons and articles. And e-mail us at [email protected] if you have any questions or would like to work with us simplifying articles and/or writing Ready Lessons using the materials.'''
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For the online materials, you can start by selecting one of the 80+ '''[[Ready_Lessons|Ready Lessons]]''', or use these ideas to help learners develop particular skills or language:
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*[[SPEAKING]]
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*[[READING]]
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*[[WRITING]]
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*[[VOCABULARY]]
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*[[GRAMMAR]]
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*[[More teaching ideas]]
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(including '''Global Justice Contexts for Presenting and Practising Grammar''', developing pronunciation with '''Radical Phonology''', '''3 lessons - with minimal preparation - that work''', '''One-to-one teaching''', '''Jigsaw reading''', '''Dictogloss''' and using various '''Dictations''').
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Or read these blogs from the British Council / BBC Teaching English online Magazine: https://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/magazine:
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*[[Teaching English blogs]]
  
 
http://www.newint.org/features/web-exclusive/2014/03/12/literacylesson.jpg
 
http://www.newint.org/features/web-exclusive/2014/03/12/literacylesson.jpg
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This is wiki is ideal as a '''self-access resource''' for learners from '''pre-intermediate''' upwards. Encourage them to choose topics they are interested in to read and tell others about. They can either simply read the Easier English article, or, if they really want to develop, click on the link at the bottom to the original article, which they will now understand.
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Some learners may need some guidance, so there are more than 80 '''[[Ready_Lessons|Ready Lessons]]''', on powerpoint and PDF, that you can use (and adapt) with groups. If you have access to a screen, you can display the visuals, text and exercises. Or if learners have tablets, laptops or smart phones, they can access the links themselves. Or you can, of course, print out the articles, visuals and exercises before the lesson.
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'''Follow us on Twitter: @EasierNewInt for new Ready Lessons and articles'''.
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'''And e-mail us at [email protected] if you have any questions or would like to work with us simplifying articles and/or writing Ready Lessons using the materials.'''
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http://www.newint.org/features/2014/11/12/keynote-590.jpg

Revision as of 19:04, 23 July 2017

Teachers - how to use this wiki

You are very welcome to teach only from this free wiki, but sometimes the learners want, or need their own copy of materials, or extra similar materials to work through. This Easier English wiki probably works best with a combination of the online materials and these new (November 2016) A5 booklets, at 3 levels, Pre-Intermediate, Intermediate and Upper Intermediate:

You could start by asking learners which topics they are interested in or know about. This works particularly well with 1-1 classes. Use this task:

For the online materials, you can start by selecting one of the 80+ Ready Lessons, or use these ideas to help learners develop particular skills or language:

(including Global Justice Contexts for Presenting and Practising Grammar, developing pronunciation with Radical Phonology, 3 lessons - with minimal preparation - that work, One-to-one teaching, Jigsaw reading, Dictogloss and using various Dictations).

Or read these blogs from the British Council / BBC Teaching English online Magazine: https://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/magazine:

literacylesson.jpg

This is wiki is ideal as a self-access resource for learners from pre-intermediate upwards. Encourage them to choose topics they are interested in to read and tell others about. They can either simply read the Easier English article, or, if they really want to develop, click on the link at the bottom to the original article, which they will now understand.

Some learners may need some guidance, so there are more than 80 Ready Lessons, on powerpoint and PDF, that you can use (and adapt) with groups. If you have access to a screen, you can display the visuals, text and exercises. Or if learners have tablets, laptops or smart phones, they can access the links themselves. Or you can, of course, print out the articles, visuals and exercises before the lesson.

Follow us on Twitter: @EasierNewInt for new Ready Lessons and articles.

And e-mail us at [email protected] if you have any questions or would like to work with us simplifying articles and/or writing Ready Lessons using the materials.

keynote-590.jpg