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Tesol Spain 2026: Cambridge Use of English: from Tests to Teaching
Hello, here is the abstract for a talk I gave in Seville on preparing students for the use of English exam. Below it you can click on the link for a copy of the PowerPoint I used. I've also attached resources shared for Part 3 of the Use of English and at the bottom there are links to my posts on part 4 Sentence transformation activities. Hope it's useful! In exam classes, students are often bombarded with practice papers. It can feel useful, but it doesn’t always lead to

James
Mar 111 min read


Teaching Teens to Write for PET & FCE
How to practice the key language and structures for exam success through a series of fun speaking activities. This post is follows a...

James
Feb 29, 20245 min read


Learning the past simple: silly stories with common verbs
A series of funny stories to help young learners understand, remember and use the most common English verbs in context.

James
Jan 15, 20242 min read


Bridging the Gap: Linking Lessons to Your Students' World.
TESOL Conference, Madrid March 2023 Kids and teenagers often walk into our classrooms engaged in lively debate and eager to share their...

James
Mar 10, 20236 min read


Teaching Functional Language with Music.
A syllabus of useful phrases which young learners can learn from the hooks of famous pop songs.

James
Jan 5, 20225 min read


5 Songs to teach the 2nd and 3rd conditionals.
Lesson activities built around songs with conditional structures.

James
Apr 8, 20215 min read


5 Activities Using Padlet Maps in Online Classes.
Padlet is a great free tool for encouraging students to work collaboratively in class and the map function is perfect for making writing...

James
Apr 3, 20214 min read


Lights! Camera! Dialogue from the book!
Add a director to make dialogues from the book come alive Rationale Where I work we use the Super Minds series with our primary classes....

Dave
Mar 30, 20212 min read


To be or being? That's the real question.
A recurring issue for EFL students is deciding between the infinitive or gerund verb form. It's a decision they face whenever they put...

James
Mar 28, 20212 min read


Teaching Online: Using Google Slides with Videos.
A great way to do collaborative sorting activities with images online.

James
Mar 25, 20211 min read
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