Tag Archives: #eltwhiteboard

Effective Eliciting

Posted on July 19, 2016 by jonnyingham

This is my fourth post in a series of posts going ‘Back to Basics‘, re-examining techniques and ideas introduced on teacher training courses. What is eliciting? The British Council Teaching English website defines elicitation as ‘a technique by which the … Continue reading →

Posted in Mains | Tagged #eltwhiteboard, back to basics, boardwork, CELTA, checking meaning, classroom management, concept checking, EFL, elicit, elicitation, eliciting, ELT, pre-teaching, vocabulary | 3 Comments

Timelines in EFL

Posted on June 21, 2014 by jonnyingham

This is my second post in a series of posts going ‘Back to Basics‘, re-examining techniques and ideas introduced on teacher training courses. What is a timeline? A timeline is a visual representation of the relationships that exist between tense and … Continue reading →

Posted in Mains | Tagged #eltwhiteboard, back to basics, CCQ, ccqs, CELTA, concept checking, EFL, ELT, grammar, timelines, visual | 22 Comments

Come Cline with Me!

Posted on May 10, 2014 by jonnyingham

This is a follow up to a blog post I wrote a couple of months ago on using clines in language teaching, First of all, I’d like to say a big thank you to all the readers, numbering over 35,000. … Continue reading →

Posted in Manager's Office | Tagged #eltwhiteboard, clines, Come Cline with Me, EFL, ELT, IH, IH Palermo, IH Teachers Online Conference, IHTOC6 | 1 Comment

Clines in Language Teaching

Posted on March 18, 2014 by jonnyingham

What is a cline? The British Council Teaching English website defines a cline as ‘a scale of language items that goes from one extreme to another, for example, from positive to negative, or from weak to strong’. Why are clines … Continue reading →

Posted in Mains | Tagged #eltwhiteboard, boardwork, checking meaning, clarifying meaning, clines, EFL, ELT, grammar, language teaching, vocabulary | 79 Comments

Tweaking your Boardwork

Posted on February 23, 2014 by jonnyingham

What do you do with the vocabulary that comes up in a lesson? Where do you write it on the board? Many teachers keep an incidental vocabulary column at the side of the board and this can have many advantages. … Continue reading →

Posted in Desserts, Sides | Tagged #eltwhiteboard, boardwork, collocation, EFL, ELT, incidental vocabulary, phonemic script, pronunciation, substitution table, tweak, whiteboard | 26 Comments

Tweaking Delayed Error Correction

Posted on January 26, 2014 by jonnyingham

One of the most difficult tasks for teachers is listening to the learners when they are speaking and finding appropriate things to give them feedback on. A common approach is to provide a delayed error correction slot when the learners … Continue reading →