Practical & Professional English / autumn 2006 Topics for Presentations http://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/think/think.shtml o Methodology - articles about teaching theory and elements of classroom teaching o Analysing language o Checking answers o The child as a learner o Monitoring o Checking understanding o Young learner testing o Make no mistake o Content and Language Integrated Learning o Planning a grammar lesson o Using dictation o Teacher positioning in the classroom o Syllabus writing o Non-verbal communication o Teaching online o Conveying meaning o Socio cultural awareness in ELT o Multiple intelligences o Test question types o Test writing o Monitoring speaking o Testing and assessment o Storytelling in young learner classes o Drilling 1 o Sense of humour o Dogme: A teacher's view o Reflective teaching o Teaching English to blind students o A Task-based approach o The teacher as aid o Project work o Discipline problems o Total physical response o Motivating teenagers o Measuring advanced level students' progress o Lesson planning 2 o Content based instruction o Error correction 2 o Lexical Approach 2 o Error correction 1 o Lexical approach 1 o Teaching mixed -ability classes 2 o Teaching mixed-ability classes 1 o Group work v whole-class activities o Personality orientated approach o Managing young learners o Rediscovering silent grammar o Peer observation o Learning styles and teaching o From mother tongue to other tongue o Teaching large classes o Lesson planning 1 o Literature - articles about the use of literature in the language classroom o Complete poetry resuscitation o Using poems to develop receptive skills o Using poems to develop productive skills o Creating a class play o Using drama texts in the classroom o Storytelling - benefits and tips o Teaching English through children's literature o Motivating pupils to read 1 o Resources - articles about different teaching and learning resources o Using dictionaries o Music for visualisation o Picture stories o Story books in the classroom o Teaching without a coursebook o Blogging for ELT o Using authentic materials o The not so hidden resource - the students o Using flash cards o The home-school connection 1 o Video and young learners 1 o Low-tech learners o Using the internet 1 o Self-access: a framework for diversity o Speaking o Audio exchange project o Video exchange project o Student presentations o Speaking and elementary learners o Getting teenagers talking o Teaching speaking skills 2 - overcoming classroom problems o Role play o Find the gap - increasing speaking in class o Teaching speaking skills 1 o Listening o Helping teens to listen o Listening for young learners o Listening to body language o Listening and elementary learners o Making listening an authentic experience o Listening skills lesson framework o Pre-listening activities o Reading o Theories of reading o Extensive reading o Text in language classrooms o Reading and elementary learners o Reading out loud o Interacting with texts o Using news articles o Vocabulary o Context developing activities o Seven steps to vocabulary learning o Multi-word verbs: Learner problems o Working with vocabulary o Skills circuits: Recycling language o Delexicalised verbs o Lexical notebooks o New words in English o Remembering vocabulary o Presenting vocabulary o Collocation and advanced learners 1 o Vocabulary and autonomy o Writing o Planning a writing lesson o Encouraging student response o Using mind maps to develop writing o Writing and elementary learners o Responding to content o Learner diaries o How to approach discursive writing o Product Vs process writing o Approaches to process writing o Write on! Creative writing for language practice