Going into the classroom with little in the way of materials can be an unnerving experience. A series of activities committed to paper can give us, as teachers, a sense of security. There is something reassuring about going into lessons armed with enough material to teach for hours – but is it always in the …
To drill or not to drill?
Read on to find out the why and the how, and don’t forget to have a look at the video demonstration at the end of this text. Drilling (getting students to repeat words, functional chunks and examples of structures) has pretty much been around as long as TEFL itself! For that reason, teachers who’ve been …