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Big Talks
A Big Talk fills a whole class. It opens with a question that has no easy answer, works through input, vocabulary and practice, and ends with a task where something has to be settled, ranked or defended. Reach for one when you have a full lesson to teach and want a plan rather than a pile of loose activities.
30 to 90 minutes
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Every Big Talk
Nostalgia Sells
A full lesson for adults who watch films and have opinions about them. Students work out what really separates a remake from a reboot, pick up the nine words the industry actually uses, read a short editorial piece on why the past sells so well, and finish by pitching a revival of a story they choose.
Are we getting more productive, or just better at being busy?
A full lesson for adults who work. Students read a short piece about the difference between doing work and organising work, learn seven expressions they immediately need, and end by redesigning someone else's working week and defending the decision.
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How to run an English conversation class that isn't just chatting
Chatting is easy to start and impossible to sustain for a term. A sixty minute shape that keeps adults talking, plus what to do about the student who never speaks and the group where levels do not match.
ESL speaking activities that don't end in awkward silence
Ten discussion questions on a slide are not a speaking activity. What actually makes adults talk: something to react to, the language delivered before it is needed, and a task that ends in a decision.
Teaching English to adults: what changes when the student is forty
An adult brings expertise, an ego and a week that keeps eating the homework. Six things that change in the classroom once your student has a job, a mortgage and opinions of their own.
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