Martin’s

School

Teacher’s Toolbox
Workshop for teachers
 What will I learn?

HOW TO HOW TO HOW TO

craft a 60- or 90-minute teach vocabulary and use innovative teaching

lesson in less than 15 make students strategies with no
minutes remember long lists of preparation and
new words minimal resources
Discussion questions

How to structure a successful lesson?

What do you do now?

Workshop task 1
GROUP 1 GROUP 2
60 minute lesson 90-minute lesson

TED-ed Film-English
Plan lesson Plan lesson
Set homework Set homework
Group feedback after workshop
Discussion questions

How to teach vocabulary?

What do you do now?

Workshop task 2
Step1:
Prepare 1 folder with 4 lessons. Each lesson
no more than 30 words/ expressions.
Create lessons and folders using existing
resources. Find out how this can be edited.

Step 2: Send link to folders to other groups and

have them interact with the lessons –
write/ match and test.

1. Prepare a folder
2. Interact with the lesson
3. Gather feedbck
Group feedback after workshop
Discussion questions

How to conduct a lesson with minimal

resources/ no prep?
How to use students to prepare a
lesson?
The world is your oyster – how can we
explore the following concepts?

storytelling
monologues

Role plays
 Storytelling - examples
The story of
A map can be used to tell the
story of a single day. Use a city
map, or zoom in on your online
map to a certain area of your city.
Describe the places you have
visited that day, talk about what
you have done and how you have
felt. You can use this activity to
practice giving directions.
My story
Now use the map. You can
demonstrate the activity by telling
your own story based on a world
map. Start with your birthplace,
then move on to the places you
have lived, travelled, would like to
travel. The map will become your
reference, and you can even use
sticky notes or colored pins to
mark the places and then point
back at them.
 Mini-presenations
Pets, music, parties, TV, bears, wine,
cars, grammar, London, clothes,
computers, smoking, pasta, work, the
teacher, James Bond, the weather,
radio, America
20-second topics
My room, fun, my friend, this room,
danger, cornflakes, rubbish, oranges,
snow, holidays, money, animals, sport,
furniture, coffee, astrology, the Queen,
soap
 Task – Based Teaching
Use situations: applying for a job,
entertaining a foreign visitor,
booking a hotel room etc.
 Storytelling Monologues
Get students talking by Dont’ focus on correction.
asking them to retell a Simply get them talking on
story. Ensure correct tense a topic they like to break the
usage. barrier.

Role plays Task Based Learning

Have students be devil’s Make sure tasks are
advocates and interact relevant to your students.
through a role play. In-company classes – opt
for common situations.
Business Role Plays

Bad parking

Broken Photocopier

Double-booking
 Sometimes, reviewing concepts is a
good idea

PPP TBT STORYTELLING

Presentation, practise, Make learning more relevant to Most of the time we tell stories.
production. If you’re unsure how your students. The aim is to Make sure you’re students are
to structure a lesson this is complete the task with less fluent at recounting past
always a safe choice. focus on grammar. events.

MONOLOGUES ROLE PLAYS DRILLING

Make your learners feel like Engage students in role-playing To target problem areas use
they’re already fluent. Help situations. Make it engaging drilling. Encourage self-
them deal with the fear of and fun. correction.
speaking in English.
Thank you for
your attention