Understanding Teenagers in the ELT Classroom Practical ideas and advice for teaching teenage students in the English Language Classroom

by Roland, Chris

• ISBN13: 9781912755004
• ISBN10: 1912755009
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2025-05-20
• Publisher: Pavilion Publishing and Media Ltd

Summary

Understanding Teenagers in the ELT Classroom is a practical handbook full of lesson ideas, exercises and tips for teaching English to teenage students. This practical book (shortlisted for the ELTons) goes much further than simply telling you what to do and how to do it. It also looks at the why. It explains the deeper rationale for decisions we might make, as well as exploring the underlying principles and factors that can make or break a lesson. Have you sat at home thinking over why one of your classes is not going the way that you want? Or perhaps you’ ve seen a really good teaching idea at a conference and are wondering how to make it work in your own class? Understanding Teenagers in the ELT Classroom provides reflections and ideas to help you.

Author Biography

Chris is a teacher, trainer and ‘ ideas man’ well-known for his lively but practical sessions on the international conference circuit. He has taught in both the private academy sector and mainstream education system in Spain as well as holding posts with the British Council in Damascus and Barcelona. He works with teachers across a wide range of contexts. These include in-house training for ELI, the language school where he is based in Seville, intensive courses on methodology, tutoring on Trinity Certificate and Diploma courses for Active Language, Cá diz and Oxford TEFL, Barcelona.

Table of Contents

About the author Introduction A closer look at classes, teachers and students Planning lessons with teenagers Classroom micromechanics Task design and instructions Group dynamics and order Affect: speaking positively to our students with care Logistical questions: homework, L1 and seating Tidy learning, messy learning and simple clutter Autonomy and student-fronted classes Teenagers and technology Differentiation Repetition, assimilation, memorisation Remembering irregular verbs Movement and space Getting them talking Listening and reading Grammar and writing Using video clips in the classroom Personalisation Testing, exams and report writing Techniques for teaching low-level teens Awareness and reasoning with teenagers Control of the class Classroom management strategies Why teach teens?