Mario Rinvolucri

Originally published in 1980. This book is a collection of language learning activities in the area of drama, mime, roleplay, problem solving, group work, music and song – all classroom tested and ready for use in teaching English, no matter the level. The exercises are designed to promote and stimulate real language communication and to involve teachers and students on a personal level. The authors taught on training courses for ELT teachers and developed these excellent techniques and ideas for educators looking for whole-person learning ways of teaching.

Originally published in 1980. This book is a collection of language learning activities in the area of drama, mime, roleplay, problem solving, group work, music and song – all classroom tested and ready for use in teaching English, no matter the level. The exercises are designed to promote and stimulate real language communication and to involve teachers and students on a personal level. The authors taught on training courses for ELT teachers and developed these excellent techniques and ideas for educators looking for whole-person learning ways of teaching.

This title features: 118 classroom activities; four new sections including new developments such as collocations, the mother tongue, and lexis as a system; updated favourites from the original edition with texts and examples; and the companion website (www.oup.com/elt/teacher/rbt) provides regular updates to the information and ideas in the book.

Ways of Doing helps students discover how they do things, both inside and outside the classroom. Based largely on humanistic principles, this book provides over 100 activities designed to encourage students to think, speak and write in English about areas they may never have discussed in their mother tongue. Ways of Doing is a rich source of stimulating and easy-to-use lesson ideas requiring minimal preparation. The activities, which are suitable for a range of levels and ages, deal with the following areas: - examining the patterns and processes in students’ everyday life - exploring both the mother tongue and the foreign language - group dynamics - exploring and exploiting the coursebook - ways of learning - corection and feedback There is also a special teacher development section.

Stories can provide a highly motivating, engaging and realistic source of genuine language interaction in the classroom. They are ‘living language’ in which the teacher (or student storyteller) becomes the source of language, and the listeners are actively involved in understanding. The authors argue from experience that almost everyone can tell stories convincingly, especially given an outline to work from. A very wide range of these outlines, from many cultures and sources, are provided in the book. These can be used by the teacher as a resource for a variety of activities for students from beginner to advanced levels, including listening comprehension, grammar practice, oral production and fluency practice, but above all for exposure to real spoken language.