Ellis Van Maarseveen, Author at EFL Magazine

Yes! Let’s! A Classroom Exercise in Accepting and Responding

April 2017, Teaching Resources07/04/2017

Yes! Let’s! A Classroom Exercise in Accepting and Responding

By Ellis Van Maarseveen

Yes! Let’s! A Classroom Exercise in Accepting and Responding Language skills are important to you – after all, you’re a language teacher and you want…

Teaching though Drama - Gobbledegook

How to Teach, March 2017, Teaching Resources08/03/2017

Teaching though Drama – Gobbledegook

By Ellis Van Maarseveen

Drama in the Classroom – Gobbledegook We’re all talking gobbledegook, or nonsense, at times, even though we think everyone understands us so well! When…

Teaching English Through Drama - Pantomime

How to Teach, January 2017, Teaching Resources06/01/2017

Teaching English Through Drama – Pantomime

By Ellis Van Maarseveen

Pantomime In the United Kingdom the famous ‘Panto’ season has started, with all the famous fairytales and folktales acted out in hilarious ways and…

Status – so where do you stand

How to Teach, November 2016, Teaching Resources21/11/2016

Status – so where do you stand?

By Ellis Van Maarseveen

Status – so where do you stan We’re all very aware of who is above us, who is below and who is more or…

Teaching English Through Drama: Breathe in - and Go for It

How to Teach, October 2016, Teaching Resources21/10/2016

Teaching English Through Drama: Breathe in – and Go for It

By Ellis Van Maarseveen

Teaching English through Drama: Breathe in – and go for it! In one of my previous activity sheets I took ‘breathing’ as a…

Teaching Performing Arts - Breathing

How to Teach, September 2016, Teaching Resources16/09/2016

Teaching Performing Arts – Breathing

By Ellis Van Maarseveen

Teaching Performing Arts – Breathing This activity can be modified to suit your learners’ age and level of English, and if you have more…

Teaching Performing Arts

August 2016, How to Teach, Teaching Resources05/08/2016

Teaching Performing Arts

By Ellis Van Maarseveen

Teaching Performing Arts Teaching Performing Arts in schools has come a long way since both students and teachers have discovered that this versatile subject…

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