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Updated 18 March 2022
Articles and lesson ideas on teaching first classes
Teaching approaches: First lessons (on biz and ESP classes, mine but on Onestopenglish so need to register) – LINK FIXED
First lessons for Academic Writing classes
First lessons for Academic English classes
How to make sure students get what the need from day one
Preparing to teach your first EFL exam class
The Yes Game, Question Chains and One Lie, described near the top of this article on Speaking Games for False Beginners
Finding things in common games
15 variations on Find Someone Who and mingling games
Finding variations to Find Someone Who – extended version of the article above, written for MET
My new favourite GTKY for one-to-one classes (blog post)
Related pages
First lessons with young learners articles page
Needs analysis worksheets and articles page
Starting and ending conversations page
Meeting people and greetings worksheets
English for Academic Purposes first classes page
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