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A Framework for Listening features a framework which can be applied to any listening text to produce fully-integrated lessons requiring very little preparation.


A Framework for No Prep Lessons 1 features a series of frameworks for conversation-based lessons focused on remodelling student production. No planning or prep required. Published in English Teaching Professional.


A Framework for No Prep Lessons 2 is a revolutionary and widely-acclaimed method using teacher talk as the linguistic input. A simple framework allows teachers to repeatedly deliver great lessons with no planning or preparation. Published in English Teaching Professional.


A Framework for No Prep Lessons 3 provides a framework for teaching great lessons from any reading text with absolutely no planning. Published in English Teaching Professional.


A Framework for Teaching Vocabulary features an innovative method which is based on the fundamentals of teaching vocabulary yet it can be delivered without any planning or preparation.


A Framework for Reading provides teachers with a framework for a reading-based lesson around any suitable text. It includes two innovative original activities to get students to focus on lexical items in the text.


A Framework for Writing Lessons provides a formula for teaching student-centred writing lessons requiring very little preparation and not requiring marking by the teacher. Students learn how to analyze models in order to create their own texts.


A New Way to Teach Listening explains why the current model for teaching listening is the wrong approach and how we can actually develop learners’ skills for processing authentic speech rather than just test their comprehension. A simple lesson framework will be provided with a multitude of activities that give students skills to use outside the classroom.


A New Way to Teach Reading presents a teaching framework based on a completely new approach that actually provides students with strategies to become better readers instead of just testing their comprehension. In addition, it outlines a way students can learn vocabulary while reading.


An Easy Way to Teach Writing provides a simple framework for a very student- centred approach that takes students from brainstorming ideas to the final edit. A unique and very active peer editing stage raises students’ awareness of their common errors and eliminates any papers for the teacher to mark outside of class.


CAT: A Framework for Dogme introduces Conversation Activated Teaching, a new teaching method based on the three key principles of the Dogme approach. This session features an explanation of Dogme and a demo of CAT. The method requires no planning, materials or preparation.


Classroom Activities for the 21st Century presents a revolutionary idea about language teaching where the students are taught strategies to learn the language rather than the language itself. Several relevant classroom activities are demonstrated.


Classroom Games from Corpora features a collection of fun and motivating games based on one of the most valuable and underused sources of authentic language.


Colligation: The Way Grammar Should be Taught points out that, beyond learning about form, meaning and pronunciation, what learners really need is the knowledge of how words are used. This often involves learning the grammatical patterns words are used in. This session will explain the theory of colligation and demonstrate some classroom activities to aid awareness and acquisition.


Corpify Your Coursebook! applies simple corpora searches to create interactive classroom activities to lexically enhance coursebook exercises.


Easy Corpus Activities provides demonstrations of activities from a collection of 30 games and activities based on one simple corpus search. They give students valuable information about word formation and usage of grammatical and lexical structures.



Workshops





Error Correction Games for Writing is a collection of fun activities which help students to identify their own errors and avoid making them in the future. Students enthusiastically compete to correct each other’s errors leaving no papers to take home to correct.


Getting Students to Do Your Prep is a great collection of universal games and activities for getting students to prepare materials for other classroom games and activities, which will make lesson planning easier and classes more student-centred.


Giving Good Instructions features tips and techniques to help teachers set up tasks clearly and effectively as well as a guide for checking understanding of grammar and vocabulary with concept check questions.


Grammar Made Simple provides an overview of grammar that will make it easier to teach and easier for the students to understand. It deals with time, tense, aspect and mood and provides teachers with simple single sentence explanations for the so-called “verb tenses”.


No Prep Grammar Lessons provides teachers with a formula for teaching student- centred grammar lessons involving very little preparation or materials.


No Prep Listening Lessons provides teachers with a formula for teaching student- centred grammar lessons involving very little preparation or materials. The formula is based on a combination of PPP and Test-Teach-Test.


Product, Process and Genre provides an explanation of these three approaches to teaching writing and includes a large collection of activities which can be combined in a lesson to feature the best aspects of each approach.


Task-Based Learning is based on the Willis model but provides other variations of the task-based framework, including one which can be used with virtually no preparation or planning.


Teaching Collocations features a brief look at the theory behind collocations and a collection of activities and games to help students notice and acquire them.


Teaching Reading Strategies features a collection of activities and games which don’t simply test reading comprehension but instead give students techniques to become better readers.


Teaching Speaking Sub-skills features a collection of over 30 activities broken down into 10 sub-skills to actually teach students something about speaking.


Ten Common Teaching Problems is based on feedback from over a dozen observers who identified the most prevalent teaching problems. Fifty easily-implemented solutions are offered to improve classes significantly.


The Lexical Approach provides an explanation of this revolutionary but easily implemented way of language teaching with a great collection of original or adapted universal activities which can be used to provide a lexical focus in any lesson.


The Perfect Present Perfect Lesson demonstrates a lesson framework, teaching techniques and student activities that make teaching the present perfect easy and are applicable to other grammar points as well.


Warmers and Icebreakers points out the value of using these fun, student-centred activities and includes a guide to creating them. The handout includes over 100 universal activities which can be matched to any type of lesson.


Word Formation Games is a collection of reusable games designed to help students expand their vocabulary by using prefixes and suffixes. Workshop Highlights features an introduction to some of our most popular workshops and a great classroom activity from each one.


Universal Activities consists of 26 multi-purpose activities which can be used whenever grammar or vocabulary are taught. These activities eliminate the need to consult resource books for practice activities.





testimonials



I attended Ken Lackman's workshop on his 'CAT' framework, at the IATEFL Conference in Liverpool last week, initially attracted by the mention of 'Dogme' in the title. I hadn't anticipated such a well-grounded, interactive and FUN session, where Ken combined explanation and demonstration to present a coherent, practicable and portable framework for generating and shaping learner output. Quite brilliant! Scott Thornbury, ELT writer and trainer.


I worked with Ken when he was Director of Studies at EF Toronto. I've taught and trained teachers in many countries over many years, and I was impressed with the knowledge base, the willingness to continue developing, and the dedication of the teachers at EF. In fact, I believe they were the best teachers - both from my perspective as a teacher trainer but also from the students' - that I've ever worked with. Ken must take a great deal of the credit for this with his weekly professional development workshops, and enthusiasm for teaching, which he effortlessly transferred to his teachers."

Neil Walker, CELTA/DELTA Trainer


Your workshop [A Framework for Prep-free Lessons 2] was excellent. I'll use your ideas. Mario Rinvolucri, ELT writer and trainer