{"product_id":"50-direct-method-activities-for-jackie-bolen-9798185320679","title":"50 Direct Method Activities for Intermediate-Advanced Learners: A Very Practical Guide to Using the Direct Method in the ESL Classroom","description":"\u003cb\u003eTeaching Int\/Adv Learners with the Direct Method: 50 Activities for the Speaking-First Classroom\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003eBreak the intermediate plateau and get your stronger learners producing the language they already understand. Most learners at this level can follow a film and read a sophisticated argument, then open their mouths and produce a fraction of what they take in. This practical handbook tackles that gap head on, turning the Direct Method into fifty ready-to-teach activities that push learners off their safe core and into real, extended, precise speech.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe fifty activities sit in five sets that build higher-level spoken command step by step: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eBeat the plateau\u003c\/b\u003e with activities that refuse the short, safe answer and demand more\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eClose the gap\u003c\/b\u003e between what learners understand and what they can actually say\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eBuild real fluency\u003c\/b\u003e across sustaining long turns, narrating, arguing, handling nuance, and controlling register under pressure\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003ePick up and teach in minutes\u003c\/b\u003e thanks to a consistent eight-field format covering aim, level, time, materials, target language, procedure, variations and a teacher's note\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eStretch any group\u003c\/b\u003e from B1 to C2, with variations built into every activity to push stronger learners and support less confident ones\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eDevelop precise, adult speech\u003c\/b\u003e including hedging, emphasis, implication, tone and the language of genuine debate\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEvery activity runs on three moves: sustain, shape, sharpen. Learners keep talk going past the comfortable full stop, organise it into connected narrative and argument, then tighten it through inductive noticing and self-correction. The method is built entirely on production, which makes it ideally suited to the level where production is exactly what's stuck.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhether your learners are stalled in comfortable fluency or reaching for genuine command, this book gives you everything you need to run a speaking-first course that moves them on. Written in a clear teacher-trainer voice by an experienced ELT author, it's a companion you'll reach for lesson after lesson. Buy the book today!\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jackie Bolen\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798185320679\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/02\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 114\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.36lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.24d","brand":"Jackie Bolen","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48997858574591,"sku":"9798185320679","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/50-direct-method-activities-for-jackie-bolen-9798185320679","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}