Decoding the IELTS and TOEFL Essay Rubrics
IELTS and TOEFL essay rubrics As teachers, it is helpful to use IELTS and TOEFL essay rubrics to guide our students to get top…
Read MoreIELTS and TOEFL essay rubrics As teachers, it is helpful to use IELTS and TOEFL essay rubrics to guide our students to get top…
Read MoreThat attempt to value the position of ‘Housewife’ popped up in my Facebook feed again. I cringed because the attempt to translate a position…
Read MoreMany teachers are well aware of techniques like dialogues or roleplaying as standard parts of many textbooks for teaching ESL/EFL conversation, for example. However,…
Read MoreHave you ever thought of yourself as being a human transmitter and receiver? Well, through evolution and especially through the need to survive, this…
Read MoreOver the last 16+ years, ETS’s TOEFL ® program had one four-skills English-language test offering a single mode of delivery that learners around the world…
During a panel discussion included in EFL Magazine’s TOEFL Training Summit last week, participants were asked about possible gaps in the TOEFL training market…
Whatever a student’s ability, if they are unfamiliar with the strategies required to perform well at a particular examination, they will not do their…
Learning Enhancers and Effective Learning Strategies Effective learning strategies have always been a part of my professional reflection. I have lost count of the…
I sometimes tease my students by saying, “Do you TOIEC?” or “Do you TOEFL?” since those are apparently the most popular of the commercial…
In my previous article, I discussed a few of the many English tests available online and offline. However, before you register and pay for…
Over the last 16+ years, ETS’s TOEFL ® program had one four-skills English-language test offering a single mode of delivery that learners around the world…
The ability to effectively communicate and collaborate with your coworkers in both verbal and written English is essential for anyone working in an international…
Originally from the UK, Founder Zoe Smith created Mexico City based BE School when she saw a gap in the market for English Programs…
In 2007, Sakurako Oshima set up her own company specialising in English education for adults. Her mission is to provide powerful support to as…
After nearly 30 years of intensive experience in every aspect of test preparation, Mike Bergin knows what works in tutoring and what doesn’t. A…
Jarrad Merlo is the principal consultant of Nouns n’ Verbs.com where he helps schools, publishers and companies digitise their language learning and testing products,…
Nicola Prentis started off in ELT as a teacher, bouncing around the world wherever she most wanted to go at the time: Czech Republic,…
Jeff Johnson made the break into online teaching almost 2 years years ago and hasn’t looked back since. By focusing on his experience, education…
John Hayes is the creator of MyCoolClass Co-operative, a UK based learning platform cooperative owned collectively by its members. He is former private detective…
Jane Dancaster is currently Managing Director of Wimbledon School of English (one of the UK’s top English language schools). She started her EFL career…
Hiring a teacher is a big responsibility. But hiring someone you’ve never met in ‘real life’ and persuading them to fly halfway around the…
By Lori Wade What is the most valuable thing you can spend in whatever you are involved? Time! Wisely using available time in your…
Five years ago, I was teaching IELTS Writing for the British Council in Vietnam. I started to put my lessons online so that students…
Across the UK, English schools are standing empty, and teachers are being made redundant in increasing numbers. Host families are genuinely worried about keeping…
Do you love the English language? Are you looking for a job that will allow you to indulge in that passion? If so, a…
By: Jacob Williams Over the past few years, there has been a dramatic increase in the prevalence of private tutors, both globally and the…
IELTS and TOEFL essay rubrics As teachers, it is helpful to use IELTS and TOEFL essay rubrics to guide our students to get top…
Read MoreThat attempt to value the position of ‘Housewife’ popped up in my Facebook feed again. I cringed because the attempt to translate a position…
Read MoreMany teachers are well aware of techniques like dialogues or roleplaying as standard parts of many textbooks for teaching ESL/EFL conversation, for example. However,…
Read MoreAt the beginning of a course, students are often meeting each other for the very first time. Therefore, it’s advisable to use icebreakers or…
Read MoreIntroduction It seems that we are still dependent on technology to ensure our institutions deliver language instruction as we move through 2022. Instructors, students,…
Read MoreWhen you start teaching a new group of students, it’s important to begin learning their names right away. As Lang (2020) puts it, “learning…
Read MoreLet’s look at 10 strategies for building rapport with your students. Remember their names. Sometimes we think the most magical words a student can…
Read MoreThere are so many different coursebooks, worksheets and other resources available for teaching English nowadays; how can teachers or directors of study choose which…
Read MoreAs digital natives, students demand innovative ways to learn outside of classical modes of learning. The use of smartphones for English language instruction has…
Read MoreAs English becomes more prevalent in the global business arena, learning English is likewise becoming more important for students worldwide to achieve. This need…
Read MoreLike many others, I was looking forward to the return to face-to-face classes after COVID 19 had peaked and most of us were vaccinated….
Read MoreThis article on Ten Tips for New EFL Teachers in a University Setting is written for teachers who have just begun teaching EFL classes…
Read More“My family had to escape from our country because of it.” My EAP (English for Academic Purposes) class had ‘cubed’ the lesson topic –…
Read MoreWhen I was a child, there was no greater pleasure than getting lost in the pages of a good book. But the love of,…
Read MoreIn today’s world, it’s hard to deny that the ability to speak English can offer students real professional and academic advantages. However, English education…
Read MoreOver the last 16+ years, ETS’s TOEFL ® program had one four-skills English-language test offering a single mode of delivery that learners around the world…
Read MoreThe ability to effectively communicate and collaborate with your coworkers in both verbal and written English is essential for anyone working in an international…
Read More‘Woke’ activists have been telling us to ‘wake up’ for the past two years: Wake up to issues of discrimination concerning gender, sexual orientation…
Read MoreEnthusing The Unenthusiastic Student To solve this problem of enthusing the unenthusiastic student we must first ask ‘Why is the student unenthusiastic? Two reasons…
The growth mindset in the classroom Luckily, there are a host of easy ways to slip in the growth mindset in the classroom.Any teacher…
My Tailor Is Not So Rich: Salaries and Conditions of ELT Trainers In France This post represents something of a departure for EFL Magazine….
Poor Memory and Learning Language Many language learners blame their learning problems on a poor memory. In fact many give up just for that…
One-to-One: Creating Comfort In the purely linguistic sense, the notion of creating comfort is pretty much the same in one-to-one and group contexts. It…
Creative Teachers and Their Instructional Methods, Approaches & Activites Introduction Most people, when they hear the word creativity, think of singers, painters, designers, or…
Phil Wade Interviews: Scott Thornbury Scott Thornbury teaches on the MA TESOL program at The New School in New York. His previous experience includes teaching and…
Global Approach To Phrasal Verbs Firstly, let me explain the thinking behind the Global Approach (to phrasal verbs) (GA). Over the last forty years,…
IELTS and TOEFL essay rubrics As teachers, it is helpful to use IELTS and TOEFL essay rubrics to guide our students to get top…
Many teachers are well aware of techniques like dialogues or roleplaying as standard parts of many textbooks for teaching ESL/EFL conversation, for example. However,…
At the beginning of a course, students are often meeting each other for the very first time. Therefore, it’s advisable to use icebreakers or…
When you start teaching a new group of students, it’s important to begin learning their names right away. As Lang (2020) puts it, “learning…
With Alexandra Chistyakova Interview with John F. Fanselow, professor emeritus at Teachers College, Columbia University, USA, and a faculty member of the International Teacher…
by Sharyn Collins Bruce, thank you for doing this interview. You are an EFL trainer and your book, reviewed by Steve Hirschorn, is described…
By Walton Burns founder of Aphabet Publishing Alphabet Publishing began as a self-publishing venture that took on a life of its own. As…
Promoter of Brain-Friendly Learning and Founder of Efficient Language Coaching By Sharyn Collins Rachel, first of all, many thanks for taking time out of…
By Nicholas Walker Many ESL teachers still consider automated essay scoring and feedback to be an impossible dream. But with recent advancements in automated…
Using Moodle to Manage Online Teaching Moodle is a perfect platform to house paid and free courses. Teaching online differs from teaching face-to-face in…
Online teaching always seems to be lacking something. Regular exercises and textbooks are boring and mundane because they lack ’real language situations.’ Let’s make…
Time to stop quoting sentence fragments from a book! Find out Teaching English without a book with these foolproof tips from a teaching legend….
The question of whether to teach grammar prescriptively or descriptively has been much debated in the ELT community. On the one hand, teaching prescriptive…
EFL Magazine is delighted to highlight 7 EFL Book suggestions which we hope may be useful to you all. A big EFL Magazine Thank…
IELTS and TOEFL essay rubrics As teachers, it is helpful to use IELTS and TOEFL essay rubrics to guide our students to get top…
Over the last 16+ years, ETS’s TOEFL ® program had one four-skills English-language test offering a single mode of delivery that learners around the world…
Introduction It seems that we are still dependent on technology to ensure our institutions deliver language instruction as we move through 2022. Instructors, students,…
As digital natives, students demand innovative ways to learn outside of classical modes of learning. The use of smartphones for English language instruction has…