National Geographic’s “Life, Vietnam Edition”: First Impressions
by Alistair Elliott Life in Vietnam: As with many developing countries, Vietnam is continuing to make a significant push to improve its English language skills. From the early 1990s, the […]
The Incomplete A – Z of EFL: L-O
(Part 2 L-O) By Allistair Elliott L is for (not) learning the local language. If you can learn the local language, then do. If you can’t, then prepare to suffer […]
The Incomplete A – Z of EFL: P-T
By Allistair Elliott P is for parents (actually, mothers). Can we please have some EFL training courses for parents. Whilst it is often a pleasure to teach their children, […]
The Incomplete A – Z of EFL: A-K
By Allistair Elliott For the real and authoritative A-Z of ELT, please visit Scott Thornbury https://scottthornbury.wordpress.com/ However, this is going to be a more unstructured and antagonistic look at […]
Does EFL Have an In-Class Listening Strategy?
By Allistair Elliott “Listening is the most critical communication skill”. Harmer on listening (briefly) Let’s look at what some of the heavy hitters in EFL have to say about listening. […]
Starting a revolution in Korean ESL
by Allistair Elliott The great question I was once asked in an interview ‘how I could revolutionise the teaching of English in Korea’. Having spent 7 years teaching in Korea, […]