5 Activities for Learning Names
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…
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10 Strategies for Building Rapport with Students
Let’s look at 10 strategies for building rapport with your students. Remember their names. Sometimes we think the most magical words a student can…
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Taking Language Learning Outside the Classroom
As digital natives, students demand innovative ways to learn outside of classical modes of learning. The use of smartphones for English language instruction has…
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Ten Tips for New EFL Teachers in a University Setting
This article on Ten Tips for New EFL Teachers in a University Setting is written for teachers who have just begun teaching EFL classes…
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Cubing: Recharging the Power of Brainstorming
“My family had to escape from our country because of it.” My EAP (English for Academic Purposes) class had ‘cubed’ the lesson topic –…
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Making the Most Out of Your Coursebooks
The role of coursebooks in EFL is a topic of some controversy. For many, language books form the backbone of their curriculums, and some…
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Teaching Strategies for Multi-Level ESL Classes
When I began my first position teaching English as a Second Language, I hadn’t anticipated some of the challenges I would face teaching multi-level…
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Lessons Learned from My Hybrid Classes in 2020
In this article I outline the lessons I’ve learned from my hybrid classes in 2020.Emergency Remote Teaching (ERT) is the correct term for what…
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10 Great Warmers and Fillers for EFL Teachers
10 Great Warmers and Fillers for EFL Teachers The tips are listed below as Warmers and Fillers and we here at EFL Magazine are…
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10 Pieces of Advice for Beginner Teachers
10 Pieces of Advice for Beginner Teachers: Are you looking Advice for Beginner Teachers? EFL Magazine recently posed a challenge of writing ’10 pieces…
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