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 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 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 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 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 MoreThe role of coursebooks in EFL is a topic of some controversy. For many, language books form the backbone of their curriculums, and some…
Read MoreWhen 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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