Teaching Paraphrasing to ESL Writing Students
Teaching Paraphrasing to ESL Writing Students Learning to write academically in English is a huge challenge for second language students. While they must deal with complex syntactical structures and academic […]
Using a Wiki for Classroom Teaching
Wiki for Classroom Teaching A wiki can be described as a piece of server software that allows users to freely create and edit, delete or modify Web page content using […]
IELTS Tips from Fabiana Traversin
IELTS Tips from Fabiana Traversin IELTS stands for International English Language Testing System. It is accepted by the governments in Canada, the UK, Australia, New Zealand, and South Africa. Interest […]
Flipped Classroom ESL/EFL- Is It Relevant?
Flipped Classroom ESL/EFL – Is It Relevant? There is a lot of interest in the idea of the Flipped Classroom. It was even mentioned in the Horizon Report for Higher […]
How to Teach English as a Foreign Language
How to teach English as a foreign language Are you looking Advice on how to teach English as a foreign language? EFL Magazine recently posed a challenge of writing ’10 […]
Cuisenaire Rod Activities for Language Teaching, Part 1
Cuisenaire Rod Activities for Language Teaching, Part 1 After the interest shown in the Cuisenaire Rods workshop at the Recent EdYouFest teachers’ event in South West England, I decided to […]
Which English Test is Best for You?
Which English Test is Best for You? I sometimes tease my students by saying, “Do you TOEIC?” or “Do you TOEFL?” since those are apparently the most popular of the […]
Online Tools for Teaching English
Online tools for teaching english First, there was a delay. Then, there was a decision to go online for two weeks. Now, it looks like I may never actually meet […]
Teaching the Article to EFL Learners
Teaching the Article to EFL Learners with No L1 Articles occur more frequently than any other word in the English language (“Word Frequency Data”). Unfortunately, however, they remain a persistent […]
Teaching Resources for ESL Teachers – A Guide
Teaching Resources for ESL Teachers – A Guide Since I can remember, I’ve been obsessed with building my teaching library. A library can be many things — a place of […]