IELTS Speaking Band Descriptors: an Introduction
IELTS Speaking Band Descriptors: An Introduction What is IELTS? If you’ve never heard of IELTS, you’ll probably come across it sooner or later – it’s the world’s most popular English […]
Creating Effective 4-Skills English Lessons
Creating Effective 4-Skills English Lessons Not every lesson can be a home run and not every class can be a perfect experience. However, for instructors and students alike there are a […]
One-to-One Teaching – Managing Time
One-to-One Teaching – Managing Time You often hear from teachers how overwhelmed they are by spending long hours on lesson preparation and not having enough time during classes to do […]
Plagiarism in Higher Education: What Do Students Need to Be Aware of?
Plagiarism in Higher Education: What Do Students Need to Be Aware of? Plagiarism, simply put, is using the work of another and trying to pass it off as your own […]
Teach Phrasal Verbs – The Global Approach
Teach Phrasal Verbs – The Global Approach Teachers and learners tend to perceive Phrasal Verbs as difficult to learn, particularly as they seem to have so many alternative meanings, yet […]
Starting a School in Japan – Introduction
For foreigners living in Japan, starting your own language school has to be the most common business considered, attempted and, in varying degrees, failed at. While the market for another English school seems to be saturated, there are many opportunities for hard-working, entrepreneurial minded foreigners in Japan.
Valuing Teachers: What Are They Really Worth?
That attempt to value the position of ‘Housewife’ popped up in my Facebook feed again. I cringed because the attempt to translate a position like that into dollars and cents […]
How to Choose ELT Coursebooks or Materials
There are so many different coursebooks, worksheets and other resources available for teaching English nowadays; how can teachers or directors of study choose which ones to use? Additionally, as other […]
Getting to 200 Million Podcast Downloads in Seven Years, with Lindsay McMahon
Lindsay McMahon is an education technology (Edtech) entrepreneur in the field of ESL (English as a Second Language) as well as a teacher who strives to help clients reach their […]
A Short Guide to Acronyms in ELT
Acronyms in ELT: What they mean and where and how they are used. Like any profession or field, the teaching of English has evolved and developed a whole range of […]