Ben Shearon- Financial Planning for Your Retirement
Ben Shearon is a retired university English teacher based in Sendai. He was born in Germany and grew up in Spain but claims to be British. After living in Spain, […]
Becoming an Online Teaching Entrepreneur
Today’s guest is Rob Howard. Rob chats about his background growing up in a family business and how this prepared him for a life in entrepreneurship. Rob also gives some […]
Our Thoughts Have No Official Language
Our Thoughts Have No Official Language: “I have to stop thinking in my native language”. This is one of the sentences most commonly heard by every language teacher (mainly in […]
Book Review: Raise Up
By T. Veigga I believe the most honest way of starting this review is by stating that it is going to be biased. I know both writers of Raise Up […]
Cambridge University Press Launches New YouTube Channel for Learners of English
Cambridge University Press has announced the launch of a new YouTube channel, aimed at supporting English language learners by teaching them how to use English in the real world. The […]
A Short Linguistic Comment about the Novel “I Owe You One”, by Sophie Kinsella
By Giuseppe Carone Juliet: ‘What’s in a name? That which we call a roseBy any other name would smell as sweet.’ (‘Romeo and Juliet’, Act II, Scene 2, 1594-1596, ) […]
Communicative Language Testing
by Steve Hirschhorn Testing Language Language tests exist for several main purposes, some of these are: for placement into a language course, to assess the suitability of job candidates, to […]
Pedagogy of The Oppressed: A Book Review
Pedagogy of The Oppressed: A Book Review 2016 was the year of social justice. IATEFL showcased a talk by J.J. Wilson promoting the work of famed Brazilian pedagogue Paulo Freire. […]
6 Reasons Why I, as a Language Teacher, Don’t Want a Language Teacher
by Paul Finnerty I’ve been on both sides of the tracks when it comes to language-learning. I’ve worked as an English teacher for overseas learners for going on a decade […]
My DELTA Diary: Module 2 Intensive Course
by Paul Finnerty I’ve been teaching English for about seven years on and off and have worked in Brazil, Colombia, Portugal and Italy in that time. To be honest, I […]