Life After (Language Center) TEFL
by Kendal Rolley Teaching EFL overseas can be an amazing adventure. Living overseas, experiencing new cultures and meeting (and teaching) amazing people are all ways to live a rich and […]
The Gaming of the IELTS Test
by David Buckley For the last 20 years, there has been a sharp rise in the number of Chinese students taking the IELTS test every year. Last year alone, half […]
Teachers Stories: Why We Teach ESL
Teaching English in BangkokBy Jason A. Jellison It was 4:30 AM on a warm Bangkok morning and I had just stepped out into what would soon be the working world. […]
New Ways in Teaching Speaking, 2nd ed., TESOL Press
by Patrice Palmer New Ways in Teaching Speaking, Second Edition by TESOL Press was edited by Julie Vorholt, past Chair of the MWIS. This resource is a robust tome of […]
Cold War Warm-Ups Creating a Positive Online Environment
by Jennifer Cochran As an online ESL instructor living in the United States while teaching students in China, one fundamental challenge is cultivating a warm and personalized learning experience online. […]
What Generates the Global Desire to Learn and Speak English……?
By Peter Read As EFL teachers the world over, we are acutely aware that English is the world’s dominant language and is spoken by an estimated 400 million people throughout […]
Awakening to Global Englishes
Xue Wang, University of Hong KongFan Fang, Shantou University NS ideology With English becoming a lingua franca on a global scale, the number of so-called non-native English speakers has surpassed […]
Interview with Arkady Zilberman
Creator of the Training English Skills System by Sharyn Collins Hello Arkady, thank you very much for doing this interview. You seem to have had a very interesting life. Where […]
News as a Tool for the ESL/EFL Classroom
by Tory Thorkelson This semester, I had to design an all new course entitled “Current Events and Listening” and, since as usual, I received little or no guidance about what […]
Cantonese Dreams, Global Digital Voices
By Chris Panell “That will never happen, Mr. Panell.” We had been discussing the year 2047, the date for Hong Kong to be “fully integrated” into mainland China. My Year […]