Conference News: Celebrating Women in ELT
Conference News: Celebrating Women in ELT In the 80s there was a UK-based group called Women in TEFL. Pre-email and social media, they organised conferences and events, mostly aimed at […]
Phil Wade Interviews: Shanthi Cumaraswamy Streat
Phil Wade Interviews: Shanthi Cumaraswamy Streat Shanthi Cumaraswamy Streat is an independent Business English Trainer with a background in finance. Through her business English with a Twist, she teaches professionals […]
Quizlet – Create Engaging Vocabulary Study Sets
Quizlet – Create Engaging Vocabulary Study Sets Introduction Vocabulary acquisition is an essential aspect of language teaching and learning. Quizlet is an app used to learn and practice new vocabulary. […]
English Teaching Belongs to Everyone
English Teaching Belongs to Everyone INTRODUCTION Norton (1997, p 427) states that ‘English belongs to all people who speak it, whether native and non-native, whether ESL or EFL, whether standard […]
Entrepreneurs: Paul Maglione from English Attack
Entrepreneurs: Paul Maglione from English Attack I see from your bio that you grew up in the U.S, Italy and The Philippines, tell me a little about your formative […]
Using Coaching Techniques In ELT
Using Coaching Techniques in ELT I have been a language trainer here in France for over 20 years now, having started by learning Lozanov’s suggestopaedic method back in the early […]
Copernicus Goes to France
Copernicus goes to France (Actually, North London) Here’s a question for your students: what is the most widely learned foreign language in the world after English? Despite a big recent […]
Teaching Business Writing Online
Teaching Business Writing Online Online teaching is becoming a key skill in Business English training. I’ll be talking specifically about live face to face lessons delivered via video conferencing technology, […]