The 50th Annual IATEFL Conference

The 50th Annual IATEFL Conference

The 50th Annual IATEFL Conference The date for the 50th  Annual IATEFL Conference is soon approaching. Some 2,500 delegates, speakers, exhibitors and sponsors are already booked in to attend this […]

Phil Wade Interviews: Julie Pratten

Julie Pratten

Phil Wade Interviews: Julie Pratten Julie Pratten has taught both business and general English in more than 20 counties. She has written several English for finance titles, including ‘Absolute Financial […]

Teaching Business Writing Online

Teaching business writing

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, […]

Growth Hacking Your Book Sales

Growth Hacking Your Book Sales

Growth Hacking Your Book Sales In many ways writing and creating your own book is the easy part of self-publishing. The really difficult part comes when you start trying to […]

Special report on FAB8 Kyoto

Special report on FAB8 Kyoto

FAB8 Kyoto FAB8 – the latest in a series of international neuroELT conferences dedicated to neuroscience and English Language Teaching – was held at Kyoto Sangyo University in Japan from […]

KoreaTESOL (KOTESOL) International Conference

KOTESOL

KoreaTESOL (KOTESOL)  International Conference Another conference is done and as the post-conference cocktail of exhaustion and euphoria fades, I would like share with you who we are, what it is […]

Copernicus Goes To China: The Sounds Of English

The Sounds Of English

Copernicus Goes To China: The Sounds Of English This column is named after the 16th-century Polish astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus, who argued that “the heavenly bodies do not all move round […]

How Can We Communicate Effectively ?

How Can We Communicate Effectively

How Can we Communicate Effectively ? Communication 101 – Mission Statements: How can we communicate effectively? “The single biggest problem in communication is the illusion that it has taken place” said […]

Using First Language In the Classroom

Using First Language In the Classroom

Using First Language in the Classroom When I was first thinking of advertising my services as a young one-to-one teacher I decided to read some advertisements by my colleagues to […]