York – a Great Place to Study and Teach EFL
York, a rewarding and fascinating City in which to study and teach EFL….where size certainly doesn’t matter! By Peter Read York city, the ancient capital of England, is one of […]
Developing Your Resilience - Advice for English Language Teachers
By Daniel Clausen Teachers are people, too. We face the same types of problems as others. We stumble into the burdens of bad relationships, we suffer calamities outside of our […]
Penny Ur : 100 Teaching Tips – Book Review
by Penny Ur Cambridge University Press 2016 Reviewed by Scott Zimmermann, D.A. Few authors in the field of EFL are as eminently qualified as Penny Ur. Her practical book, Penny […]
Recruiting and Selecting Teaching Staff: A Strategic Approach
By Jonathan Owen Teachers can make or break an educational institution. For this reason, the process used to recruit them is critical to a school’s overall success (Meador, 2017). Yet, […]
Fancy a New Challenge?
By Daniel Israel The Diploma in English Language Teaching for Adults (DELTA) is certainly worth the investment (part 1 of 3 modules as a course is £800 approx). There comes […]
DELTA Module 1: a Survival Guide
Fancy a new challenge? The Diploma in English Language Teaching for Adults (DELTA) is certainly worth the investment (part 1 of 3 modules as a course is £800 approx). There […]
Don’t Stare – Start Writing Instead
by Elizabeth Bekes Cuenca, Ecuador Book review on The PhD Writing Handbook by Desmond Thomas Palgrave September 2016 The opening scene of Sally Potter’s movie, The Tango Lesson is imprinted […]
A Holistic Approach to Civil Engineering Teaching in China
By Peter Hughes I teach Civil Engineering in China at The Henan Polytechnic University (HPU). With a long history, it is the first mining university in Chinese history as well […]
Sentence Structure with a Dash of Zombie
By Terry McLean As an English as an Additional Language (EAL) teacher, I find that many students struggle with the use of sentence variety. The following information and advice is […]
The Plain Way for EAP Students to Say It Like It Is
The Plain Way for EAP Students to Say It Like It Is The Vampire Papers I have read hundreds of university-level essays by non-native speakers of English and at least […]