Making the Most Out of Your Coursebooks
The role of coursebooks in EFL is a topic of some controversy. For many, language books form the backbone of their curriculums, and some…
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Teaching English without a Book – EFL
Time to stop quoting sentence fragments from a book! Find out Teaching English without a book with these foolproof tips from a teaching legend….
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Book Review: Discussions Volume 1
Discussions Volume 1 by Adrian Wallwork and Liz Hoeppner. In the late 90’s, Cambridge University Press (CUP) released two books titled Discussions A-Z (Intermediate and…
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Some Ideas for Using Lead-Ins in Your Classroom
Do you ever create your own lead-ins? Open most coursebooks and you will notice that new sections often start with one or two questions…
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How to Publish a Book (and How NOT to!)
Every teacher dreams of compiling their best teaching ideas into a solid book at some point in their career, I suspect. It might be…
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Helping B1/B2 Level Speakers Improve Their Speaking Skills
by Maria Argyriou For teachers involved in the learning and preparatory process with students of upper-intermediate level, aiming at a B1/ B2 degree, the…
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With a Little Help from My Friends
Using the Beatles in the ELT classroom Chris Walklett Recent surveys, such as Kaplan (2013) https://www.kaplaninternational.com/blog/how-to-teach-english-kaplan-infographic, have shown that, in the ELT classroom, music is the…
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Ideas for Getting the Most Out of Written Exercises
By Enda Scott Even with the most imaginative class preparation or latest technology, teachers and students are often left with a barrage of quite…
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Getting the Most from Written Exercises
By Enda Scott Even with the most imaginative class preparation or the latest technology, teachers and students are often left with a barrage of…
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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…
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