English Teaching in Japan: My Experience
English Teaching in Japan: My Experience When I started pondering what I could share about teaching English in Japan, I felt uneasy. My story is experienced within and limited by […]
Teaching Listening Skills is the Heart of Our Work
Teaching Listening Skills is the Heart of Our Work Listening is one of the most important skills used in learning languages, and is also one of the least understood. Listening […]
Teaching in Korean Universities
Teaching in Korean Universities As I end my 20th year in Korea, and my 18th as a Professor at a University in Seoul, I have been reflecting on what life […]
Prereading Strategies to Help Increase Reading Speed
Using Prereading Strategies Will Help Increase Reading Speed Do you sometimes have learners who feel their reading speed is too slow? Would you like to help them to speed up? […]
Entrepreneurs: Interview with Duolingo Founder
Entrepreneurs: Interview with Louis von Ahn Welcome to the first in a new monthly series we’ll be running. In it the founder and owner of EFL Magazine, Philip Pound, will […]
The Freelance Teacher: How do I Make or Achieve a Brand?
The Freelance Teacher What Is A Brand? Our fictitious English teacher, Sally, had a brand. One could see it instinctively but couldn’t define what it was. She was doing something […]
Ten Pre-Listening Activities
Ten Pre-Listening Activities In my previous article for EFL Magazine, I described the features of the three stages of a listening lesson (pre-listening, while-listening, and post-listening). In this article, I […]
The Lexical Approach – A Beginners’ Guide
The Lexical Approach – A beginners Guide The term “teaching lexically” was coined by Hugh Dellar and Andrew Walkley, coursebook writers (Innovations, Outcomes) and teacher trainers (LexicalLab), who have proudly taken over from the […]
The Three Stages Of A Listening Activity
The Three Stages of a Listening Activity In this article, I will present the three stages of a listening activity, and present some basic suggestions for each stage. “Okay students, […]
Celpe-Bras: Ideas for English Language Testing
Celpe-Bras: Ideas for English Language Testing Celpe-Bras stands for Certificado de Proficiência em Língua Portuguesa para Estrangeiros (in English: Portuguese Language Proficiency Exam for Foreigners). It is the only proficiency […]