Collocations Lesson – How to Teach
Collocations Lesson – How to Teach In my previous article for EFLmagazine.com, Taking a Chunk out of Vocabulary: Using Collocations (2015), I examined what collocation is and the benefits of […]
Write Right: Teaching Composition Skills
Teaching composition skills Nine years ago, I found myself having to rediscover how to teach writing to sophomores and higher level students for the first time since I did my […]
Teaching English Through Drama
Teaching English through Drama To the average EFL teacher putting on a play with children in a foreign language may seem ambitious, especially when pupils are struggling with the basics. […]
Non-Native Teachers and ELT Discrimination
Non-Native Teachers and ELT Discrimination If the title has shocked you, then I’m glad. If as a native English speaker (NS) you feel slightly offended, then I apologise, but I […]
Teaching English to Adults with Gamification
Teaching English to Adults with Gamification Gamification – the use of game mechanics in non-game situations – has recently become something of a buzzword in different industries. Even so, many […]
TOEFL Teaching – Reasons to Become a TOEFL Teacher
TOEFL Teaching – Reasons to Become a TOEFL Teacher As as an EFL instructor, do want to increase your marketability? Do you want to make dreams come true? Do you […]
One-to-One: Creating Comfort
One-to-One: Creating Comfort In the purely linguistic sense, the notion of creating comfort is pretty much the same in one-to-one and group contexts. It is linked to the concept called […]
Cooperative Learning in the EFL/ESL Classroom
Cooperative Learning in the EFL/ESL Classroom How much talking do your young learners do in class? We know that children love talking in their mother tongue – in fact it […]
Teaching Collocations – Best Approaches for Success
Teaching Collocations – Best Approaches for Success Teaching vocabulary in the ESL/EFL classroom can sometimes excite or it can sometimes frustrate teachers. In the scope of vocabulary learning, are there […]
One-to-One: Promoting Learner Autonomy
One-to-one: Promoting Learner Autonomy Have you ever had the feeling that there’s not much left for you to do but watch your student’s rapid growth resulting from his or her […]