College Student Icebreaker Activities
College Student Icebreaker Activities As someone who used various versions of Find Someone Who to warm up my classes at the beginning of my career, I am constantly trying to […]
Listening Comprehension Activities When You’re Short on Time
Listening Comprehension Activities When You’re Short on Time Do you ever find yourself having to rush through your textbook in order to finish your unit / course / semester on […]
Accommodating Dyslexic Learners in the EFL Classroom
Accommodating Dyslexic Learners in the EFL Classroom “All students are entitled to attend and participate in foreign language classes. Thus today’s foreign language educator … has the task to meet […]
Writing Drama for English Language Learners
Writing Drama for English Language Learners Film and television shows have universal appeal as an entertainment source in popular culture.Technology’s widespread influence makes online video content more accessible to English […]
ESL and Dyslexia – Some Techniques to Help Learners
ESL and Dyslexia – Some Techniques to Help Learners Sometimes you, as a teacher, know about them right away, as they will come into your classroom with an Educational Psychologist […]
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 […]
Teaching Resources for ESL Teachers – A Guide
Teaching Resources for ESL Teachers – A Guide Since I can remember, I’ve been obsessed with building my teaching library. A library can be many things — a place of […]
Hiring a TEFL Teacher Who’s World-Class
Hiring a TEFL Teacher Who’s World-Class Hiring a TEFL teacher is a big responsibility. But hiring someone you’ve never met in ‘real life’ and persuading them to fly halfway around […]
Punctuation in ESL – Why It Matters
Punctuation in ESL – Why It Matters A Quiz Can you match these eight sentences to their writers’ L1s? They were all written by either an Arabic, Chinese, Polish or […]
John F. Faneslow Interview with Alexandra Chistyakova
John F. Faneslow Interview with Alexandra Chistyakova Interview with John F. Fanselow, professor emeritus at Teachers College, Columbia University, USA, and a faculty member of the International Teacher Education Institute […]