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 […]
ESL Exam Questions and How to Write Them
ESL Exam Questions and How to Write Them Many teachers lack an understanding of how to use the different types of ESL exam questions. There may also be a tendency […]
Teaching English Using TED Talks
Teaching English Using TED Talks We EFL teachers today are indeed a very fortunate group of people. Due in large part to the Internet, there are a plethora of easily […]
Icebreaker Activities for EFL Students
Icebreaker Activities for EFL Students It’s advisable to use icebreaker activities or “getting to know you” activities, so that students can become more familiar with each other and get along […]
6 Tips for Using Project-Based Learning in ESL
6 Tips for Using Project-Based Learning in ESL There are many reasons for English language teachers to assign projects. First of all, project-based learning stimulates collaboration between the students. We’re […]
Phil Wade Interviews: Scott Thornbury
Phil Wade Interviews: Scott Thornbury Scott Thornbury teaches on the MA TESOL program at The New School in New York. His previous experience includes teaching and teacher training in Egypt, […]
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 […]
Adapting ELT Textbooks for Students
Adapting ELT Textbooks for Students Course books are the mainstay of any course of English language study, providing the essential grounding in areas such as the four skills, vocabulary, grammar […]