Conference News: Celebrating Women in ELT
Conference News: Celebrating Women in ELT In the 80s there was a UK-based group called Women in TEFL. Pre-email and social media, they organised conferences and events, mostly aimed at […]
Phil Wade Interviews: Shanthi Cumaraswamy Streat
Phil Wade Interviews: Shanthi Cumaraswamy Streat Shanthi Cumaraswamy Streat is an independent Business English Trainer with a background in finance. Through her business English with a Twist, she teaches professionals […]
Quizlet – Create Engaging Vocabulary Study Sets
Quizlet – Create Engaging Vocabulary Study Sets Introduction Vocabulary acquisition is an essential aspect of language teaching and learning. Quizlet is an app used to learn and practice new vocabulary. […]
7 Business Benefits of Learning English
7 Business Benefits of Learning English More than 7,000 languages are spoken around the globe but out of all of these, English is the universal language – the language that […]
Phil Wade Interviews: Akos Gerold
Phil Wade Interviews: Akos Gerold How do you define what you do? Are you a teacher? A trainer? A coach? A skills developer? I say I am a business communication […]
Web Tools for Teaching English Online
Web Tools for Teaching English Online When I began teaching online full-time in 2010 I remember trying to pack teaching, blogging, materials creation, social media and email marketing all in […]
Book Review: Text Chat Activities
Text Chat Activities A few months ago, I received an email from Mark Oliver who was keen for me to review his self-published book entitled “Text Chat Activities: A resource […]
Phil Wade Interviews: Jenny Bedwell
Jenny Bedwell Jenny has been working in EFL for the last 20 years, having taught English in several countries including the UK, Greece, Portugal, Hungary and Japan. She joined the […]
Should ESL Exam Tutors Take the Test, Too?
Should ESL Exam Tutors Take the Test, Too? Have you ever used Google Maps on your smartphone? Or some form of satellite navigation? Even if you haven’t, you probably know […]
Book Reviews: “Logic Activities” and “At Work”
Book Reviews: “Logic Activities” and “At Work” “Logic Activities” by David Bougton “Logic Activities”, published in 2016, is written by David Boughton and is a very well-written eBook published by […]