How To Choose an ELT Textbook
How To Choose An ELT Textbook So you need to choose a new textbook for your class? It’s no secret that the market is full of shiny, colourful, attractive-looking books; […]
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 […]
Teaching Performing Arts – Breathing
Teaching Performing Arts – Breathing This activity can be modified to suit your learners’ age and level of English, and if you have more time you can extend it to […]
Teach English in Taiwan: A Brief Guide
Teach English in Taiwan: A Brief Guide When people think of visiting Asia, it is likely that many countries first pop into their minds before they give any thoughts to […]
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 […]
An ‘Out Of The Blue’ Lesson Plan
An ‘Out Of The Blue’ Lesson Plan We all have to cover for our colleagues from time to time. And sometimes it happens with only a moment’s notice. I had […]
How to Be a Great Manager
How to Be a Great Manager The importance of spotting: Some people are good at generating ideas. Others collect them. I am a collector myself. I walk around with a ‘mental […]
How To Prepare Your Students For BULATS
How To Prepare Your Students For BULATS You’ve just been asked to teach a class of highly motivated business students. The only problem is they want to prepare for BULATS. […]
Critical Thinking and English Language Teaching Pt. 1
Critical Thinking And English Language Teaching Pt. 1 Critical thinking has been a buzzword for some time now. In fact, judging by the research, it has been a buzzword for […]
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 […]