Presentation Ideas for ESL Students

Presentation Ideas for ESL Students Imagine a student standing in front of the class delivering a presentation. The student looks out and sees students playing on their smart phones, chatting, […]
Fluency MC – Teaching Phrasal Verbs with Rap

Fluency MC – Teaching Phrasal Verbs with Rap There is virtually no limit to the number of communicative activities you can do with a music video, both in and out of […]
How to Teach Collocations – The Sure-Fire Way

How to Teach Collocations – The Sure-Fire Way Would you like me to show you a sure-fire method to teach English to your students? Something that would not only give […]
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 […]
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 […]
Pronunciation in ESL – Why It Should Be Top Priority

Pronunciation ESL – Why It Should Be Top Priority As a second language learner, I spent 20 weeks in ELICOS classrooms in two different institutions but out of those 400 […]
TOEFL Is Not an English Test – These Are the Reasons

TOEFL Is Not an English Test – These Are the Reasons In September, 2005, ETS, the New Jersey-based company that designs and administers the TOEFL test, introduced an updated version […]
Grammatical Range and Accuracy – IELTS Speaking

Grammatical Range and Accuracy – IELTS Speaking Welcome back to my IELTS speaking series looking at the speaking grading criteria. If you haven’t read the previous part of this series on […]
Lexical Resource – IELTS Speaking

Lexical Resource IELTS Speaking Hi everyone, welcome to the third installment of our analysis of IELTS speaking grading criteria. In my last article, we looked Fluency and Coherence. If you haven’t […]