Teachers Stories: The Secret Vault
As I always tell my students and clients, stories are magic carpet rides. They fly us to any destination, allow us to explore endless possibilities, and naturally, are a great […]
Recently: the Time Adverbial that trespasses Grammar to Reach out for Difference
By Maaouia Haj Mabrouk: ELT inspector Tunisia Introduction Among the adjunct adverbials1 that kept puzzling me as a teacher, then as a teacher trainer, then as a researcher was the […]
EFL Lessons from the 2016 Film Arrival
by Tristan Cotterill As a teacher, it is best for us to use a range of techniques to keep our students’ attention, and for our classes not to become stale. […]
Interview with Guillaume Catella
The founder of Bilingua, a language exchange and learning companion app, connecting learners based on similar interests or personalities. By Sharyn Collins Hello Guillaume. You now work in the field […]
Where Are We Going Wrong with Teaching Reading Skills?
By Mark Bartholomew Past and Present? – Teaching Techniques Do you remember reading classes in English, Spanish, or whatever foreign language you were studying, where the text was too difficult […]
The Recent History of Pronunciation Teaching in English Language Teaching
by Steve Hirschhorn In Europe, pronunciation teaching prior to the late 19th c relied largely on imitation along with approximations derived from spelling and so, unsurprisingly, little was written on […]
Teaching through Context: Bringing the World into Your Classroom
Teaching through Context: Bringing the World into Your Classroom Nowadays, with the development of technology, we hear almost every day about how important it is to make learning more interesting, […]
The Plain Way for EAP Students to Say It Like It Is
The Plain Way for EAP Students to Say It Like It Is The Vampire Papers I have read hundreds of university-level essays by non-native speakers of English and at least […]
Modern Radio: Exploiting Podcasts in the EFL Classroom
Modern Radio: Exploiting Podcasts in the EFL Classroom Door to door, it takes me about an hour and five minutes to get to work every day. Without podcasts, my 52-minute […]
My Approach to Using Authentic Materials with Lower Level Learners
My Approach to Using Authentic Materials with Lower Level Learners A 1-2-1 student of mine has just passed his (Hungarian B2 CEFR level) matura exam, in which he got 85%. […]