Book Review: Penny Ur’s 100 Teaching Tips
I received a small package from Cambridge University Press last week and was eager to open it up and see what I had received. Sure enough, as I was expecting, […]
Ten Post-Listening Activities
Ten Post-Listening Activities In this final installment of this series of articles, I’m going to share ten different activities that you can use in the post-listening stage. In this stage, […]
Copernicus Goes to France
Copernicus goes to France (Actually, North London) Here’s a question for your students: what is the most widely learned foreign language in the world after English? Despite a big recent […]
How to Find a Job Teaching English
How To Find a Job Teaching English I work as an ELT teacher trainer and consultant now, but in the past I worked for several years as a teacher recruiter […]
Teaching English in China: My Story
Teaching English in China What is it really like teaching Chinese students? What’s it like Teaching English in China? These were questions I had never considered until I went to […]
How To Become A Published Author
How to become a published author How to become a published author? You’re an ELT teacher and you’ve been teaching now for a number of years. You feel confident in […]
Teaching English Through Drama
Teaching English through Drama To the average EFL teacher putting on a play with children in a foreign language may seem ambitious, especially when pupils are struggling with the basics. […]
How to Deal with Indiscipline in the Classroom (Part 2)
How to Deal with Indiscipline in the Classroom (Part 2) In the first blog post of this series on discipline, I looked at some of the causes of unruly behaviour […]
Teaching English to Adults with Gamification
Teaching English to Adults with Gamification Gamification – the use of game mechanics in non-game situations – has recently become something of a buzzword in different industries. Even so, many […]
Memory and Language Learning
Memory and Language Learning Many language learners blame their learning problems on a poor memory. In fact many give up just for that reason. The reality is that poor memory […]