Applying Learning Theories: A Case Study in Mexico City

Applying Learning Theories: A Case Study in Mexico City How can we identify our teaching based on different learning theories? English (as a Second Language) Teachers have acted as facilitators […]
Teaching Low-Level Learners ESL Using Authentic Materials

Teaching Low Level Learners ESL Using Authentic Materials A 1-2-1 student of mine has just passed his (Hungarian B2 CEFR level) matura exam, in which he got 85%. What is […]
Multi-Level ESL Classes: Teaching Strategies

Multi-Level ESL Classes: Teaching Strategies When I began my first position teaching English as a Second Language, I hadn’t anticipated some of the challenges I would face teaching multi-level ESL […]
Subject Raising in English Grammar

Subject Raising: Do You Happen To Know? Subject raising is my all-time favourite English grammar structure. It’s one of the craziest things you can do in English, and yet it’s […]
6 Tips for Using Project-Based Learning in ESL

6 Tips for Using Project-Based Learning in ESL There are many reasons for English language teachers to assign projects. First of all, project-based learning stimulates collaboration between the students. We’re […]
Mario Rinvolucri: The Insistence Exercise

Mario Rinvolucri: The Insistence Exercise Person A: What is it? Person B: It’s a single question put by one student to a classmate. The questioner repeats the same question many […]
Phil Wade Interviews: Scott Thornbury

Phil Wade Interviews: Scott Thornbury Scott Thornbury teaches on the MA TESOL program at The New School in New York. His previous experience includes teaching and teacher training in Egypt, […]
Teaching in Korean Universities

Teaching in Korean Universities As I end my 20th year in Korea, and my 18th as a Professor at a University in Seoul, I have been reflecting on what life […]
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 […]
Collocations Lesson – How to Teach

Collocations Lesson – How to Teach In my previous article for EFLmagazine.com, Taking a Chunk out of Vocabulary: Using Collocations (2015), I examined what collocation is and the benefits of […]