Ben Shearon- Financial Planning for Your Retirement
Ben Shearon is a retired university English teacher based in Sendai. He was born in Germany and grew up in Spain but claims to be British. After living in Spain, […]
Ten Pre-Listening Activities
Ten Pre-Listening Activities In my previous article for EFL Magazine, I described the features of the three stages of a listening lesson (pre-listening, while-listening, and post-listening). In this article, I […]
Teaching the Article to EFL Learners
Teaching the Article to EFL Learners Articles occur more frequently than any other word in the English language (“Word Frequency Data”). Unfortunately, however, they remain a persistent source of difficulty, […]
Ben Buckwold from Ellii on Growing His ESL Resource Company
Today’s guest is Ben Buckwold of Ellii. After living in Japan, Ben returned to Canada in 2002 and started ESL Library. We talk about Japan, how Ben got started and […]
Connected Speech: What Happens During Ordinary Speech?
Connected Speech: What Happens During Ordinary Speech? Why do so many EFL learners have difficulty with listening comprehension? “English people speak so fast” is a very common complaint I hear […]
Opening a Language School in Japan – What I wish I’d Known
Opening a Language School in Japan – What I wish I’d Known I arrived in Japan in June 1999, after almost 20 years working as a high school teacher in […]
Dave Sperling From Dave’s ESL Cafe
Dave Sperling is an American educator, technologist, and entrepreneur best known as the founder of Dave’s ESL Cafe, one of the most influential online communities in the world of English […]
How Tyson Batino Built a 7-8 Figure Teaching Business in Tokyo
Tyson Batino is an entrepreneur, educator, and business leader based in Japan who has built a career around empowering people through education, culture, and community. After moving from the United […]
A Short Guide to Acronyms in ELT
A Short Guide to Acronyms in ELT Like any profession or field, the teaching of English has evolved and developed a whole range of acronyms and specialised terms to describe […]
Why Not Teach English through Comics?
Why Not Teach English through Comics? According to Jeff Hughes of the American TESOL Institute, his teachers used to criticize comic books in his youth stating “these books have zero […]