Ben Buckwold from ESL Library on Growing His ESL Resource Company to Over 30 People
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Today’s guest is Ben Buckwold. After living in Japan, Ben returned to Canada in 2002 and started ESL Library. We talk about Japan, how Ben got started and the challenges […]
Teaching English in Rural Japan: 5 Things That Caught Me Off Guard
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Teaching English in Rural Japan: 5 Things That Caught Me Off Guard I lived in Japan for seven years until November 2019 where I started off working in a fishing […]
Dave Sperling From Dave’s ESL Cafe on His Life and Legendary Site
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Today’s guest is Dave Sperling. Dave is originally from L.A. and has in his time lived in Japan and Thailand. He started Dave’s ESL cafe nearly 30 years ago, and […]
Multi-Level ESL Classes: Teaching Strategies
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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 […]
Tips for Teaching TOEFL Online 2022
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Tips for Teaching TOEFL Online 2022 During a panel discussion included in EFL Magazine’s TOEFL Training Summit last week, participants were asked about possible gaps in the TOEFL training market […]
Simon Moran on the Franchisee Option for ELT Entrepreneurs
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Today’s guest is Simon Moran. Simon is the owner of www.modernenglish.net, and has been a successful franchisor for nearly 20 years. I chat to Simon about his background and the […]
A Short Guide to Acronyms in ELT
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Acronyms in ELT: What they mean and where and how they are used. Like any profession or field, the teaching of English has evolved and developed a whole range of […]
Interactional Competence – Three Classroom Activities
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Interactional Competence – Three Classroom Activities Most EFL teachers are probably familiar with the stilted nature of the learner to learner conversational interaction. Low confidence, lack of vocabulary or grammar […]
Dean Rogers’ Insights on What you need to Become an ELT Entrepreneur
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Today’s guest is Dean Rogers. Dean and I discuss his journey from being a struggling entrepreneur in Japan to a successful CEO and author. Dean gives some valuable tips on […]
How Tyson Batino Built a 7-8 Figure Teaching Business in Tokyo
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Today’s guest is Tyson Batino. Tyson talks about his journey from being a language-school teacher to co-owner of 11 English schools in Tokyo. Tyson talks about the challenges of scaling […]