Status – So Where Do You Stand?
Status – so where do you stan We’re all very aware of who is above us, who is below and who is more or less on the same career level […]
English Teaching Belongs to Everyone
English Teaching Belongs to Everyone INTRODUCTION Norton (1997, p 427) states that ‘English belongs to all people who speak it, whether native and non-native, whether ESL or EFL, whether standard […]
Book Review: Text Chat Activities
Text Chat Activities A few months ago, I received an email from Mark Oliver who was keen for me to review his self-published book entitled “Text Chat Activities: A resource […]
EFL News From Around The World
EFL News From Around The World Welcome to our weekly “EFL News From Around The World” news section, bringing you the latest happenings from the world of English language teaching. […]
Phil Wade Interviews: Jenny Bedwell
Jenny Bedwell Jenny has been working in EFL for the last 20 years, having taught English in several countries including the UK, Greece, Portugal, Hungary and Japan. She joined the […]
Motivation and Language Testing
Motivation and Testing Are your learners bogged down with tests? Does this cause a drop in motivation in your language class? Language learning can be a joy for many students. […]
A talk about IELTS with Fabiana Traversin
. IELTS stands for International English Language Testing System. It is accepted by the governments in Canada, the UK, Australia, New Zealand, and South Africa. Interest in the exam has […]
Critical Thinking and English Language Teaching Pt. 2
Critical Thinking And English Language Teaching Critical thinking is not only definable but teachable. That’s good news in general, but does this mean critical thinking has a role in ELT? […]
Copernicus Goes To Baghdad (Via Beirut and Baku)
Copernicus Goes To Baghdad (Via Beirut and Baku) “If Paul Klee took a line for a walk, then Zaha took the surfaces that were driven by that line out for […]
English Teaching in Japan: My Experience
English Teaching in Japan: My Experience When I started pondering what I could share about teaching English in Japan, I felt uneasy. My story is experienced within and limited by […]