Teaching Exam Listening
Teaching Exam Listening For learners preparing to take Cambridge exams in Italy, listening is notoriously the most difficult skill. This is backed up by their own admissions and the usually-less-than-borderline […]
Teachers Stories: The Secret Vault
As I always tell my students and clients, stories are magic carpet rides. They fly us to any destination, allow us to explore endless possibilities, and naturally, are a great […]
Where Are We Going Wrong with Teaching Reading Skills?
By Mark Bartholomew Past and Present? – Teaching Techniques Do you remember reading classes in English, Spanish, or whatever foreign language you were studying, where the text was too difficult […]
Integrating Global Issues in the Creative English Language Classroom
By: Magali Arteaga With reference to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals Edited by: Alan Maley and Nik Peachey British Council 2017 208 pages ISBN 978-0-86355-855-9 It is undoubtedly true […]
What Needs Analysis Is and How It Plays a Pivotal Role in Teacherpreneurship
What Needs Analysis Is and How It Plays a Pivotal Role in Teacherpreneurship “Would you tell me, please, which way I ought to walk from here ?” “That depends a good […]
Teaching the Article to EFL Learners with No Article in their L1
Teaching the Article to EFL Learners with No L1 Articles occur more frequently than any other word in the English language (“Word Frequency Data”). Unfortunately, however, they remain a persistent […]
Teaching Grammar in the Post Communicative Approach Era
Teaching Grammar in the Post Communicative Approach Era Grammar. To teach or not to teach? This has been the question that language teachers have asked themselves for ages. It has […]
Some Advice on Giving Written Feedback to Learners
Some Advice on Giving Written Feedback to Learners One of the most rewarding experiences during my PhD candidature was receiving respectful, thoughtful, critical and detailed feedback from my supervisors, Dr […]
Phil Wade Interviews: Flora Debora Floris
Phil Wade Interviews: Flora Debora Floris Flora Debora Floris is a lecturer at the Petra Christian University, Surabaya, Indonesia where she teaches general English and language teaching methodology courses. She […]
Online Activities for ESL Students – Wikisurfing
Online Activities for ESL Students We teach our students English. No, let me try wording that again. We do our best to help our students acquire enough language so they […]