From Mainstream to ESL Teaching
by Abigail Burrow Moving from mainstream to ESL is not a typical step in teaching. However, when I found myself in Asia on vacation in 2016, I realised how much […]
The Path to Pain-Free Speaking Exams
by Wayne Finley Students the world over look at speaking exams with absolute dread: a time for humiliation, embarrassment, shame and all the other words you’d copy and paste from […]
Teaching at an English Summer Camp in South Korea
By Raquel Thoesen The summer of 2014 looked a bit different for me than for most other university students back home. It took place in the muggy August air of […]
Reflection as an act of sharing and caring
By Vasiliki Lismani “Sharing is caring”. You might think “What a cliché!” but, as teachers we know that this is (or at least should be) our motto. Sharing is, by […]
A Day in the Life of an EFL Teacher
By Paul Finnerty The fact that it’s mid-October and I’ve just got back from swimming in the sea rather sums up why I chose to come and work in Bari, […]
How Important Can A Teacher’s Meeting Be?
By Leticia Sales As with most schools in Brazil, the one where I am a pedagogical coordinator has a teacher’s meeting (or branch) meeting at the beginning of every semester, […]
Et tu, Brute: A TESOL Tragedy
Et tu, Brute: A TESOL Tragedy Last month I took four weeks to complete one of the more reputed TESOL qualification courses available (no, not that one, the other one…).The […]
Using language notebooks with young learners
Using language notebooks with young learners As teachers, we always want our young students to be more effective at recording language. How often do we feel a sense of hopelessness, […]
Critical Pedagogy – Cultural Capital
Cultural Capital Cultural capital refers to all the non-financial assets that aid social mobility. It’s all those little extras that help people change their position and situation in the socio-economic […]
The Student’s Perspective: Three Steps to Active Reading
Three Steps to Active Reading The focus has been on teachers and teaching so far at EFL Magazine. Educators spend a lot more time thinking, writing, and reading about education, […]