A Teacher’s Starter Library
In this day and age, we take the endless sea of useful (and sometimes less than useful) information available on the internet for granted….
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5 Things That Caught Me Off Guard While Teaching in Rural Japan
I lived in Japan for seven years until November 2019 where I started off working in a fishing village as an assistant language teacher…
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Mastering Sales and Selling for Success, with Nicola Lutz
Today’s guest is Nicola Lutz. Nicola and I talk about sales and selling, what to expect and prepare for in the sales cycle, and…
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John Healy’s New Company Helps Teachers Beat TOEFL Speaking
Today’s guest is John Healy. I chat to John about his career in IT prior to begging to teach English. We talk also about…
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Social Reform, ‘Woke’ and ELT
‘Woke’ activists have been telling us to ‘wake up’ for the past two years: Wake up to issues of discrimination concerning gender, sexual orientation…
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Six Tips for Teaching TOEFL Online
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…
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The Future of English Language Teaching is Liberal Arts
Our disrupted world is poised for more disruption. New technologies have already upended many industries and professions. English language teaching and education more generally…
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TOEFL Teaching: Why Your Students Are Not Getting Higher Scores
Whatever a students’ ability, if they are unfamiliar with the strategies required to perform well at a particular examination, they will not do their…
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Incorporating Accessibility into Remote Assessments for the Classroom and Beyond
By Marc Vanhasselt, Vice President Accessibility, Prometric Remote assessments in the testing industry have evolved significantly within the past year. The pandemic accelerated the…
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Zsuzsanna Smith on The Challenges of Entrepreneurship and Starting Over in Business
Today’s guest is Zsuzanna Smith. Zsuzanna and I talk about being an entrepreneur, the pitfalls and challenges that go with starting out on one’s…
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