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Making the Most Out of Your Coursebooks

Making the Most Out of Your Coursebooks

The role of coursebooks in EFL is a topic of some controversy.  For many, language books form the backbone of their curriculums, and some EFL teachers have a strong loyalty […]

Teaching ESL Speaking to Upper-Intermediate Students

Teaching ESL Speaking

Teaching ESL Speaking to Upper-Intermediate Students For teachers involved in the learning and preparatory process with students of upper-intermediate level, aiming at a B1/ B2 degree, the challenge of overcoming […]

How to Improve TOEFL Listening Scores

How to Improve TOEFL Listening Scores

By Josh MacPherson, Head Instructor at TST Prep You’re stuck. And, you can’t seem to improve your TOEFL Listening test scores. On top of all that,you have read the books, […]

Teaching Exam Listening

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 […]

Motivation and Language Testing

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. […]

Adapting ELT Textbooks for Students

Adapting ELT Textbooks

Adapting ELT Textbooks for Students Course books are the mainstay of any course of English language study, providing the essential grounding in areas such as the four skills, vocabulary, grammar […]

10 Pre-Reading Activities

10 Pre-Reading Activities

There was a great article published recently on 10 pre-listening activities by Hall Houston. This inspired me to contribute to this article that has 10 fun and engaging pre-reading activities. […]

Ten Post-Listening Activities

Ten Post-Listening Activities

Ten Post-Listening Activities In this final installment of this series of articles, I’m going to share ten different activities that you can use in the post-listening stage. In this stage, […]

Ten While-Listening Activities

Ten While-Listening Activities

Ten While-Listening Activities This is the third in a series. The first part is ‘The Three Stages Of A Listening Activity.’ The second is ‘Ten Pre-Listening Activities.’ This time, I’m going […]