Covert Syllabus: What Else Do We Learn From Textbooks?
Covert Syllabus: What Else Do We Learn from Textbooks? A chilling ice-breaker It is the beginning of a new term and we start to plan the first lesson of the […]
Motivating Students to Learn English in the Office
Motivating Students to Learn English in the Office These days, business English is an essential requirement for teachers starting their EFL careers. Demand for English language skills around the world […]
Encouraging teenagers to use English in the Classroom
Encouraging teenagers to use English in the classroom “Can you say that in English?” “Ana and Pedro try to complete the activity in English.” “Remember to keep talking in English!” […]
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 […]
Transliteration in the ESL Classroom
In my seven years employed as an ESL instructor, while volunteering to teach ESL on weekends for refugees, I’ve learned a valuable asset often and endemically ignored within the region […]
Implementing Extensive Reading in the Classroom
Implementing Extensive Reading in the Classroom South Korea has become a hub for EFL in the past 20 or so years. Despite recent indications that this pulsating industry is on […]
To Teach or Not to Teach Shakespeare
To Teach or Not to Teach Shakespeare The idea that Shakespeare has no place in the EFL classroom is a false one. With the right method and approaches, Shakespeare, his […]
Why Evidence Matters
Why Evidence Matters Evidence in education is something that is being discussed more and more often in talks, blogs and articles, so it seems like a good time to throw […]
Teaching Academic Writing to ESL Students
Teaching Academic Writing to ESL Students I’ve been teaching academic writing to high-intermediate and advanced ESL students at a francophone college in Québec, Canada for the past several years. Using […]
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 […]