My A-Z of Teaching English in Korea and Vietnam
My A-Z of Teaching English in Korea and Vietnam There are an estimated 250,000 native English speakers teaching English as a foreign language in…
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5 Ways to Remember Students’ Names
5 Ways to Remember Students’ Names In my many years of teaching, perhaps the biggest challenge I think is remembering students’ names. At the…
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How You Can Use Coaching in Your ESL Classes
How You Can Use Coaching in Your ESL Classes to Boost Motivation? As a coach, I have worked with several non-native ESL teachers who…
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Applying Learning Theories: A Case Study in Mexico City
Learning theories How can we identify our teaching based on different learning theories? English (as a Second Language) Teachers have acted as facilitators of…
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Experiential/Hands-on Learning in TEFL
Experiential/hands-on learning has long been proclaimed by educators including myself as a fundamental factor in setting children up to have a lifelong love of…
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The Problem with Cambridge English Exams
General-View (eflmagazine.com) indicate a candidate’s competency in the contexts in which they need to use the language. Nevertheless, general proficiency is reflected more or…
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Some Ideas for Using Lead-Ins in Your Classroom
Do you ever create your own lead-ins? Open most coursebooks and you will notice that new sections often start with one or two questions…
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Three Essentials for Motivating Adult Learners
Any teacher knows that motivated students will work more effectively towards their language goals. Motivation is particularly important in the adult classroom, to which…
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Analogies Can Teach Anything
by Glenn G. Dahlem, Ph.D. All educators have long known about testing and pretesting based on using analogies. “Nine is to eighty-one as four…
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Identity Crisis: The Biggest Challenge Facing Adult Language Learners
I vividly remember Irma. She was the life of the class. She had the widest smile and the loudest giggle. Always armed with pen…
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