Opening a Language School in Japan – What I wish I’d Known

Opening a Language School in Japan – What I wish I’d Known I arrived in Japan in June 1999, after almost 20 years working as a high school teacher in […]
How to Teach Intonation Awareness to EFL Students

How to Teach Intonation Awareness to EFL Students English is widely spoken in different parts of the world today, along with the local language of the region. Although there’s no […]
Teaching Adjectives to EFL/ESL Students – An Activity

Teaching Adjectives to EFL/ESL Students – An Activity Nowadays, with the development of technology, we hear almost every day about how important it is to make learning more interesting, to […]
Louis von Ahn Interview with EFL Magazine

Louis von Ahn Interview with EFL Magazine Who is Luis von Ahn and what does he believe? I believe everyone should have access to high-quality education. As for who I […]
Chris Ozog – Phil Wade Interviews

Chris Ozog – Phil Wade Interviews Chris Ożóg is a teacher, teacher trainer and writer, originally from Scotland but very rarely there now. He’s been involved in English Language Teaching […]
Pronunciation – IELTS Speaking

Pronunciation – IELTS Speaking Hello and welcome back to the final article in this series, looking this time at Pronunciation. If you haven’t read my previous instalment on Grammatical Range […]
Grammatical Range and Accuracy – IELTS Speaking

Grammatical Range and Accuracy – IELTS Speaking Welcome back to my IELTS speaking series looking at the speaking grading criteria. If you haven’t read the previous part of this series on […]
Fluency and Coherence – IELTS Speaking

Fluency and Coherence IELTS Speaking In my last article, I gave a brief introduction to the IELTS speaking grading criteria. If you haven’t seen it, you might want to have […]
IELTS Speaking Band Descriptors: an Introduction

IELTS Speaking Band Descriptors: An Introduction What is IELTS? If you’ve never heard of IELTS, you’ll probably come across it sooner or later – it’s the world’s most popular English […]
Learning Language Online: Reflections And Reviews

Learning Language Online: Reflections And Reviews I’m an English teacher, but the first language I was taught was French. Like many, I started at middle school and continued to GCSE […]