Olly Richards on Starting, Scaling, and Marketing Your Company

Olly Richards is an entrepreneur, publisher, and language specialist from the United Kingdom whose work has transformed the way people around the world approach learning languages and building online businesses. […]
Self-Publishing and Building a Successful Publishing Company, with Dorothy Zemach

Today’s guest is Dorothy Zemach. Dorothy and I chat about her career, self-publishing, and running a successful publishing company. She also, give tips, advice, and encouragement to those who might […]
Teaching English Without a Book

Time to stop quoting sentence fragments from a book! Find out Teaching English without a book with these foolproof tips from a teaching legend. The main idea of this research […]
Ten Tips for New ESL Teachers in a University Setting

This article on Ten Tips for New ESL Teachers in a University Setting is written for teachers who have just begun teaching ESL classes at a university. I’ve taught in […]
Teaching Grammar to ESL Students through Theatre

Teaching Grammar to ESL Students through Theatre At first glance, teaching grammar to ESL students and theater might seem at odds. A grammar-focused lesson generally aims to clarify a decontextualized […]
Prewriting Activities for EFL Academic-Writing Classes

Prewriting Activities for EFL Academic Writing Classes Academic writing is not an easy skill to master, and yet it is the most important skill needed in an academic context (Alexander […]
Teaching Paraphrasing to ESL Writing Students

Teaching Paraphrasing to ESL Writing Students Learning to write academically in English is a huge challenge for second language students. While they must deal with complex syntactical structures and academic […]
The Lexical Approach – A Beginners’ Guide

The Lexical Approach – A beginners Guide The term “teaching lexically” was coined by Hugh Dellar and Andrew Walkley, coursebook writers (Innovations, Outcomes) and teacher trainers (LexicalLab), who have proudly taken over from the […]
Some Online Resources for Teaching English

Online Resources for Teaching English First, there was a delay. Then, there was a decision to go online for two weeks. Now, it looks like I may never actually meet […]
Self Care Strategies for Teachers

Self Care Strategies for Teachers I recently attended the TESOL Convention where I had a conversation with a teacher about the work that I’m doing related to teacher self-care. I […]