Elena Matveeva – Phil Wade Interview

Elena Matveeva

Elena Matveeva – Phil Wade Interview Elena Matveeva has been teaching English in Russia since 1998. She has taught English courses at University, given private classes to students of different […]

ESL Placement Tests – An Analysis

ESL Placement Tests

ESL Placement Tests -An Analysis How accurate is the placement test at your school? How do you know? Can the data gathered through the placement test be used in other […]

Grammar Teaching and The Problem of Terminology

Grammar teaching

Grammar Teaching and The Problem of Terminology “What’s in a word?” Shakespeare once asked. And his answer: “A rose by any other name would smell as sweet.”  In other words, […]

Teaching English in Russia: A Brief Guide

Teaching English in Russia: A Brief Guide Why are you going there? It’s dangerous!” These were the words of my manager at the law firm in the UK where I […]

Nursery Rhymes for Adults

Nursery Rhymes for Adults

Nursery Rhymes for Adults Sometimes throughout the English speaking world, and even beyond, we frequently read aloud time-honored nursery rhymes and stories to our children. Hearing traditional tales brings great […]

The Insistence Exercise

The Insistence Exercise

By Mario Rinvolucri Person A:  What is it? Person B:  It’s a single question put by one student to a classmate. The questioner repeats the same question many times and […]