Teaching the Article to EFL Learners

Teaching the Article to EFL Learners with No L1 Articles occur more frequently than any other word in the English language (“Word Frequency Data”). Unfortunately, however, they remain a persistent […]
Punctuation in ESL – Why It Matters

Punctuation in ESL – Why It Matters A Quiz Can you match these eight sentences to their writers’ L1s? They were all written by either an Arabic, Chinese, Polish or […]
Phil Wade Interviews: Scott Thornbury

Phil Wade Interviews: Scott Thornbury Scott Thornbury teaches on the MA TESOL program at The New School in New York. His previous experience includes teaching and teacher training in Egypt, […]
One-to-One Teaching – Managing Time

One-to-One Teaching – Managing Time You often hear from teachers how overwhelmed they are by spending long hours on lesson preparation and not having enough time during classes to do […]
TEFL Books for Teachers – A Starter Library

TEFL Books for Teachers – A Starter Library In this day and age, we take the endless sea of useful (and sometimes less than useful) information available on the internet […]
Making the Most Out of Your Coursebooks

The role of coursebooks in EFL is a topic of some controversy. For many, language books form the backbone of their curriculums, and some EFL teachers have a strong loyalty […]
7 More Favourite EFL Books

EFL Magazine is delighted to highlight 7 EFL Books suggestions which we hope may be useful to you all. A big EFL Magazine Thank You! to our 7 book reviewers […]
Lesson Ideas for Teaching Poetry

Lesson Ideas for Teaching Poetry When I say the word “poetry” in class, I am often met with a sonorous groan. As a fan of poetry, this always breaks my […]
Some of My Favourite Sites and Groups for Professional Development

By Tory Thorkelson According to edglossarry.org, “[i]n education, the term professional development may be used in reference to a wide variety of specialized training, formal education, or advanced professional learning […]
DELTA Module 1: a Survival Guide

Fancy a new challenge? The Diploma in English Language Teaching for Adults (DELTA) is certainly worth the investment (part 1 of 3 modules as a course is £800 approx). There […]