Financial Planning for Your Retirement, with Ben Shearon

Ben Shearon is a retired university English teacher based in Sendai. He was born in Germany and grew up in Spain but claims to be British. After living in Spain, […]
Getting Your Money to Work for You through Strategic Investing, with Nicola Prentis

Nicola Prentis started off in ELT as a teacher, bouncing around the world wherever she most wanted to go at the time: Czech Republic, Turkey, Australia, Spain, Thailand. She started […]
A Chat with Jamie Keddie on His Entrepreneurial Journey Building His Video Subscription Site

Jamie Keddie studied biochemistry at the University of Aberdeen in Scotland. That was followed by a degree in music at Leeds College of Music. For a while, he worked as […]
Building to 3,000 Students and Working in Tough Times, with Jill Stribling

Jill Stribling is an educator, entrepreneur, and business owner. Originally from the USA she now lives in Spain English for Fun offers students a competitive edge through self-esteem building, critical […]
Foreign Language Acquisition – The Challenges of 2020

challenges of 2020 As a new decade dawned on 1st January 2020, there was a huge wave of hope that filled many with positive feelings for the future. This included […]
How to Use Europeana Collections in Your Classroom?

Are you interested in integrating digital cultural heritage into your English language classroom? Do you think that cultural heritage is an integral part of every classroom? If your answer is […]
The Great Brexit Balls Up for ELT

Across the UK, English schools are standing empty, and teachers are being made redundant in increasing numbers. Host families are genuinely worried about keeping up with their mortgages, and many […]
Our Experience of Job Shadowing in Schools

by Suzana Poljak At the very beginning of an Erasmus+ programme, teachers in the Primary School, Juraj Dobrila in Rovinj in Croatia were given an opportunity to widen their horizons […]
Cambridge University Press Launches New YouTube Channel for Learners of English

Cambridge University Press has announced the launch of a new YouTube channel, aimed at supporting English language learners by teaching them how to use English in the real world. The […]
Interview with Rachel Paling

Promoter of Brain-Friendly Learning and Founder of Efficient Language Coaching By Sharyn Collins Rachel, first of all, many thanks for taking time out of your unbelievably busy schedule to do […]