Synthetic Phonics for EFL/ESL Learners
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Let us begin with the most basic question: what exactly is “synthetic phonics”? To “synthesize” means to combine parts or elements together. Using the term “to synthesize” in a literacy […]
Ben Shearon- Financial Planning for Your Retirement
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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?
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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
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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
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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
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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 […]