Does EFL Have an In-Class Listening Strategy?

By Allistair Elliott “Listening is the most critical communication skill”. Harmer on listening (briefly) Let’s look at what some of the heavy hitters in EFL have to say about listening. […]
How to Create Great Materials for Your ESL Classroom

by Kia DeKou When I first started teaching over 20 years ago, the company I worked for was relatively new and didn’t have any resources to share with us. They […]
Dispatches of a Teacher on the Front Line

Dispatches of a Teacher on the Front Line I was doing a talk with some ELT teachers at a school in the Bekaa valley in Lebanon in 2015, in a […]
Book Review: Penny Ur’s 100 Teaching Tips

I received a small package from Cambridge University Press last week and was eager to open it up and see what I had received. Sure enough, as I was expecting, […]
How to Find a Job Teaching English

How To Find a Job Teaching English I work as an ELT teacher trainer and consultant now, but in the past I worked for several years as a teacher recruiter […]