How to Improve TOEFL Listening Scores

By Josh MacPherson, Head Instructor at TST Prep You’re stuck. And, you can’t seem to improve your TOEFL Listening test scores. On top of all that,you have read the books, […]
Teaching Listening When You Really Don’t Have Time to Teach Listening

by Andrew Griffiths, Daejeon Education Training Institute South Korea Do you ever find yourself having to rush through your textbook in order to finish your unit / course / […]
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. […]
Teaching Exam Listening

Does Practice actually make Perfect? For learners preparing to take Cambridge exams in Italy, listening is notoriously the most difficult skill. This is backed up by their own admissions and […]
The Heart of Learning Languages: Listening

The Heart of Learning Languages: Listening Listening is one of the most important skills used in learning languages, and is also one of the least understood. Listening is certainly regarded […]
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, […]
Learning to Listen With Our Eyes

Learning to Listen With Our Eyes Listening is of course a vital skill to develop to enable our students’ language abilities and course book writers are right to include a […]
The Three Stages Of A Listening Activity

The Three Stages of a Listening Activity In this article, I will present the three stages of a listening activity, and present some basic suggestions for each stage. “Okay students, […]