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 […]
Should Freelance Teachers Advertise Their Prices? (Part 4)
Should Freelance Teachers Advertise Their Prices? (Part 4) Once Your Prices Are Made Public… (Part 4 of 4) Remember the Aesop’s fable The Boy Who Cried ‘Wolf’? A shepherd-boy, who […]
Celpe-Bras: Ideas for English Language Testing
Celpe-Bras: Ideas for English Language Testing Celpe-Bras stands for Certificado de Proficiência em Língua Portuguesa para Estrangeiros (in English: Portuguese Language Proficiency Exam for Foreigners). It is the only proficiency […]
Implementing The Lexical Approach
Implementing the Lexical Approach Nowadays nobody denies the importance of teaching ready-made phrases or chunks. They form the basis of the lexical approach. There are also other words for chunks […]
Finding Your Teaching Niche
Finding Your Teaching Niche I’m a member of a Facebook group for IATEFL (International Association of Teachers of English as a Foreign Language). In December, 2015, I made an open […]
Teaching the Writing Process
Teaching the Writing Process When you read a piece of good writing in The Economist, Folha de São Paulo or The New Yorker, you will probably wonder about the special […]
How to Deal With Indiscipline in the Classroom – Part 3
How to Deal With Indiscipline in the Classroom – Part 3 Some Classic Mistakes In my first two posts in this series on Discipline, I mentioned some of the causes of […]
Phil Wade Interviews: Julie Pratten
Phil Wade Interviews: Julie Pratten Julie Pratten has taught both business and general English in more than 20 counties. She has written several English for finance titles, including ‘Absolute Financial […]
Should Freelance Teachers Advertise Their Prices? (Part 3)
Should Freelance Teachers Advertise Their Prices? Should You Publish Your Prices In A Teaching Partnership? (Part 3 of 4. Read Part 1 and Part 2) In 2012 my husband and […]
Unconventional: Publishing With The Round
Publishing With The Round In this post, I discuss my experiences of publishing an ELT book through alternative methods and address the questions I asked myself during the process. The […]