A Short Guide to Acronyms in ELT
Acronyms in ELT: What they mean and where and how they are used. Like any profession or field, the teaching of English has evolved and developed a whole range of […]
Teaching the Four Skills Online – Some Resources
Teaching the Four Skills Online – Some Resources 2020 was a year of profound reckoning for all teachers. Language teachers have been set the formidable task of teaching the four […]
Construing Native Speakerism In ELT: An Interview with Professor Adrian Holliday
M. Faruq Ubaidillah Adrian Holliday;is a Professor of;Applied Linguistics and Intercultural Education at;Canterbury Christ Church University. His teaching and research include intercultural communication and ideology, discourses of culture, the politics of […]
Which English Test is Best for You?
I sometimes tease my students by saying, “Do you TOIEC?” or “Do you TOEFL?” since those are apparently the most popular of the commercial English tests available here in Korea […]
How to Teach IELTS Writing Online
How to Teach IELTS Writing Online Five years ago, I was teaching IELTS Writing for the British Council in Vietnam. I started to put my lessons online so that students […]
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 […]
The Gaming of the IELTS Test
by David Buckley For the last 20 years, there has been a sharp rise in the number of Chinese students taking the IELTS test every year. Last year alone, half […]
Collocate: The Importance of Teaching Collocations
Collocate: The Importance of Teaching Collocations When I was invited to write the article for this magazine, I thought it would be a great opportunity to offer some of the […]
The Incomplete A – Z of EFL: P-T
By Allistair Elliott P is for parents (actually, mothers). Can we please have some EFL training courses for parents. Whilst it is often a pleasure to teach their children, […]
Teaching in Low Resource Classrooms – Voices of Experience
Book Review: Edited by Richard Smith, Amol Padwad and Deborah Bullock produced by the British Council. This review written by Lina Gordyshevkaya won first prize in a competition for best […]