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 […]
My DELTA Diary: Module 2 Intensive Course
by Paul Finnerty I’ve been teaching English for about seven years on and off and have worked in Brazil, Colombia, Portugal and Italy in that time. To be honest, I […]
The Path to Pain-Free Speaking Exams
by Wayne Finley Students the world over look at speaking exams with absolute dread: a time for humiliation, embarrassment, shame and all the other words you’d copy and paste from […]
Teaching Students with Dyslexia – A Case Study
Teaching Students with Dyslexia – A Case Study Teaching students with dyslexia and learning difficulties of any type, poses particular challenges and demands on the educators who undertake the task. […]
Teaching IELTS Speaking: Tips and Tricks
Teaching IELTS Speaking: Tips and Tricks Recently, IELTS has become one of the major language tests worldwide. As a result, markets have appeared, both virtually and in the physical world, […]
Beware the Costly Comma – A Short Guide to Comma Use
By Peter Read Those of us who teach English as a foreign language are only too well aware of the need to stretch our imaginations, as we attempt to explain […]
How to Use Poems in EFL Teaching
How to Use Poems in EFL Teaching This is an example of how to use a popular poem to engage students and improve pronunciation using old-fashioned but effective drilling. Benefits […]
Vocabulary Teaching Strategies for English Learners
Vocabulary Teaching Strategies for English Learners It’s always the same, isn’t it? We do a lesson with all these fantastic words and phrases, which our students will need and find […]
Using Drawings to Help Explain Grammar
Michael Garry Smout I have been using this activity for well over twenty years, but am really unsure of where it came from. I would love to credit the author […]