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Empowering Students In The EFL Classroom

There is a growing trend towards giving more power in our classrooms to our students. Gone are the days of the teacher dictating everything that happens in the classroom. More and more, educators are realising that it is more beneficial…

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We’ve already looked at five of our top TEFL destinations for 2019 – Thailand, Japan, South Korea, China and the United Arab Emirates. But before you book your flight, have…

Top TEFL Destinations For 2019

21st December 2018

Every year around this time TEFL teachers all over the world are making New Year’s resolutions that include visas, plane tickets and suitcases. If you’re already teaching or if you’re…

Top TEFL Destinations For 2019

17th December 2018

More and more people are choosing to teach English as a foreign language abroad. No matter how excited you are to be starting a career that can take you all…

5 Ways To Prepare For A TEFL Course

14th December 2018

Continuous Professional Development (CPD) is a hot topic in English Language Teaching at the moment. Even though there has long been a focus on a teacher’s TEFL certificate, it has…

Professional Development Resources

13th December 2018

English as a Foreign Language learners all over the world have to deal with speaking exams at some point or another. Students who are doing the FCE, CAE, CPE or…

Preparing EFL Students For Speaking Exams

12th December 2018

We all know the best way to teach English as a Foreign Language is through a topic. There are not many teachers left who would teach a language structure ice-cold,…

Using News In The EFL Classroom

11th December 2018

You might not think that teaching reading is part of an English as a Foreign Language teacher’s job description, but when you think about it, it must be. There are…

Using Phonics To Teach Reading

7th December 2018

Writing is a skill not everyone is good at. In the classroom, EFL or other, teaching writing is necessary to ensure our students are prepared for the world outside the…

How Culture Can Affect EFL Writing

6th December 2018

One thing you’ve probably realised by now if you’re an English as a Foreign Language teacher, is that games are part and parcel of an EFL lesson. Sticking religiously to…

Grammar Rummikub: A Grammar Game

5th December 2018

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