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Five Characteristics Of Summer Camp Teachers

There are many different scenarios in which you can find yourself teaching English. From kindergarten or beginners’ classes to teaching restaurant and hotel staff, you may even end up teaching a subject that isn’t English. It can be daunting, but…

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Teaching listening in the English as a Foreign Language classroom is one of the trickier aspects of our jobs. Due to the nature of the skill, it can be difficult…

Barriers To Successful Listening

25th February 2019

Reading is an essential skill in learning a language. Reading is necessary to be able to get by in a foreign language, even more so than writing which you can,…

Tips For Using Graded Readers

22nd February 2019

Lesson planning, classroom management, elicitation, error correction, giving instructions – there are so many skills we need to utilise in the English as a Foreign Language classroom, but there is…

The Biggest Skill In The EFL Classroom

18th February 2019

Holidays are a great source of inspiration for the English as a Foreign Language classroom and Valentine’s Day should be no different. A day celebrating love can give us endless…

Valentine’s Lesson Ideas For The EFL Classroom

13th February 2019

Young Learners can be both a blessing and a curse to teach. Always enthusiastic, up for anything, they can be a dream to teach. At the same time they need…

English Fun Days For Young Learners

12th February 2019

Spelling is one of those things that you can either do or you can’t. It’s something we are all taught in school but somehow some of us seem to have…

7 Of The Hardest Words To Spell In English

8th February 2019

Revision is an essential component of the language learning classroom. We recommend incorporating some form of revision activity into every lesson. It can be five minutes or half an hour…

Revision Activities For The EFL Classroom

7th February 2019

Yes it is possible to teach English abroad as a couple but there are a few things to consider. For many people, the idea of packing up, moving across the…

Can We Teach English Abroad As A Couple?

6th February 2019

Teacher observations are an essential part of teacher development. As teachers we cannot improve our teaching if we are not observed and if we do not observe other teachers. Observations…

An Alternative To Teacher Observations

5th February 2019

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