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Scams: the world is full of them. Every day you can pick up a newspaper and read about a new scam which has taken someone for a ride, and, unfortunately,…

With so many options to choose from, deciding which online TEFL course to do can be a bit of a headache. Even if initially you thought it was going to…

Accreditation is a tricky business in the world of Teaching English as a Foreign Language. As strange as it may sound, there is no one international accrediting body for TEFL.…

When you want to go out to a restaurant for a meal, or perhaps to the cinema to see a film, the logical thing to do before you go is…

We all love a special offer. 50% off, buy one get one free, for today only – it doesn’t matter what the deal is, we love to fall for it.…

No, we’re not talking about taking your students on excursions (though that can work really well sometimes). We’re talking about your students learning English not only in the classroom during…

Though it is also known as backwash, washback has nothing to do with spitting in someone’s drink or cleaning your swimming pool! Washback is the effect that a test or…

Teaching English as a Foreign Language and a love of travelling go hand in hand. No doubt a major reason many people decide to uproot their lives and embark on…

Idiomatic language can be very difficult for English language learners to get their head around because, by their very definition, their meaning is not the same as their constituent parts.…