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TEFL grammar instruction focuses on helping students use English accurately in real-world situations. To succeed, teachers must avoid five common mistakes: over-explaining rules, teaching forms in isolation, using excessive worksheets,…

Listening forms a significant part of the communication process in our everyday live. For this reason, teaching it as a skill to our English learners is a must. Let’s have…

Planning a scheme of work, whether it's for a one-to-one lesson or a group, can feel pretty overwhelming if you don't know exactly what your students need. That's why conducting…

Teaching English as a foreign language, whether abroad or from the comfort of your couch, is an adventure. But before we get to revel in the excitement that new borders…

If managing a large group of energetic children feels overwhelming, then the right classroom strategies can make all the difference. Teaching Young Learners can be exhausting, yes, but it is…

As EFL teachers we often have many things on the go, all at once. Some of us teach in physical classrooms, some of us teach online, many of us do…

I have been teaching English for about 100 years! And if there’s one thing I’ve learnt from teaching face-to-face, online, in classrooms, cafés, living rooms, and quiet corners of my…

When I first started teaching English online back in 2009, I didn't realise how important it was to treat my teaching like a business. Back then I was simply excited…