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Collaborative Planning For The EFL Classroom

We know how it goes: you’re sitting in the staffroom having your umpteenth cup of tea and your colleague asks you, “So what are you doing in the next lesson?” and you reply, “It’s the second conditional with my Intermediates”…

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The more experience you get teaching English as a Foreign Language, the more you realise that students are not the blank states they were originally thought to be and the…

Letting The Learner Take Charge Of The EFL Classroom

20th May 2016

Possibly one of the biggest apprehensions people have about moving to another country and being a TEFL teacher is not being able to speak the language – or, even worse,…

How To Get Over The Language Barrier Without Learning The Language

11th May 2016

Even though you may be an EFL teacher – and maybe even a native speaker – there probably are some aspects of English grammar which you’re still not sure of.…

Brushing Up On English: Grammar Inversion

10th May 2016

Teaching vocabulary can seem like a long road, so it’s helpful to consider the different aspects of teaching vocabulary to break it down into smaller parts for your students. Here…

What Are Compound Nound And How Do We Teach Them?

3rd May 2016

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