The TEFL Academy Blog

Presentation, practice, production. Game. Presentation, practice, production. Test. Sound familiar? It’s very easy to fall into a rut in the EFL classroom, especially if you are teaching similar lessons to…

Many people, when they think of teaching English as a foreign language (TEFL), think of being in a classroom in China (or Italy or Mexico) teaching the colours of the…

When you are in the classroom the last thing you want to think about is TEFL classroom management. You’ve already spent so much time and energy planning the content of…

In order to classify learners according to their English proficiency, English is divided into a number of levels. This classification system is known as the Common European Framework of Reference…

As a teacher, there are a few cardinal sins which we commit, often unknowingly or on a regular basis. Not grading your language is one, not showing interest in your…

Teenagers are different to any other age learner you will encounter. They are opinionated, but shy to voice their ideas; confident, but self-conscious; fun-loving but unenthusiastic. Finding activities that will…

You’ve probably heard about Content and Language Integrated Learning and you might even do a few CLIL lessons in your job, but there is a new abbreviation which is taking…

If there’s one piece of advice teachers rely on to hand out to students who are looking for ways to improve their language skills, it’s reading. Read, we say, and…

When it comes to finding the optimal way to learn a language, TEFL teachers need to know what's what. After all, we want to make the learning process as effortless…