The TEFL Academy Blog

By their very nature, English as a Foreign Language teachers are passionate about teaching and learning. We will slave away for hours planning awesome lessons, sourcing amazing materials and then…

English as a Foreign Language students come to our classrooms to learn English. They expect to be taught grammar and vocabulary, practise using the four skills of the language, and…

Teaching English as a Foreign Language is an umbrella term which can actually manifest itself in a number of different forms. EFL teachers can teach different ages, different lessons, different…

The majority of our English as a Foreign Language lessons revolve around a text. Sure we teach a grammatical item, a vocabulary set or a skill, but we always teach…

If you asked your students why they are learning English, some will say “to study”, some will say “for my job”, others will say “to travel”, but at the crux…

Whether we want to admit it or not, every English as a foreign language teacher has their favourite class – be it kindergarten, teen exam classes, one-to-ones or adults. This…