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How To Personalise Your EFL Lessons Effectively

One of the key factors in creating and maintaining an effective learning environment in your classroom is personalising your lessons. What is personalised learning? Personalised learning is an approach in teaching which teaches students according to their specific needs, skills…

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Being an English as a Foreign Language teacher means we have to deal with numerous classroom management issues in order to facilitate the optimal learning environment. However, sometimes there are…

Dyslexia In The EFL Classroom

17th August 2017

A millennial (n): a person reaching young adulthood around the year 2000 If you are already a qualified and experienced TFEL teacher, you may have already encountered them in your…

Teaching Millennials

15th August 2017

If you are teaching EFL in a school, there is a good chance that you have a learner with Special Educational Needs (SENs) in one of your classes, as a…

Dealing With Special Needs Learners

11th August 2017

Kindergarten, teens, businesspeople, Beginners – you name it, if you’re a TEFL teacher you’ve probably taught it. TEFL is most definitely a career that keeps you on your toes, throwing…

Top Tips For Teaching Advanced Students

7th August 2017

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…

3 Easy Ideas To Maximise TEFL Classroom Management

25th July 2017

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…

How To Reduce TTT

25th July 2017

We’ve all learnt about the different learning styles and how they can affect learning and how they should affect our teaching. At a basic level, it makes sense that learners…

The Controversy Over Learning Styles

25th July 2017

In a perfect world, we hit it off with everyone that we meet and we become instant friends. In a perfect world, we get on well with all our colleagues.…

What To Do When You Don’t Like A Student

18th July 2017

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