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3 Things You Should Never Say In A TEFL Classroom

We’ve said it before and we’ll say it again: learning a language is hard. It’s a long road from Beginner to Proficiency and our students need as much help from us as possible along the way. At the same time,…

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Let’s be honest: homework can be a drag - both for the students and the teacher! The students need to find the time to actually do it (and often end…

How To Make Homework Work For Your Learners

27th July 2016

No, we’re not talking about taking your students on excursions (though that can work really well sometimes). We’re talking about your students learning English not only in the classroom during…

Taking Learning Outside The EFL Classroom

21st June 2016

Though it is also known as backwash, washback has nothing to do with spitting in someone’s drink or cleaning your swimming pool! Washback is the effect that a test or…

How Does Washback Affect Your EFL Classroom

17th June 2016

As EFL teachers, it is necessary to be equipped with a toolbox of teaching methods and approaches. These days it is common for teachers not to adopt only one teaching…

The Lexical Approach: What Is It And How You Can Use It

16th June 2016

We can all dream of our perfect EFL classroom but sadly it’s not often in life that we get what we wish for. In the teaching environment there can be…

How To Deal With Any EFL Classroom

7th June 2016

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?”…

Collaborative Planning For The EFL Classroom

20th May 2016

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

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