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

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 method but instead use an approach of principled eclecticism, so…

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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

Learning your first language is not a conscious decision. As a baby, you are exposed to language from all different sources and you are able to acquire language skills in…

How Do Adults Learn English As A Foreign Language?

21st April 2016

We all know that learning a foreign language is hard, but for some reason learning English as a Foreign Language seems to be more difficult than other languages. Obviously for…

Why Is Learning English As A Foreign Language So Difficult?

21st April 2016

Even for the more advanced English learners, you’ll notice that there are some words in English which are just plain confusing to our learners. This may be because of similarities…

Confusing Words For Your EFL Learners

7th April 2016

Just as there are a number of habits of highly effective TEFL teachers, so there are similar habits of highly effective learners. If you incorporate these into your learner training…

5 Habits Of Highly Effective EFL Learners

4th April 2016

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