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The English as a Foreign Language market in Spain is booming.  With youth unemployment at an all-time high of 50%, many Spaniards see proficiency in English as their ticket to…

For sale: baby shoes, never worn. Six words, one story. Legend has it that this six-word story was written by Ernest Hemingway. Apparently he bet his friends he could write an…

If we’re honest, we know that EFL writing is not our students’ favourite part of learning English as a foreign language. Writing even in your own language is not enjoyable…

The first activity for your English as a foreign language lessons is surprisingly important. Your lesson might be the first time that day that your students are speaking English, or…

These days English as a Foreign Language teachers regularly use authentic materials from popular culture in the EFL classroom. Movies, songs, magazines, novels and newspapers can all be found in…

Teaching skills in the English as a Foreign Language classroom can be tricky. Teaching vocabulary and grammar, in contrast, is pretty straightforward if somewhat challenging at times, but teaching listening,…

When most people think of a classroom setting, they envision a teacher standing at the front of the class with a textbook and a whiteboard behind them, lecturing to the…

Teaching English as a Foreign Language can be a tiring job when you’re teaching the same lessons five times a day. It can often feel like you’re stuck in a…