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Three Ways To Encourage Students To Talk In Class

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 students. The TEFL classroom is quite different as learning a…

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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…

Five Ways To Spice Up Your Teaching

8th May 2019

What is a communicative language test and why should you be interested? Tests are a necessary part of language learning for a number of reasons: so our students can assess…

Communicative Language Testing

3rd May 2019

As teachers of English as a Foreign Language, we need to know grammar rules inside out and upside down. With English being the changeable language that it is, this can…

5 Grammar Rules You Should Not Be Teaching

30th April 2019

Teaching adult learners of English can be both a blessing and a curse. Adults are able to engage with the language on an intellectual level and are happy to focus…

5 Games For Adult Learners Of English

29th April 2019

There’s no denying that the classroom is changing, especially the English as a Foreign Language classroom. Gone are the days of the traditional teacher standing at the blackboard, explaining concepts…

EFL Students As Teachers

26th April 2019

Are you trying to make some extra cash or getting a feel for teaching English as a foreign language (TEFL) but you don't know how to find private English students?…

How To Find Private English Students

25th April 2019

The difference between teaching and teaching well can often boil down to something as simple as personalising your EFL lessons. This is a key factor in getting to know your…

The Importance Of Personalising Your EFL Lessons

23rd April 2019

In our previous post we looked at six commonly confused words for both English teachers and learners. Hopefully you learnt a few things! There are loads more examples, but we’ve chosen…

6 More Commonly Confused Words For Both English Teachers And Learners

18th April 2019

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