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Collocations And Advanced Learners

What makes Advanced learners Advanced learners is most notably their ability to use language naturally. What this means is producing language in lexical chunks which are appropriate and relevant for the context they are in. Collocations play a big part…

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The number one reason our students come to our lessons is to learn how to communicate in English. For the most part, this means speaking. In order to become better…

Strategies To Encourage Speaking In The EFL Classroom

5th April 2018

One of the best tricks to have when you are an EFL teacher is to have a stash of activities up your sleeve for those moments when your lesson finishes…

Four Alternative Filler EFL Games

30th March 2018

If you have ever learned or tried to learn a foreign language you will probably remember trying to learn lists and lists of vocabulary items. Flashcards, sticky notes, parrot learning…

What Is Core Vocabulary And Why Does It Matter?

27th March 2018

Idiomatic language is a big part of English. A lot of what we say does not actually mean what we say (!), which means that it’s really important for our…

Useful English Idioms

26th March 2018

Exam classes are a different kettle of fish when it comes to teaching English. In our General English classes we teach communicative English so that our students can understand the…

Teaching Exam Skills: Paraphrasing In English

23rd March 2018

In the EFL classroom there are certain topics which are churned out again and again in coursebooks. There is no doubt that they have enough content and substance to cover…

Talking About Travel In The EFL Classroom

20th March 2018

As a teacher teaching English as a Foreign Language, you never know who you might be teaching. It could be children as young as four or mature learners as young…

Cool Conversation Topics For Teenagers

19th March 2018

In the English as a Foreign Language classroom, it is beneficial to replicate the outside world. In other words, the activities that are done inside the classroom should closely mirror…

What Are Information Gap Activities And Why Should You Use Them?

13th March 2018

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