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Common Collocation Problems For EFL Learners

Collocation Problems for EFL Learners - There are many difficulties that English as a Foreign Language learners experience when learning English. While it’s pretty obvious that there are rules governing English grammar, we must also remember that there are rules…

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Let’s face it: interesting EFL lessons = interested EFL learners. That’s what it all boils down to, really. You probably learnt a lot of tricks on your 120-hour TEFL course…

5 Ways To Use Movies In The EFL Classroom

8th September 2017

5 ESSENTIALS FOR THE TEFL CLASSROOM As a TEFL teacher, you might think there are loads of things necessary for you to have in the EFL classroom in order to…

5 Essentials For The TEFL Classroom

6th September 2017

Learning a foreign language can be hard work and spending all day in a classroom can be boring – for both the students and the teacher! EFL teachers are fortunate…

5 Interactive Games To Play With Your TEFL Class

4th September 2017

Love it or hate it, technology is here to stay, so it makes sense to embrace it and use it to your advantage. Learning a language may not seem like…

The 7 Best Apps For Learning English

29th August 2017

Form: past tense of verb ‘to be’ + verb + ing Meaning: used to describe an action taking place at a certain time in the past Example: I was watching…

A Past Continuous Activity

28th August 2017

Even as teachers who teach English as a Foreign Language, sometimes there are grammatical structures which we are not very familiar with – conditionals, the present perfect and adverbials, to…

What Are Adverbials?

25th August 2017

Generally speaking, for our learners, the most time they spend with English is in the classrooms. They come to our lessons to spend the hour or so learning new language…

Extra-Curricular Ideas For Your EFL Classroom

24th August 2017

One of the key factors in creating and maintaining an effective learning environment in your classroom is personalising your lessons. What this means, effectively, is getting to know your students…

How To Personalise Your EFL Lessons Effectively

23rd August 2017

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