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Confusing Words For Your EFL Learners

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 in spelling or pronunciation, interference from their first language or…

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Using technology is a great way to bring some life into your EFL lessons. For your learners, using different media makes a welcome change from using the coursebook or paper-based…

How To (And Why) You Should Use TED Talks In The EFL Classroom

6th 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

Flipping the classroom is a relatively new method on the TEFL scene. It became popular in mainstream schools and academies but it can definitely be used successfully in the TEFL…

3 Ways To Flip Your EFL Classroom

4th April 2016

We know that teachers are always on the lookout for activities that can be used in the classroom, so here’s another one for you: dictogloss. It can be used for…

Dictogloss: An Activity For The EFL Classroom

30th March 2016

English can be divided into four skills. The productive skills are writing and speaking; the receptive skills are listening and reading. In the TEFL classroom we are concerned with teaching…

How To Assess EFL Speaking

23rd March 2016

For the majority of us, being in the classroom is the reason we love our jobs. Being with our students, working together on language issues, helping our students learn: we…

Is Planning Necessary?

18th March 2016

Krashen. Thornbury. Harmer. If there are three names you need to get to know in this industry, it should be these three. While there are loads of influential names in…

Three Names In TEFL You Should Know

14th March 2016

Teaching English as a Foreign Language means that you can find yourself teaching all sorts of learners, from kindergarten to senior citizens. There is a lot of information and advice…

How To Teach Older EFL Students

14th March 2016

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