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Past Simple Pronunciation Problems

Pronunciation can be tricky for our learners and so it is helpful to point our related rules when they apply. Pronunciation of the regular past simple endings can be problematic for English learners at lower levels but if they notice…

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We all know that sinking feeling when we realise we still have five more minutes before before the end of the class and our activity has just finished. Or that…

Five 5-Minute TEFL Activities For The Classroom

19th April 2016

Would you be able to explain how it’s possible to make a strong coffee but not a powerful coffee? Why do we say a heavy suitcase, but also heavy traffic…

What Are Collocations And Why Should We Teach Them?

13th April 2016

Exhausted. Boiling. Starving. These are just three examples of extreme adjectives. We are all familiar with adjectives and the fact that they are used to describe nouns, but extreme adjectives…

Extreme Adjectives

13th April 2016

Dogme is undoubtedly a very controversial teaching method, but it has gained a lot of support in recent years. It has its fair share of critics and it still manages…

3 Ways To Introduce Dogme In The EFL Classroom

7th April 2016

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…

Confusing Words For Your EFL Learners

7th April 2016

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

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