One-to-One Teaching – Managing Time
One-to-One Teaching – Managing Time You often hear from teachers how overwhelmed they are by spending long hours on lesson preparation and not having enough time during classes to do […]
Teaching Phrasal Verbs – Lesson Planning
Teaching Phrasal Verbs – Lesson Planning Firstly, let me explain the thinking behind the teaching phrasal verbs (GA). Over the last forty years, I have become increasingly dissatisfied with conventional […]
Making the Most Out of Your Coursebooks
The role of coursebooks in EFL is a topic of some controversy. For many, language books form the backbone of their curriculums, and some EFL teachers have a strong loyalty […]
Multi-Level ESL Classes: Teaching Strategies
Multi-Level ESL Classes: Teaching Strategies When I began my first position teaching English as a Second Language, I hadn’t anticipated some of the challenges I would face teaching multi-level ESL […]
Tips for Teaching TOEFL Online 2022
Tips for Teaching TOEFL Online 2022 During a panel discussion included in EFL Magazine’s TOEFL Training Summit last week, participants were asked about possible gaps in the TOEFL training market […]
Teacher Roles Before and After the Pandemic
Awareness about the roles played by ESL/ EFL teachers in the classroom is key to a high quality development of the class. One lesson is held together by a string […]
Advice for New TEFL Teachers
Advice for New TEFL Teachers Are you looking Advice for Beginner Teachers? EFL Magazine recently posed a challenge of writing ’10 pieces of advice for beginner teachers’ to teachers. Who […]
Personalising Your Online Teaching
English language teachers around the world are quickly transitioning from f2f teaching formats to video platforms and online learning management systems. The COVID 19 pandemic has hastened this change, causing […]
Lesson Planning for ESL – A Quick Primer
Lesson Planning for ESL – A Quick Primer Making a lesson plan for teaching English is a major part of the job of teaching. Sometimes, it’s creative joy, and sometimes, […]
Let Your Students be Teachers
by Paul McAleese Have you ever let students be the teacher in class? I have discovered that doing this can not only be really productive, but also very motivating for […]