
My A-Z of Teaching English in Korea and Vietnam
My A-Z of Teaching English in Korea and Vietnam There are an estimated 250,000 native English speakers teaching English as a foreign language in…
Read MoreMy A-Z of Teaching English in Korea and Vietnam There are an estimated 250,000 native English speakers teaching English as a foreign language in…
Read More5 Ways to Remembering Students’ Names In my many years of teaching, perhaps the biggest challenge I think is remembering students’ names. At the…
Read MoreHow You Can Use Coaching in Your ESL Classes to Boost Motivation? As a coach, I have worked with several non-native ESL teachers…
Read MoreBy Lori Wade What is the most valuable thing you can spend in whatever you are involved? Time! Wisely using available time in your…
Five years ago, I was teaching IELTS Writing for the British Council in Vietnam. I started to put my lessons online so that students…
Across the UK, English schools are standing empty, and teachers are being made redundant in increasing numbers. Host families are genuinely worried about keeping…
Do you love the English language? Are you looking for a job that will allow you to indulge in that passion? If so, a…
By: Jacob Williams Over the past few years, there has been a dramatic increase in the prevalence of private tutors, both globally and the…
by Steven Nickodemski I had a nice, well-dressed 30 something stop by our language academy the other day, CV in hand asking to see…
challenges of 2020 As a new decade dawned on 1st January 2020, there was a huge wave of hope that filled many with positive…
Read MoreDiscussions Volume 1 by Adrian Wallwork and Liz Hoeppner. In the late 90’s, Cambridge University Press (CUP) released two books titled Discussions A-Z (Intermediate and…
Read MoreLearning theories How can we identify our teaching based on different learning theories? English (as a Second Language) Teachers have acted as facilitators of…
Read MoreExperiential/hands-on learning has long been proclaimed by educators including myself as a fundamental factor in setting children up to have a lifelong love of…
Read MoreDo you ever create your own lead-ins? Open most coursebooks and you will notice that new sections often start with one or two questions…
Read MoreWhy the IELTS Does Not Teach Good Academic Writing Skills By Josh Gaston The International English Language Testing System (IELTS) is the most popular…
Read MoreFirst, there was a delay. Then, there was a decision to go online for two weeks. Now, it looks like I may never actually…
Read MoreM. Faruq Ubaidillah Adrian Holliday;is a Professor of;Applied Linguistics and Intercultural Education at;Canterbury Christ Church University. His teaching and research include intercultural communication and ideology,…
Read MoreWhy are you going there? It’s dangerous!” These were the words of my manager at the law firm in the UK where I had…
Read MoreWhen we’re learning a foreign language, we are bound to make mistakes. As a teacher, I encourage my learners to take risks and praise…
Read MoreIn this tutorial you will learn: How to approach teaching IELTS Speaking overall and Part 1, in particular. This will help you to teach…
Read Moreby Agostina Spinella Trapani You sit down to plan your upcoming English lesson at home – with a nice cup of tea and some…
Read MoreEnthusing The Unenthusiastic Student To solve this problem of enthusing the unenthusiastic student we must first ask ‘Why is the student unenthusiastic? Two reasons…
The growth mindset in the classroom Luckily, there are a host of easy ways to slip in the growth mindset in the classroom.Any teacher…
My Tailor Is Not So Rich: Salaries and Conditions of ELT Trainers In France This post represents something of a departure for EFL Magazine….
Poor Memory and Learning Language Many language learners blame their learning problems on a poor memory. In fact many give up just for that…
One-to-One: Creating Comfort In the purely linguistic sense, the notion of creating comfort is pretty much the same in one-to-one and group contexts. It…
Creative Teachers and Their Instructional Methods, Approaches & Activites Introduction Most people, when they hear the word creativity, think of singers, painters, designers, or…
Phil Wade Interviews: Scott Thornbury Scott Thornbury teaches on the MA TESOL program at The New School in New York. His previous experience includes teaching and…
Global Approach To Phrasal Verbs Firstly, let me explain the thinking behind the Global Approach (to phrasal verbs) (GA). Over the last forty years,…
Experiential/hands-on learning has long been proclaimed by educators including myself as a fundamental factor in setting children up to have a lifelong love of…
Do you ever create your own lead-ins? Open most coursebooks and you will notice that new sections often start with one or two questions…
First, there was a delay. Then, there was a decision to go online for two weeks. Now, it looks like I may never actually…
When we’re learning a foreign language, we are bound to make mistakes. As a teacher, I encourage my learners to take risks and praise…
With Alexandra Chistyakova Interview with John F. Fanselow, professor emeritus at Teachers College, Columbia University, USA, and a faculty member of the International Teacher…
by Sharyn Collins Bruce, thank you for doing this interview. You are an EFL trainer and your book, reviewed by Steve Hirschorn, is described…
By Walton Burns founder of Aphabet Publishing Alphabet Publishing began as a self-publishing venture that took on a life of its own. As…
Promoter of Brain-Friendly Learning and Founder of Efficient Language Coaching By Sharyn Collins Rachel, first of all, many thanks for taking time out of…
By Nicholas Walker Many ESL teachers still consider automated essay scoring and feedback to be an impossible dream. But with recent advancements in automated…
Using Moodle to Manage Online Teaching Moodle is a perfect platform to house paid and free courses. Teaching online differs from teaching face-to-face in…
Do you ever create your own lead-ins? Open most coursebooks and you will notice that new sections often start with one or two questions…
Why are you going there? It’s dangerous!” These were the words of my manager at the law firm in the UK where I had…
My A-Z of Teaching English in Korea and Vietnam There are an estimated 250,000 native English speakers teaching English as a foreign language in…
Discussions Volume 1 by Adrian Wallwork and Liz Hoeppner. In the late 90’s, Cambridge University Press (CUP) released two books titled Discussions A-Z (Intermediate and…
General-View (eflmagazine.com) indicate a candidate’s competency in the contexts in which they need to use the language. Nevertheless, general proficiency is reflected more or…
Why the IELTS Does Not Teach Good Academic Writing Skills By Josh Gaston The International English Language Testing System (IELTS) is the most popular…
With the advent of CALL (computer assisted language learning) in educational settings, a proliferation of experimental studies has addressed possible novel uses of cutting-edge…
First, there was a delay. Then, there was a decision to go online for two weeks. Now, it looks like I may never actually…