How to Teach IELTS Writing Online
Five years ago, I was teaching IELTS Writing for the British Council in Vietnam. I started to put my lessons online so that students…
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December 2019
We-ism: Consensus and Unity Spirit
We-ism is a critical cultural concept of Korea, and much of the rest of Asia, promoting group consensus and activity, over the assertion of…
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Nursery Rhymes Are for Adults Too
by Glenn G. Dahlem, Ph.D. Sometimes throughout the English speaking world, and even beyond, we frequently read aloud time-honored nursery rhymes and stories to…
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Practice Makes Perfect
The lasting legacy of the Audio-Lingual method. Two students of mine who were a couple once told me a funny story about them trying…
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A Quick Primer on Lesson Planning
Lesson planning is a major part of the job of teaching. Sometimes, it’s creative joy, and sometimes, it just seems like an onerous, Sisyphean…
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The Teacher Self-Care Manual by Patrice Palmer
A Book Review by Hall Houston The Teacher Self-Care Manual is a brief but substantial introduction to self-care, specifically written for teachers. Palmer makes…
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The Great Brexit Balls Up for ELT
Across the UK, English schools are standing empty, and teachers are being made redundant in increasing numbers. Host families are genuinely worried about keeping…
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Fun Christmas English Games For Beginner to Intermediate Learners
Most english teachers are familiar with the 12 Days of Christmas song, this lesson plan uses that Christmas song to create a fun, songful…
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Empathy – We Must Learn to Speak This Language of Connection
By: Ana Sokolovic The basis of our understanding of each other is in our capacity and willingness to learn and show empathy. Empathy is…
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Teaching with Tunes: 6 Ways to Incorporate Music into Your Classroom
Music is all around us. With each sound that you hear, it is already a component of music. This is why music is deemed…
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The 3 Best Plants to Grow in Your Classroom
Cultivating indoor plants in your classroom can be a great teaching opportunity. It is known to help improve the level of engagement of students…
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Turn Your Love for Language into a Translation Career
Do you love the English language? Are you looking for a job that will allow you to indulge in that passion? If so, a…
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In Growing Language and Literacy: Strategies for English Learners
Book Review Dominica R. Felici-Skal LDT-C Andrea Honigsfeld has created a user-friendly resource book that provides excellent support for English learners in K-8 (kindergarten/pre-K to…
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How to Publish a Book (and How NOT to!)
Every teacher dreams of compiling their best teaching ideas into a solid book at some point in their career, I suspect. It might be…
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Are “Super-Tutors” Reshaping EFL?
By: Jacob Williams Over the past few years, there has been a dramatic increase in the prevalence of private tutors, both globally and the…
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Cambridge University Press: Dedicated Teacher Awards
Cambridge University Press is asking people around the world to submit their stories about inspirational teachers, as the publisher reopens its Dedicated Teacher Awards for 2020….
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Multiplayer Video Games: a Language-learning Opportunity
By: Terry Fredrickson Ask your students what they do in their spare time and, chances are, many of them will tell you they play…
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The Making Of a School Musical
by Bojana Urbanc If a teacher wants to work with students on a completely different level, there is one thing they need to do,…
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The Value of Attending Conferences
Having been fortunate enough to attend a number of ELT conferences this year, I have decided to provide an overview of the last two,…
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Technology in Education: How Technology Can Benefit Students and Educators
By Callum McPhillips Technology is constantly evolving. As technology develops, children are developing skills outside of the classroom by utilising new forms of technological…
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Evidence-Based Second Language Pedagogy
A collection of instructed second language acquisition studies Masatoshi Sato & Shawn Loewen (Eds.) New York, NY: Routledge 358 pages ISBN-10: 0815392532 ISBN-13: 978-0815392538 Instructed second…
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Helping B1/B2 Level Speakers Improve Their Speaking Skills
by Maria Argyriou For teachers involved in the learning and preparatory process with students of upper-intermediate level, aiming at a B1/ B2 degree, the…
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From the Whiteboard to No Board in No Time (PART II)
In the previous issue of EFL Magazine, you could read the first half of this list focusing on the 5 items of this list….
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Useful Tips and Resources for Teaching Phrasal Verbs
By Sama Alkhalili Whether you teach ESL in classrooms or privately, you know that phrasal verbs can be a challenge to learn. Not only…
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Four Never-to-Be-Forgotten Principles of Adult Learning
When teaching private classes, one may inevitably have to teach adults. The method in which adults learn, called andragogy, is a lot less talked…
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From Teacher to Programmer
By Mélanie L. Sisley Ever watch someone completely absorbed by a computer game? Ever wonder what it would take for you to get your…
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The Secret Ingredient for Fluent Speaking and Writing: Self Confidence
By Jeanne Bourne Teachers can add a cup of grammar and two cups of vocabulary along with a teaspoon of syntax and a pinch…
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How to Evacuate a Classroom in the Event of Fire
By Lucerin Saldana Any fire guide should be placed as a focus of every classroom, cafeteria, office, or other locations. Since the info provided…
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The Insistence Exercise
By Mario Rinvolucri Person A: What is it? Person B: It’s a single question put by one student to a classmate. The questioner repeats…
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English for Specific Purposes in Vocational Schools
By Maja-Barbara Kokot The subtitle I borrowed from Hutchinson and Waters represents the gist of teaching English for Specific Purposes (ESP) and its guiding…
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Total Physical Response and Situational Language Teaching Methods
By Venessa Wallace Total physical response is a structural method of language teaching based on the innatist language learning theory. Focus is placed on grammar…
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Meditate Your Way to English
A long time ago I realised that empowering my students is my mission. I use various resources to achieve this: inspirational stories, videos, poems,…
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Why Not Teach English through Comics?
According to Jeff Hughes of the American TESOL Institute, his teachers used to criticize comic books in his youth stating “these books have zero…
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Engaging Students in an Intensive Reading Class
by Sandi Ferdiansyah Reading in English as a second or foreign language can become a daunting task for language learners. In fact, they need…
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The Teacher’s Role in the Integration of Immigrant Children
by Sonia Pavlenic Human migration is not something new, something that has started recently. People have always migrated either in groups or as individuals…
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Teaching through Musicals
by Bojana Urbanc As a teacher, I often wondered how to inspire my students to love school and to encourage them to develop their…
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Native Vs Non-Native: My Opinion and Experience
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…
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With a Little Help from My Friends
Using the Beatles in the ELT classroom Chris Walklett Recent surveys, such as Kaplan (2013) https://www.kaplaninternational.com/blog/how-to-teach-english-kaplan-infographic, have shown that, in the ELT classroom, music is the…
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Book Review: Refugee Tales
David Herd & Anna Pincus (Eds.) Comma Press 2019 ISBN 1912697114 EDL: Teaching English as a Detention Language ‘You, me and those who came…
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I would like to share with you the way this works, i.e. how I use these digital tools to raise productivity and save precious…
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A (North) American K-12 and University Primer
Tory Thorkelson Just to be clear, I am a Canadian and so will include examples from both the United States and Canada (but not…
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Global Approach To Phrasal Verbs – Lesson Planning
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How To Teach
How to Teach IELTS Writing Online
Five years ago, I was teaching IELTS Writing for the British Council in Vietnam. I started to put my lessons online so that students…
A Quick Primer on Lesson Planning
Lesson planning is a major part of the job of teaching. Sometimes, it’s creative joy, and sometimes, it just seems like an onerous, Sisyphean…
Fun Christmas English Games For Beginner to Intermediate Learners
Most english teachers are familiar with the 12 Days of Christmas song, this lesson plan uses that Christmas song to create a fun, songful…
Teaching with Tunes: 6 Ways to Incorporate Music into Your Classroom
Music is all around us. With each sound that you hear, it is already a component of music. This is why music is deemed…
Practice Makes Perfect
The lasting legacy of the Audio-Lingual method. Two students of mine who were a couple once told me a funny story about them trying…
Useful Tips and Resources for Teaching Phrasal Verbs
By Sama Alkhalili Whether you teach ESL in classrooms or privately, you know that phrasal verbs can be a challenge to learn. Not only…
From the Whiteboard to No Board in No Time (PART II)
In the previous issue of EFL Magazine, you could read the first half of this list focusing on the 5 items of this list….
Four Never-to-Be-Forgotten Principles of Adult Learning
When teaching private classes, one may inevitably have to teach adults. The method in which adults learn, called andragogy, is a lot less talked…
Total Physical Response and Situational Language Teaching Methods
By Venessa Wallace Total physical response is a structural method of language teaching based on the innatist language learning theory. Focus is placed on grammar…
Why Not Teach English through Comics?
According to Jeff Hughes of the American TESOL Institute, his teachers used to criticize comic books in his youth stating “these books have zero…
With a Little Help from My Friends
Using the Beatles in the ELT classroom Chris Walklett Recent surveys, such as Kaplan (2013) https://www.kaplaninternational.com/blog/how-to-teach-english-kaplan-infographic, have shown that, in the ELT classroom, music is the…
From the Whiteboard to No Board in No Time
I would like to share with you the way this works, i.e. how I use these digital tools to raise productivity and save precious…
Interview
An Interview with John F. Faneslow
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Interview with Bruce Peterson Author of “English from Afar”
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I Never Set Out to Be a Publisher but Here I Am!
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Interview with Rachel Paling
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…
Interview with Steve Hirschorn
by Sharyn Collins 40 years teaching and training, specialist in the history of ELT methodology, mentor to countless teachers and trainers, still innovating…
Interview with Arkady Zilberman
Creator of the Training English Skills System by Sharyn Collins Hello Arkady, thank you very much for doing this interview. You seem to have…
Interview with Anita Chakrabarti of Avantskill
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An Interview with Harald Kruithof of Language Partners
Managing Director of Language Partners, based in The Netherlands By Daniel Israel Harald, you are a co-owner of Language Partners. Are you a linguist…
Interview with Nicholas Walker
By Sharyn Collins Hello, Nicholas, could you tell me about your background and how you got into EFL? I’m English, but I was born…
Interview with Elisabeth Bekes, EFL Teacher and So Much More!
By Sharyn Collins Elizabeth, you continue to have an extraordinary and fascinating life, could you tell me where it all began? I was born…
Interview with Peter Read, trainer in Business English
By Sharyn Collins Peter Read, LL.B, FCILA, CELTA is an English Teacher and Trainer with a background in ESP who has taught students with…
Interview with Ken Collins
Ken, we come from the same city of Newcastle upon Tyne England, share the same surname and have known each other you since you…
The Business Of Teaching
How to Teach IELTS Writing Online
Five years ago, I was teaching IELTS Writing for the British Council in Vietnam. I started to put my lessons online so that students…
Empathy – We Must Learn to Speak This Language of Connection
By: Ana Sokolovic The basis of our understanding of each other is in our capacity and willingness to learn and show empathy. Empathy is…
The Great Brexit Balls Up for ELT
Across the UK, English schools are standing empty, and teachers are being made redundant in increasing numbers. Host families are genuinely worried about keeping…
Turn Your Love for Language into a Translation Career
Do you love the English language? Are you looking for a job that will allow you to indulge in that passion? If so, a…
Online Teaching Feature
Using Moodle to Manage Online Teaching
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…
Principles of e-Learning Design
Principles of e-Learning Design “Life is a travelling to the edge of knowledge, then a leap taken.” -D.H. Lawrence Online teaching and elearning design…
How to Teach Business Writing Online
How to Teach Business Writing Online Online teaching is becoming a key skill in Business English training. I’ll be talking specifically about live face…
How to Sell Yourself as an Online Teacher
How to Sell Yourself as an Online Teacher In my last post, I talked about what you need to do to become an independent…
How to Effectively Use Testimonials
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Using The Benefits Of Working Globally
Mary Helen Immordino-Yang, one of the leading figures in the field of Mind, Brain, and Education, once started a talk with a picture of…
How to Use Technology to Provide Feedback
How To Use Technology To Provide Feedback If someone was to ask me what technology I use more than any other in education then…
A look at Online English Teaching
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Effective Online Teaching with Google Course Builder
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The Good, The Bad, And The Online
The Good, The Bad, And The Online How many of you have ever been introduced as an English teacher at a party and the…
Teaching Resources
Teaching with Tunes: 6 Ways to Incorporate Music into Your Classroom
Music is all around us. With each sound that you hear, it is already a component of music. This is why music is deemed…
Nursery Rhymes Are for Adults Too
by Glenn G. Dahlem, Ph.D. Sometimes throughout the English speaking world, and even beyond, we frequently read aloud time-honored nursery rhymes and stories to…
Fun Christmas English Games For Beginner to Intermediate Learners
Most english teachers are familiar with the 12 Days of Christmas song, this lesson plan uses that Christmas song to create a fun, songful…
Useful Tips and Resources for Teaching Phrasal Verbs
By Sama Alkhalili Whether you teach ESL in classrooms or privately, you know that phrasal verbs can be a challenge to learn. Not only…
Book Review
The Teacher Self-Care Manual by Patrice Palmer
A Book Review by Hall Houston The Teacher Self-Care Manual is a brief but substantial introduction to self-care, specifically written for teachers. Palmer makes…
Evidence-Based Second Language Pedagogy
A collection of instructed second language acquisition studies Masatoshi Sato & Shawn Loewen (Eds.) New York, NY: Routledge 358 pages ISBN-10: 0815392532 ISBN-13: 978-0815392538 Instructed second…
In Growing Language and Literacy: Strategies for English Learners
Book Review Dominica R. Felici-Skal LDT-C Andrea Honigsfeld has created a user-friendly resource book that provides excellent support for English learners in K-8 (kindergarten/pre-K to…
Book Review: Refugee Tales
David Herd & Anna Pincus (Eds.) Comma Press 2019 ISBN 1912697114 EDL: Teaching English as a Detention Language ‘You, me and those who came…
Exam English
How to Teach IELTS Writing Online
Five years ago, I was teaching IELTS Writing for the British Council in Vietnam. I started to put my lessons online so that students…
How to Improve TOEFL Listening Scores
By Josh MacPherson, Head Instructor at TST Prep You’re stuck. And, you can’t seem to improve your TOEFL Listening test scores. On top of…
How to Improve TOEFL Reading Scores
by Josh MacPherson It’s no secret that intermediate and advanced English Language Learners struggle to improve their proficiency. When an individual continues to put…
The Gaming of the IELTS Test
by David Buckley For the last 20 years, there has been a sharp rise in the number of Chinese students taking the IELTS test…
Technology
Technology in Education: How Technology Can Benefit Students and Educators
By Callum McPhillips Technology is constantly evolving. As technology develops, children are developing skills outside of the classroom by utilising new forms of technological…
Multiplayer Video Games: a Language-learning Opportunity
By: Terry Fredrickson Ask your students what they do in their spare time and, chances are, many of them will tell you they play…
From the Whiteboard to No Board in No Time
I would like to share with you the way this works, i.e. how I use these digital tools to raise productivity and save precious…
Bringing the Dead To Life: Vocabulary Teaching with Augmented Reality
by Cemil Gökhan Karacan Curiosity is the crucial element in our DNA which drives us to explore and learn. From ancient times until now,…