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Exam English

How to Write a Great IELTS Essay
The Problem with Cambridge English Exams
The IELTS Is Not Academic Writing
How to Teach IELTS Speaking
Which English Test is Best for You?
How to Prepare for Your English Test
How to Teach IELTS Writing Online
How to Improve TOEFL Listening Scores
How to Improve TOEFL Reading Scores
The Gaming of the IELTS Test
The Path to Pain-Free Speaking Exams
Teaching IELTS Speaking: Tips and Tricks
Teaching Exam Listening
The Dangers of The Diagnostic Test – What Happened Next?
Reflections on a Fearful Assessment
The Dangers of the Diagnostic Test in Exam Classes
Some Advice on Giving Written Feedback to Learners
Phil Wade Interviews: Jenny Bedwell
IELTS Speaking – What is Cambridge Looking for? An Introduction to IELTS Speaking Grading Criteria
IELTS speaking: Part 1 – Fluency and Coherence
IELTS speaking – What is Cambridge Looking for? Part 2 – Lexical Resource
IELTS Speaking – What is Cambridge Looking for? Part 3 – Grammatical Range and Accuracy
IELTS speaking – what is Cambridge looking for? Part 4 – Pronunciation
3 Reasons You Should Be A TOEFL Instructor
Measuring Student Success
Finding Your Teaching Niche
These Are the Reasons TOEFL is Not an English Test
How to Write Exam Questions for EFL Students
Celpe-Bras: Ideas for English Language Testing
A talk about IELTS with Fabiana Traversin

How To Teach

10 Great Warmers and Fillers for EFL Teachers
10 Pieces of Advice for Beginner Teachers
How to Write a Great IELTS Essay
Experiential/Hands-on Learning in TEFL
Some Ideas for Using Lead-Ins in Your Classroom
More Resources for Your Online Teaching
Mistakes Are Learning Opportunities
How to Teach IELTS Speaking
Teaching English as a Foreign Language to Young Learners ages 6 – 9
In Praise of the Humble Checklist
Using Negotiation Role Plays in the English Classroom
Teach Your Students to Remember English
The Expressive Power of Modal Verbs and Why ESL and EFL Students Avoid Them
Reconsidering Quizlet
Automated Essay Evaluation for Faster Formative Feedback
How to Use Europeana Collections in Your Classroom?
Enhancing Performance in B1-B2 exams for Dyslectic Learners
Critical Thinking – The Key Competence for the Z Generation
One-to-one: Managing Time
Warm-ups as Strategic Tools
Sound and Image: Teach English with Pictures
Impromptu Lessons: Not Such a Nightmare
Newton, Beethoven, and Me: Vowel Color Connection
The Five Verb Trick: Verb Conjugation in English
Tips for Teaching Adult EFL Classes
One-to-one: Promoting Learner Autonomy
Copernicus Goes sub-Saharan: “I belong to everybody, and I belong to nobody”
Teaching Collocations in the EFL Classroom
Turn It On
What’s the Point of Articles in English?
7 Ways To Encourage your Class To Be A Good Audience
Creating Effective Four-Skills Lessons
Using “Talk Partners” in the EFL Classroom
Copernicus asks: what can EFL students learn from Stephen Hawking?
5 Steps to Improve Pronunciation Fluency
One-to-One: Creating Comfort

Interview

An Interview with John F. Faneslow
Interview with Bruce Peterson Author of “English from Afar”
I Never Set Out to Be a Publisher but Here I Am!
Interview with Rachel Paling
Interview with Steve Hirschorn
Interview with Arkady Zilberman
Interview with Anita Chakrabarti of Avantskill
An Interview with Harald Kruithof of Language Partners
Interview with Nicholas Walker
Interview with Elisabeth Bekes, EFL Teacher and So Much More!
Interview with Peter Read, trainer in Business English
Interview with Ken Collins
Interview with Guillaume Catella
Interview with Giovanni Rottura, founder and CEO of Gallery Teachers
Phil Wade Interviews: Matthew Armstrong
Phil Wade Interviews: Daniel Barber
Phil Wade Interviews: Scott Thornbury
Phil Wade Interviews: Hada Litim
Marjorie Rosenberg
Interview: Lindsay Clandfield of The Round
Phil Wade Interviews: Nik Peachey
Phil Wade Interviews: Jorge Sette
Treat Teachers Well Part 1
Effective Online Teaching with Google Course Builder
Phil Wade Interviews: Elena Matveeva
Phil Wade Interviews: Julie Pratten
Phil Wade Interviews: Chris Ozog
Hugh Dellar Discusses The Lexical Method
Entrepreneurs: Interview with Duolingo Founder
Phil Wade Interviews: Ron Morrain
Podcast Interview With Professor Mark A. McDaniel
Phil Wade Interviews: Dr. Nellie Deutsch
Entrepreneurs: Rosie Mannion From GoCambio
Phil Wade Interviews: Dan Frost
Entrepreneurs: Paul Maglione from English Attack
Phil Wade Interviews: David Dodgson

EFL Business

Time Tracking Software for Educational Institutions
How to Teach IELTS Writing Online
The Great Brexit Balls Up for ELT
Turn Your Love for Language into a Translation Career
Are “Super-Tutors” Reshaping EFL?
Native Vs Non-Native: My Opinion and Experience
My First Time Presenting: ELT and the 4th Industrial Revolution
Life After (Language Center) TEFL
Teach Online for a Company or Go It Alone: Advantages and Disadvantages
Surviving Existential Dread in the EFL Workplace
Recruiting and Selecting Teaching Staff: A Strategic Approach
The Wolf of Upwork
Interview with Guillaume Catella
Interview with Giovanni Rottura, founder and CEO of Gallery Teachers
What Needs Analysis Is and How It Plays a Pivotal Role in Teacherpreneurship
7 Steps to Creating a Successful Business by Teaching English Online
Strategy Design and Execution in Education Management
Four Things for Effective Parent-Teacher Communication
The Freelance Teacher
The Freelance Teacher : The Business of doing Business with Business cards
The Freelance Teacher: What Are Taglines?
The Freelance Teacher: The Unprofessional Stigma in the ‘Likeabilty Factor’
Three Challenges of Starting an English School
The Freelance Teacher: Life is Working as a Freelancer
Moving From Teacher To Manager
Teacher to Manager: Making the Move
My Tailor Is Not So Rich: Salaries and Conditions of ELT Trainers In France
Treat Teachers Well Part 1
How to Sell Yourself as an Online Teacher
Finding Your Teaching Niche

Resources

Writing Drama for English Language Learners
Writing Creatively to Learn Adverbs
With a Little Help from My Friends
Why We Need Dissenters
Why Not Teach English through Comics?
Why Languages Don’t Need Grammar Rules
What Would you Do? Exploring the Trolley Problem in ELT Classes
Using Storyboard- a Student-Friendly Language Learning Tool
Using Negotiation Role Plays in the English Classroom
Useful Tips and Resources for Teaching Phrasal Verbs
Useful Thoughts on Teaching Adults
Tools and Tips to Help Your Students Write an A+ Essay/Research Paper
Three Essentials for Motivating Adult Learners
The Wonder of Word Lists
The Wiki as a Collaborative Tool: why to use it, how to use it
The Uberfication of Online ELT
The Three Stages Of A Listening Activity
The Secret Ingredient for Fluent Speaking and Writing: Self Confidence
10 Great Warmers and Fillers for EFL Teachers
10 Pre-Reading Activities
40 + Essential Resources for Your Teaching Library
5 Steps to Designing Equitable Instruction
5 Tips To Read Faster
6 Awesome Ways Students Can Use Videos to Learn English
7 Ready-to-Go Spolin Improv Activities for Your Classroom
A Cat on a Bike: How to Speed Up Vocabulary Learning
A Different Way around Phrasal Verbs and Idioms
A Holistic Approach to Civil Engineering Teaching in China
A Sure-Fire Way to Teach Collocations
A Trio of Sightless Rodents
Accommodating Dyslexic Learners in the EFL Classroom
Accounting Basics for Language School Owners
Activities For The Questions In Students Heads
An ‘Out Of The Blue’ Lesson Plan
An AEC Challenge: HOTS in Teaching English
Analogies Can Teach Anything

Technology

40 + Essential Resources for Your Teaching Library
Bringing the Dead To Life: Vocabulary Teaching with Augmented Reality
Cantonese Dreams, Global Digital Voices
Constructing a Rhizomatic Personal Learning Environment
Effective Online Teaching with Google Course Builder
English for Innovation
Entrepreneurs: Interview with Duolingo Founder
Entrepreneurs: Paul Maglione from English Attack
From the Whiteboard to No Board in No Time
Getting Started As an Online Teacher
How to Use Technology to Provide Feedback
Interview with Arkady Zilberman
Interview with Guillaume Catella
Is the Flipped Classroom Relevant to ELT?
Keep Your Students Connected and Engaged with H5P
Keeping it real: how to personalise classes effectively
Learning Language Online: Reflections And Reviews
Multiplayer Video Games: a Language-learning Opportunity
Using Moodle to Manage Online Teaching
Using Mobile Technology in the Classroom
Using Gboard in Language Learning Settings
Using “The Most Dangerous Writing App” in the Classroom
Tweeting Through The Intermediate Plateau
Time Tracking Software for Educational Institutions
The Wiki as a Collaborative Tool: why to use it, how to use it
The Dvolver Phenomenon
Technology in Education: How Technology Can Benefit Students and Educators
Teaching Academic Writing in The Blended Classroom
Some Ideas and Resources for Your Online Teaching
Selling Courses On Udemy
Seeing The Dog Alive
Reconsidering Quizlet
Quizlet – Create Engaging Vocabulary Study Sets
Principles of e-Learning Design
Phil Wade Interviews: Shanthi Cumaraswamy Streat
Phil Wade Interviews: Nik Peachey