Tools and Tips to Help Your Students Write an A+ Essay/Research Paper
Tory S. Thorkelson, M.Ed. More and more students are being asked to write undergraduate papers and yet, even where writing classes are offered, there…
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News as a Tool for the ESL/EFL Classroom
by Tory Thorkelson This semester, I had to design an all new course entitled “Current Events and Listening” and, since as usual, I received…
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Common English Language Mistakes Made by Japanese Speakers
by Delic Meliha More and more Japanese continue to learn English, which is the common lingua franca across the globe and supposedly one of…
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Cuisenaire Rods in Language Learning – Part 2
by Steve Hirschhorn A rod by any other name… Figure 1 Two boxes of Cuisenaire Rods, the top one a new set and the…
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The Path to Pain-Free Speaking Exams
by Wayne Finley Students the world over look at speaking exams with absolute dread: a time for humiliation, embarrassment, shame and all the other…
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Teaching Practice as a Motivational Tool
by MS ROGERIO QUIJANO SOTOMAYOR BA SAMUEL IGNACIO BENITEZ OSUNA Motivation plays an important role in the quality of our performance in every single…
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Appreciating Individuality and Identity through Literature
by Emma Winslow, Kendal Stopher and Mohamed Elhess Our classroom is becoming more centered on the unique needs of each student. As a result,…
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Accommodating Dyslexic Learners in the EFL Classroom
by Jonathan Owen “All students are entitled to attend and participate in foreign language classes. Thus today’s foreign language educator … has the task…
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Why We Need Dissenters
by Nick Michelioudakis The thread: A couple of days ago, a colleague, (Marek Kiczkowiak) posted something on the IATEFL Facebook group about why someone…
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Lesson Plan: The Danger of A Single Story
(taken from Chimamanda Adichie’s TED talk) By Suriati Abas, Intended for university students Synopsis of Adichie’s story: In this TED talk, a Nigerian author,…
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