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Tuesday, April 30, 2024

Exam Revision Tips and Activities

The academic year is coming to a close, and for many students there is no escaping the fact that a language exam awaits them at the end, typically acting like some kind of gateway to the future. So, whether...

Friday, March 29, 2024

Why We Love Grammar

‘I feel bad telling students that we’re going to learn grammar’, a teacher once told me. Sorry, what? I politely thought to myself. This idea of having to apologise for teaching grammar...

Thursday, February 29, 2024

Working with Emergent Language

Emergent language is the language that comes up during our lessons which we had not planned for, but have to deal with, nevertheless. This can be tricky, as it is language that we have not included in...

Wednesday, January 31, 2024

Lessons on the Fly

A recently conducted unofficial survey about stressful teaching situations turned up the perhaps unsurprising result that one of the most common fears was having to teach a lesson on the fly....

Friday, December 29, 2023

Reading at Starters, Movers & Flyers

Have you noticed, like we have at London School of Languages, that when young learners sit the Pre-A1 Starters, A1 Movers and A2 Flyers exams they generally perform less well in the reading tasks than...

Thursday, November 30, 2023

Activities for 1-1 Classes

In the world of language learning, 1-1 English classes are sometime an invaluable option for students seeking a tailored or personalised educational experience. While group classes are...

Wednesday, November 22, 2023

From Student to Teacher

A mere 10 years after starting her English learning journey with London School of Languages, Nerea Rodriguez became one of our newest and youngest teaching recruits this past September. Her achievements...

Tuesday, October 31, 2023

Using VYL Material

VYLs, or Very Young Learners are classified as children who are in pre-primary education. In terms of English learning, this can refer to children between the ages of 6 months and 6 years, however published...

Friday, September 15, 2023

Before the Coursebook Arrives

A big warm welcome back to another academic year – be you teacher, student, or simply interested in the online musings of this teacher trainer/part-time blog writer. For those of you about to get...

Thursday, August 24, 2023

Are You Ready For DELTA?

Have you been teaching for a little while? Are you thinking about how you can continue to develop professionally as an English teacher? Then perhaps it’s time to start thinking about...

Thursday, July 27, 2023

How to Be a Reflective Teacher

If we want to develop as teachers, it is important to be able to reflect on our teaching and analyse what we are doing well and areas in which we can improve. But what can we do as teachers...

Friday, June 2, 2023

Preparing for CELTA

Are you planning on doing the intensive 4-week CELTA course this summer? Or have you already signed up? In any case, we’re sure your excited about getting started! In this blog post...

Friday, May 19, 2023

Using Stories with Primary Learners

The Hook Once upon a time… and there you have it, you’ve immediately entered a world where dragons soar above the clouds, kings and queens reign over rival kingdoms and dastardly...

Saturday, April 29, 2023

Memory and Language Learning

“You can’t remember how to say Toldo in English? But, we saw it yesterday!”. Raise your hand if you have ever said something like that. Sometimes not being aware of how memory works might...

Thursday, March 30, 2023

Conference Takeaways 2023

It’s been quite the month. After what has felt like the longest term of our lives (erm, where were the bank holidays when we needed them?), we are reflecting on what we can take away from the conferences...

Thursday, February 16, 2023

All About Phrasal Verbs

Settle down, sit back and get ready to take in another blogpost brought to you from London School of Languages, and if you haven’t caught on by now, today is all about phrasal verbs. Now whether...

Thursday, January 5, 2023

Using Humour in the Classroom

A bit of humour in the classroom can go a long way to making lessons more enjoyable for students and for the teachers themselves. Sometimes a teacher has a naturally funny approach to the way that they...

Thursday, December 15, 2022

Reaching C2 Before Finishing School

Even a few years ago, the idea of students gaining a C2 qualification before the age of 18 would have seemed farfetched to many, or at least something which could only be achieved by those who had been...

Thursday, November 10, 2022

Using Coursebooks Effectively

How do you feel about the coursebooks you use in class? It probably goes without saying that you have your favourites, but have you ever asked yourself why you like particular coursebooks...

Tuesday, October 11, 2022

Interpreting Exam Results

Every year at London School of Languages hundreds of our students take one of the Cambridge exams, starting with the young learner exams (Pre-A1 Starters, A1:Movers, A2:Flyers) all the way up to the C2:Proficiency...

Thursday, September 15, 2022

Prepare Yourself for the New Term

The days are getting shorter, the temperature is going down and you are starting to forget where you put your pencil case. All of this can only mean one thing - it’s the start of a new school year!...

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