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Tuesday, August 9, 2022

Finding an English Teaching Job

There are few jobs nowadays that you know you can do anywhere in the world, and teaching English as a foreign language is one of them. It’s one of the most flexible jobs around,...

Tuesday, July 5, 2022

My First Year as a Teacher Trainer

September 2021. A new city, a new job and with it, new challenges. Fortunately, one of them was not fighting over desk space – I had my own! Bright and eyed full of wonder at what...

Friday, June 3, 2022

End of Term Activity Ideas

The days are getting longer, the flowers are blooming, and students can almost taste the freedom of summer holidays. But before they do, there is still a tricky period of the year to navigate when classes...

Tuesday, May 10, 2022

What to Expect from CELTA

The CELTA course is something you may have heard about, or you might even know someone that has done it, but do you really know what it entails? There is so much information on the internet that it’s...

Tuesday, April 26, 2022

Making Grammar Visual

What do you think of when you see the term ‘visual’? Is it something that you embrace or something you avoid in the classroom? We’ve often heard of this term in reference to learning...

Friday, March 11, 2022

Writing Dos and Don’ts at B2/C1

Writing is not something that comes easily to all our students. When we ask our students to write in class, we are often greeted with groans and protests. However, it is an important life skill and an...

Friday, February 4, 2022

Using Technology in the Classroom

Last month we took a look at the future of English teaching. So, this month we thought we’d follow that up by looking at the technology we use in the English language classroom. As we mentioned in...

Tuesday, January 25, 2022

The Future of English Teaching

Predicting the future is a thankless task at any time. You run the risk of being completely wrong and getting egg on your face. Nobody could have predicted how much the world of English teaching would...

Thursday, December 16, 2021

Improving Reading at B2/C1

Reading is a challenging skill for many reasons and is often a stumbling block for those who want to succeed in the First and Advanced exams. According to recent research carried out by our Teacher Training...

Tuesday, November 9, 2021

Synthetic Phonics Activities

What is synthetic phonics? Synthetic phonics is a system used to teach children how to read and write in English. It’s based on single letters (graphemes) and groups of letters...

Thursday, October 14, 2021

Teaching Global Citizenship

Learning English gives our students the opportunity to communicate with people from all over the world. But what do they know about the cultures and social norms in these parts of the world? The coursebooks...

Thursday, September 9, 2021

Top 10 Classroom Activities for Adults

And lastly in this blog’s miniseries dedicated to classroom activities through the ages (see the previous posts related to children and teenagers) are adults. An adult’s motivation for learning...

Thursday, August 12, 2021

Top 10 Classroom Activities for Teenagers

Teenagers can be pretty tricky customers when they want to be, and these are often amongst the most challenging groups for teachers. One of the biggest issues is that teenagers’ moods can be so unpredictable...

Thursday, July 8, 2021

Top 10 Classroom Activities for Children

We all know how important it is to keep children engaged in the classroom, but it’s sometimes hard to think of new activities to keep them on their toes. As you take a little break over the summer,...

Tuesday, June 22, 2021

The Myth of the Native Teacher

“All of our teachers are native speakers”. It’s highly likely that you’ve seen or heard this phrase in many an advert for language schools or academies in the past....

Wednesday, June 16, 2021

Wrapping Up the School Year

We’ve made it to the end of the school year, and what a year it’s been! Last April, we wrote a blog post about what we’d learnt from online teaching and now we find ourselves thinking...

Thursday, May 13, 2021

Challenges of Teaching YLs

What comes to mind when someone mentions teaching Young Learners? Perhaps it’s children running around the classroom? Or teenagers sitting in silence with faces like thunder? Whatever it is, it’s...

Wednesday, April 21, 2021

Continuing Professional Development

Being a teacher is one of those jobs in which you never know what you’re going to encounter in class on any given day. There are so many variables that make teaching both exciting and nerve-wracking...

Monday, March 8, 2021

Preparing Students for Exam Speaking

Exam speaking can be a frightening prospect for a number of reasons and is one which makes students sweaty and nervous just at the thought of it. We’ve all been there; at school, at university or...

Friday, February 26, 2021

Teaching Business English

In an increasingly globalised world, being able to speak English in an international context has become an essential skill. English is the language of international business and teachers need to be ready...

Thursday, January 21, 2021

Teaching VYLs

As the learning of English around the world has become more and more prevalent, the age of our learners is becoming younger and younger. There are more language opportunities for VYLs than ever before...