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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!...

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...