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TEFL hacks: 5 ways to check if your TEFL course is really what it says it is. If you are looking for an English teaching qualification, but

If you are looking for an English teaching qualification, but don’t know where to turn, you’re not alone. The TEFL industry is awash with

If you are an English teacher whose first language is (shock, horror!) not English, you will probably have experienced some kind of

More and more of us are working online, and the Internet is overflowing with questions from teachers about the best ways of doing this, and

If you are an English-medium teacher working in a school, international university or IB / GCSE programme, your classroom is your own

In this penultimate article about teaching pronunciation, we look at another suprasegmental pronunciation system which works across

In the next three articles in this series about pronunciation teaching, we will look at a tricky area of phonology which is often overlooked

This article aims to show why the use of IPA is an essential tool for teaching and learning pronunciation, and that it is worth the effort

There is a trend in language centres to teach ESOL students how to speak ‘properly’, without an ‘accent’. The rise in the number of ‘accent

Drilling, or the teacher-led ‘call and response’ activity which anyone who has learnt a second language remembers well, is probably the most

Pronunciation is an aspect of ESOL teaching which is often misunderstood. Clearly, pronunciation is an essential feature of students’ langua

As a productive language skill, writing is much more than simply putting words on paper. A complex set of linguistic and cognitive processin

So much of what we mean is unspoken. The way we use cultural phrases, idioms and metaphor, the tone of voice, facial expression and emotion

Any written text is by definition intended for someone to read. The purpose of written language is to communicate ideas between people

Speaking is central to use of language. Of all the skills we use when we learn, most describe proficiency in another language as speaking it

When thinking about the pronunciation features of different languages, a common distinction is often drawn between ‘stress-timed’ and...

A common goal among teachers is the desire to make their classes more motivating for their students. By this, they mean that they want their students to be happy and want to learn through the activities that the teacher prepares. This is clearly a great objective, and something that we should all strive for when we teach, but is ‘motivating’ the correct word to use here?

When we think about teaching the four language skills - reading, writing, speaking and listening, we are really thinking about developing...

Pronunciation is one of the fundamentals of language learning. It is the primary factor in spoken language when it comes to understanding

How can a Language centre be sure that it is getting a teacher that can get results from the students? There is a set of core skills!