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Lesson observations are an integral part of most teacher education courses for good reason; we can learn an enormous amount by stepping back

So you’ve finished your teacher training course, and are ready to go out into the world of teaching. Maybe you have a job lined up, maybe

In-depth, lasting Continuous Professional Development activity is often seen as either a luxury or a chore for public school teachers, as

Teacher development in any field can only work if teachers themselves take ownership over how they manage their own development plans. You

Teachers rarely have the time to step back and think about what they are, or are not, doing in their classrooms. For real, effective develop

TESOL qualifications tend to be seen as discrete products leading to fixed outcomes - a CertTESOL, CELTA or similar level of certificate.

Of all the areas in English pronunciation, perhaps the most challenging for learners is the way in which words are connected together in flu

One reason why English grammar is difficult for many learners is the range of small, grammatical components which are needed to complete phr

If you are looking to specialise in English Language Teaching, then it is important to become familiar with the international examinations w

As an international language with a long history in many different parts of the world, English has developed into many different forms.

Most teacher development courses are focused on the teaching that you do: how to teach more effectively, methods and techniques that are suc

The rhythm and pace of words in spoken sentences varies in different languages. The way we add stress or prominence to individual syllables

English quantifiers can be tricky for learners. They depend on a range of factors, from countability, quantity, number and even the personal

Despite their name, modal verbs aren’t really verbs at all. They do form part of verb phrases, and are closely connected to verbs, but...

With ongoing developments in generative AI, the nature of English language study is changing. Institutions worldwide are working hard to

The English tense system, as with most languages that use different verb forms to communicate the time when they happened, is quite complex.

Many would-be language teachers are put off from the job because they assume that it is impossible to become a language educator without

There is a 'grammar rule’ about quantifiers which is often taught to learners at lower levels of study.

When learning another language, it is important to know the way that things are named. Some languages add gender to nouns, some use specific

The articles ‘a’, ‘an’ and ‘the’ are in a class of word called determiners. As the name suggests, a determiner is a part of speech which