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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!

Any job interview can be a stressful experience, and school interviews are no exception. Here are some of the most common questions asked...

This article focuses on the positive aspects of the different sounds that Englishes use: accents, and benefit to ESL language learners

No matter what you teach, student engagement is a major challenge in every classroom. Learning increases when students are engaged

Student engagement is a key factor for learning in any classroom, and each student has their own interests, reasons for learning, and prefer

This article aims to clarify five common examples which come up for students and teachers, to help us understand the connected relationships

Cognitive approaches to language learning work under the assumption that the more deeply learners think about what they are learning

Any teacher working towards assessments or barrier tests experiences the familiar pressure to get through syllabus content so that their stu

Vocabulary is an essential part of language learning at any level. The way in which we learn and remember vocabulary is different from how

Any initial teacher training qualification in TESOL will rightly stress the importance of clear lesson structure for language lessons.

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