The phrase is on the tip of everyone’s tongue - the new normal - it’s coming, but what does it mean? In order to define where we will be...

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

Everyone does it (yes, even you…) - we have a class to prepare for 30 students, and ten minutes of our lunch break left to copy a...

The global English language teaching industry has developed hugely in the past decade, with the quality of provision rising fast in a...

- Advice for teachers working online under Coronavirus school closures I read this article this morning, from a teacher in quarantine in...

A message from an international family This is a personal one. Yes, we're living in interesting times, but can we just take a moment to...

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

International Higher Education is a complex setting which often entails a lot of conflicting elements: culture clash, academic expectations

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

In order to facilitate improvements in teaching which continue to have an effect after a visiting trainer leaves the building, we need to ta

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!

Economic forces often precede changes in international education, with regional development affecting how and why students travel...

Imagine you were retraining as a teacher of Mandarin to Speakers of Other Languages (MSOL), to meet the growing international demand for...

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...

While at the Future of ELT conference at Regents university the other week, a talk by Philip Kerr got me thinking about a buzz word that...

Having looked at how to set up a sustainable teacher development project, how can we ensure that what is delivered in face-to-face...

Preparing the soil - TESOL qualifications tend to be seen as discrete products leading to fixed outcomes