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The International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) is an essential tool in teaching pronunciation. Drilling words and phrases one by one can teach

If you follow a curriculum with your students, the content that you teach is likely not to be the best match for everyone in the class. Text

In the context of initial teacher education, teacher trainers are the first point of contact between many course trainees and the English

When we speak, listen and even think, our brain does not process language word by word, dealing with individual meanings one by one. In fact

When we think about a teacher’s job, one of the most important things that they should be able to do is to explain tricky ideas, right?

The Trinity College London Certificate for Practising Teachers (CertPT) is growing in recognition among experienced teachers who want to

The traditional approach to reading skills in the language classroom is to work with information through comprehension tasks, checking how

Many of us are familiar with the traditional, teacher-fronted, ‘repeat after me’ approach that is common in high schools around the world

The English teaching industry has many levels of teaching position, from short contracts with language travel groups and summer schools to

Many teachers see post-task feedback (where students report their answers and ideas to the class after finishing an activity) as an

Much of what we do in the language classroom is focused on fluency and accuracy. Most teachers aim for students to use vocabulary and

Many communicative English language tasks are based on some kind of information gap - a missing piece of information that students must

One of the most useful pieces of feedback I have ever received was given to me on my DELTA after an observed lesson where I had kept my clas

You may have decided which country or continent you want to teach in, but have you decided which setting you'd like to teach in? Coming into

As we move into 2022, and after two years of Covid and travel restrictions itchy feet need to be scratched, whether in terms of wanderlust

Every teacher working in a school has experienced this situation: you’re teaching a lesson in the afternoon, and the photocopier is broken

When we plan to teach a piece of grammar or vocabulary, it is important that we plan for students to be able to understand it and use it

What is task-based learning? The idea of using tasks which do not focus specifically on sentence translation or grammar exercises was not

As one of the four language skills, listening (and often watching) is fundamental for language learners. Without good listening skills

These are all important aspects of classroom management: the way that a teacher creates a positive and effective learning environment for