Category: TEFL Blog

Having spent more than 20 years as a marketing consultant, I decided to change career, to become an English language

A good TEFL teacher must understand that there are a lot of differences between young learners and adult learners, but

Education is the most powerful weapon we have as human beings. A sentence that perfectly expounds the great power of

In June 2016 the UK voted to leave the European Union and the “British exit” has since be referred to

In my professional and personal opinion, being culturally sensitive and culturally aware is a very important part of being a

How to maintain motivation and communicate instructions with beginner students, whilst avoiding their native language is definitely a difficult thing

A Turkish proverb infers: “One who speaks one language is one person while one who speaks two languages is two

I taught my first class when I was 22 and just entering graduate school in upstate New York. I had

All people are susceptible to boredom and confusion. Either of these or their combination can lead to frustration. Once frustrated,

Teaching English in a foreign country with students who speak very little of the language is a challenge. It is

The one thing l liked most about teaching was the many jackets one gets to wear. To some l was

I was an English teacher in Japan for over three and a half years. In that time, I gained a

Nowadays the ESA method is used all over the world to teach English. ESA is the first letters of the

This blog post will focus on answering why lesson planning is important. The fundamentals of lesson planning will be discussed

This is my teaching experience so l will tell it in the form of a story. In 2011, l sat

Over the last month and a half, I have been completing a TEFL course. I am currently working as an

What is classroom management? Classroom management refers to all kinds of activities and measures taken by teachers in order to

The importance of a pre-planned lesson cannot be understated, having a plan is paramount to the success of the lesson

I have had the opportunity to study several foreign languages, some in a formal setting, some self-taught. Through my personal

Legendary musician Paul McCartney once said, or rather sang, “When you’ve got a job to do you’ve got to do