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Learning your first language is not a conscious decision. As a baby, you are exposed to language from all different sources and you are able to acquire language skills in…

We all know that learning a foreign language is hard, but for some reason learning English as a Foreign Language seems to be more difficult than other languages. Obviously for…

We all know that sinking feeling when we realise we still have five more minutes before before the end of the class and our activity has just finished. Or that…

Would you be able to explain how it’s possible to make a strong coffee but not a powerful coffee? Why do we say a heavy suitcase, but also heavy traffic…

Exhausted. Boiling. Starving. These are just three examples of extreme adjectives. We are all familiar with adjectives and the fact that they are used to describe nouns, but extreme adjectives…

Dogme is undoubtedly a very controversial teaching method, but it has gained a lot of support in recent years. It has its fair share of critics and it still manages…

Even for the more advanced English learners, you’ll notice that there are some words in English which are just plain confusing to our learners. This may be because of similarities…

Using technology is a great way to bring some life into your EFL lessons. For your learners, using different media makes a welcome change from using the coursebook or paper-based…

We all know teaching English as a Foreign Language usually requires superhuman strength, intelligence, compassion and loads of patience, and it often feels like we are not appreciated or our…