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If you are ever worried about having an EFL class that does not respond to you or the material or that has nothing to say, you only need to do…

You’ve got the TEFL certificate, you’ve signed the contract, and now the fun is about to begin: your first TEFL job. If you are freaking out under the pressure, or…

We all know kids love playing games, and kids don’t always like going to school. It’s logical, then, to incorporate games into our English lessons so as to keep the…

Speaking and communicating are the foundations of any teaching English as a foreign language (TEFL) classroom. The majority of students love speaking, and producing language is a way to consolidate,…

Doing the TEFL is the time for you to become familiar with common methodology and activities in the classroom, to solidify and brush up on the foundations of grammar and…

In the TEFL world there are a large number of abbreviations and acronyms which not many people understand. Long, long ago someone decided that we needed to label each and…

When we first start teaching English as a Foreign Language, we plan lessons on grammar, vocabulary, reading, writing, listening, and speaking. What is often forgotten are functional language lessons. In…

It is always important to remember that we are preparing our EFL students to handle English in the real world. Obviously the classroom situation is not completely authentic (because of…

The third conditional in English is used to talk about situations in the past which didn’t happen. It describes a condition in the past and the possible result; however, because…