The TEFL Academy Blog

The whiteboard may seem like an unsubstantial aspect of the EFL classroom but it can have a huge impact on the success of a lesson. Think about the different whiteboard…

We all know motivation is one of the key factors in creating and maintaining an effective learning environment in our classrooms and helping our students be successful language learners. You…

Taking a step back from the coursebook and doing something a little out of the ordinary in our EFL lessons is always a good idea but can often seem like…

Most TEFL classrooms make use of a coursebook – New English File, Total English, Horizons – but sometimes the coursebook is not always suitable for our EFL classes. The topics…

If you’re a newly-qualified TEFL teacher, you’re probably raring to get into the classroom and make some English-learning magic. This is awesome because experience is the best thing to help…

Teaching Beginner learners is challenging in many ways, but it’s actually easier than other levels in a number of different ways too. A Beginner learner has so much to learn…

If you spend a lot of time with the same EFL class, you may find yourself recycling the same topics over and over again. Family, occupations, free time, sports, technology,…

When teaching lower level EFL learners, the grammar and vocabulary that we teach them is quite obvious. Because they have so much to learn, we have so much to teach…