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How To Get Over The Language Barrier Without Learning The Language

Possibly one of the biggest apprehensions people have about moving to another country and being a TEFL teacher is not being able to speak the language – or, even worse, not being able to speak or read the language. Imagine…

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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…

How Do Adults Learn English As A Foreign Language?

21st April 2016

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…

Why Is Learning English As A Foreign Language So Difficult?

21st April 2016

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…

Confusing Words For Your EFL Learners

7th April 2016

Just as there are a number of habits of highly effective TEFL teachers, so there are similar habits of highly effective learners. If you incorporate these into your learner training…

5 Habits Of Highly Effective EFL Learners

4th April 2016

Flipping the classroom is a relatively new method on the TEFL scene. It became popular in mainstream schools and academies but it can definitely be used successfully in the TEFL…

3 Ways To Flip Your EFL Classroom

4th April 2016

It’s a well-known fact that you don’t need to be able to speak Thai to teach English in Thailand or Spanish to be able to teach in Spain; in other…

Using The L1 In The EFL Classroom

30th March 2016

Being a teacher is about so much more than teaching. Being a teacher means you need to prepare lessons, carry out lessons, assess your students and just generally try to…

How To Reduce Anxiety In The EFL Classroom

24th March 2016

For the majority of us, being in the classroom is the reason we love our jobs. Being with our students, working together on language issues, helping our students learn: we…

Is Planning Necessary?

18th March 2016

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