Making the most of ESL coursebooks & textbooks to your advantage
Are you wondering how to add excitement to your assigned coursebooks? For many teachers, the use of textbooks in the ESL classroom is a positive way of providing much-needed structure…
Recent Articles
5 engaging tips to make your students love and learn English
Are your students not engaging? How to get them to fall in love with English? How to engage your students and create a desire for English language learning. If these…
Tips to teach the advanced C1 students and help them make progress
At times teaching advanced students can be a daunting prospect for ESL teachers. Especially if students are preparing for a certification course or need to pass an exam for work,…
Top ESL Resources To Help Your Students Gain More
The ESL market is vast, and within it, we find lot of resources available to enhance our classroom, our planning and of course, our teaching. But how on earth do…
Setting meaningful homework for ESL learners – Top tips and ideas
Homework is often disliked by students and can make extra work for teachers if it involves marking. Depending on where you work, homework may or may not be part of…
How to prepare classes for beginner ESL learners (A1 students)?
For many teachers preparing and teaching beginner ESL learners comes as a challenge. We have an article providing tips to prepare for your first ever ESL class. Often educators are…
How to conduct an “English Only” ESL classroom? Is it ever possible to do so?
I am sure every ESL teacher (or most of them) at some point had to remind their class to speak in English. Perhaps to stop gossiping in their native language…
How to prepare for your first-ever ESL class – Top Tips!
Congratulations on completing your TEFL certification (CertTESOL, CELTA or a similar teaching qualification). Now the day has come that you’ve been waiting for – to actually handle an ESL classroom!…
Top tips to save time when planning a lesson for an ESL class
Planning and preparing resources for a class is an essential part of any teacher’s life. Some people love it, while a few don’t. Either way, it can be extremely time-consuming…
A Brief History of Phrasal Verbs
The overview Phrasal verbs are notorious in the realm of English teaching. Students hate them, teachers hate teaching them, and examiners love including them. The last part of the previous…
