Critical Thinking: Why is it Important and How to Teach Them to Students?
As both an individual and a society, critical thinking is one of the most crucial skills you can have. As a teacher, it is maybe THE most important skill you can teach….
As both an individual and a society, critical thinking is one of the most crucial skills you can have. As a teacher, it is maybe THE most important skill you can teach….
Teaching is hard work. Every teacher has their style of teaching that they are comfortable with. However, what is often forgotten is that the students are not supposed to adapt…
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…
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…
In this article, we will provide some top tips and some general guidance on planning an effective ESL lesson to ensure both you and your English learners are happy in…
When you start teaching ESL in a major English center like the UK or Australia, you may find that you teach multi-cultural classes who come from all parts of the…
Moving abroad to teach English can seem daunting to some. Be super-prepared by reading this article on warmers for your first week of teaching abroad, whether in Hong Kong, Australia,…
Many teenagers in Hong Kong will speak English to a conversational level, so you may wonder why they want to attend English lessons outside of school. Many of them will…
As language educators, what we do in the classroom can sometimes feel quite ephemeral. The ideas we deal with, the language our students use, the words and meanings we analyse,…
Of the four language skills, speaking is the most important in terms of managing day-to-day classroom interaction. We deliver most of our classes through spoken information, and it is through…
When we consider how we can help our students with writing, there is an important distinction to draw between the ways in which we see this aspect of language use:…
Reading in a second language can be a challenging activity, both to study and to teach. Students have no control over the language that is presented to them in a…
Speaking is a fundamental language skill. It is the primary way in which we communicate information. When we ask how well we can function in a second language, we ask…
Listening in a second language is so much more than simply understanding what someone is saying. We listen to different people in different ways depending on how, where and when…
As language teachers, we tend to think of listening as a skill for students, but are we forgetting that as teachers, listening is equally, if not more important? Many teachers…
Most language classrooms around the world are not ideal for communication between students to take place. They typically contain rows of desks facing the teacher, students sitting individually or in…
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