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If you’re an English as a Foreign Language teacher, you’ve probably considered teaching online at some point in your career. Teaching in your pyjamas, at home on your couch, cuddling your puppy – what’s not to love? But there is actually more than one way you can teach English online. So what’s the best option? Let’s …...[Read More]

As teachers of English as a Foreign Language, it is our goal to help our students learn English. By now you probably realise that we can’t force our students to learn, and that teaching is not the same as learning. No matter how hard we try in the classroom, whether or not our students learn … Continue reading “T...[Read More]

By their very nature, English as a Foreign Language teachers are passionate about teaching and learning. We will slave away for hours planning awesome lessons, sourcing amazing materials and then executing kick-ass lessons for our students. We do all of this with the intention that our students will take what they have...[Read More]

English as a Foreign Language students come to our classrooms to learn English. They expect to be taught grammar and vocabulary, practise using the four skills of the language, and walk out of the classroom with a higher level of English than when they came in. Thankfully, this can happen and, for the most part, … Cont...[Read More]

Teaching English as a Foreign Language is an umbrella term which can actually manifest itself in a number of different forms. EFL teachers can teach different ages, different lessons, different levels and, of course, different nationalities. Though the majority of EFL jobs are teaching young learners in a monolingual c...[Read More]

The majority of our English as a Foreign Language lessons revolve around a text. Sure we teach a grammatical item, a vocabulary set or a skill, but we always teach in context and that context usually comes from  texts. There is nothing wrong with this and, in fact, a lot right with this. The problem … Continue reading ...[Read More]

If you asked your students why they are learning English, some will say “to study”, some will say “for my job”, others will say “to travel”, but at the crux of all of these answers is communication. Our students want to learn English in order to be able to communicate with English-speakers in their particular … Continu...[Read More]

Teaching English as a Foreign Language is not a one-size-fits-all job. If you are an EFL teacher, there are many different hats you can be expected to wear, depending on what classes you are given to teach. Yes, they will all involve teaching English as a Foreign Language, but no, they won’t involve the same … Continue...[Read More]

Whether we want to admit it or not, every English as a Foreign Language teacher has their favourite class – be it kindergarten, teen exam classes, one-to-ones or adults. This is not a bad thing, it’s natural to prefer teaching a certain age, a particular class or a specific level. The thing is, each class … Continue re...[Read More]

The field of English language teaching may be as old as the hills, but that doesn’t mean that it’s not changing. Teaching methods and techniques are continuously being developed, and our teaching styles change accordingly. One factor which will always have an impact on our teaching is innovation. Innovation in differen...[Read More]

On 30th March, from 8.30 to 9.30 pm local time, people around the world will be celebrating Earth Hour. What started out as a lights out event in Sydney in 2007 has become the world’s largest grassroots movement for the environment. Every year, millions of people around the world celebrate Earth Hour by switching off …...[Read More]

Considering that they spend their time and money to be in our classrooms to learn English, you would think our students would want to allocate much of  their time to speak English. But when you’re actually in the classroom you might be surprised by how often you hear your students speak their home language. Don’t … Con...[Read More]

You may not realise it, but listening is a skill. Even in our native language it can be difficult to understand what someone is saying if they have a cold, speak quickly or if there is background noise. Listening to people speak in a foreign language is much tougher. It can be difficult to differentiate … Continue read...[Read More]

Most of us have whiteboards in the classroom. They’re usually big and take up the majority of a wall. We use them to write down vocabulary, explain language or even play games. If we’re lucky our whiteboards are interactive and you can use them to show videos, Google images on-the-spot and play interactive games. White...[Read More]

Applying for a job is not an easy process, regardless of whether you’re a waitress or a CFO. For a job teaching English as a Foreign Language, the process can be a long one. You need to sift through thousands of jobs advertised to find one that a) is a match for your skills b) … Continue reading “5 QUESTIONS TO A...[Read More]