The Ideal TEFL Classroom is the best possible place where you can give your lessons. And remember that since it's probably the most important room in your professional life so it's worthwhile getting it right! In the world of TEFL it's not easy to predict exactly...
Survival English is a term we used to talk about the essential English someone needs to know in order to survive - live or work - in an English speaking environment. Typical students of Survival English might be: going to the US on holiday taking an English course in...
A lot of students take a year off after finishing high school, or during their university studies, and spend the time working or traveling abroad in what is known as a Gap Year. The idea of warm seas, exotic locations and eye-opening new cultures is difficult to...
An idea of how important it is to punctuate correctly. Punctuation does, indeed, save lives...
A Crossword Compiler is a program which allows you to produce crosswords for the class - or have your students produce them for each other. There are a number on the market which include features such as: alternative layouts easy printing and/or publishing automatic...
Authoring is the term used to describe the ability to change the content in a CALL computer program. For example, some off-the-shelf CALL programs come supplied with a bank of questions in English. However, these may not quite be suitable for a class in terms of level...
Who vs Whom often comes up and sometimes causes confusion. This article explains the difference between these two. Who and whom are both pronouns and while they mean the same thing (a person or group of people) they are grammatically different. Subjects vs Objects...
Possessive Apostrophes are added to the end of a noun to show possession. This car belongs to John. It is John's car. That dog belongs to that girl. It is that girl's dog. Note, a Possessive Apostrophe is sometimes known as a Saxon Genitive. Plural Nouns If there is...
Units of Measurement are used to talk about quantity. Common units include: length: meter, mile, kilometer... weight: pound, stone, kilogram... liquid: liter, gallon... Singular & Plural Units of measurement usually have a singular and plural form: I've lived here...
QVC is a tv shopping channel which is famous for showing short segments where presenters talk about a product for several minutes, describing it in detail and explaining everything one could possibly want to know about it. The concept can be transferred to the English...
