TEFL/TESOL in Azerbaijan Since independence from Russia, Azerbaijan has been keen to assert its own identity and anxious to learn English to engage with the West. In addition, the recent oil boom means that the country has moved a long way in a short space of time....
Slang is the use of informal words and expressions to describe something or someone. Slang is vocabulary that is meant to be interpreted quickly but not necessarily literally. Slang changes fast; here are examples of current 2015 slang which, could well be out of...
This is an article about Exam Nerves. You can print this out and use it with your class when they're coming close to take an exam. Give a copy to each student so they can read it through at their leisure and prepare themselves. What are Exam Nerves? Some student get...
Hard then Soft is a general technique in classroom management which allows your classes to be productive and useful. Using this technique you do not end up with a classroom out of control and students being noisy and disrespecting their teacher. It is based on the...
An Antonym or Opposite is a word which - generally speaking - has the opposite meaning to another word. For example, the following are antonyms: big ↔ small fat ↔ thin tall ↔ short old ↔ young male ↔ female Some words will have more than one antonym depending on...
Verbs of Perception refer to those verbs which are used to talk about sensing: see/look/watch/notice/observe hear/listen to taste smell touch/feel sense in general These verbs can be used in different ways and have certain grammatical conditions attached to them....
Market Traders is a useful game to help practice: semantic fields counting negotiating skills Once you have prepared the game, it can be adapted for a great number of classroom situations, levels and vocabulary areas. As you will see, it can also be adapted...
Author: Jack C. Richards ; Theodore S. Rodgers Publisher: Cambridge University Press Details: Paperback; 278 pages; 2nd Ed, Pub.2001 ISBN: 0521008433 This book offers an invaluable overview of the principal approaches to language teaching over the past century, such...
Arabic is spoken in various forms by more than 250 million people as a mother tongue throughout the Middle East, North Africa and beyond. Because there are strong regional variations in Arabic, the notes below will not necessarily apply to all Arabic speakers....
Volunteering to teach English overseas is big business and there are lots of organizations involved in placing teachers around the world. And lots of organizations are getting rich doing this. However, there are also lots of problems. If you're thinking of...
