Preparing for those “Umm….” moments in a Speaking test
Kathy Gude, author of New Fast Class, tackles the challenge of making Speaking exams that little bit easier for students. For many students, the Speaking Paper can be a stressful ordeal. Our role as...
View ArticleYes! No! Spaghetti!
Ritsuko Nakata, co-author of Let’s Go, looks at how to get students answering questions in full sentences. ‘Yes! No! Spaghetti!’ Are these the kind of answers you get from your students when you ask...
View Article5 Ways to Prepare Your Students for the 21st Century
In the first in a series of blog posts about 21st Century skills, (to accompany our teacher training videos on the same subject), author and English language teacher Charles Vilina provides some great...
View ArticleFive Easy Ways in Which You Can Encourage Young Children to Think Critically
Kate Read, co-author of the forthcoming kindergarten series, Show and Tell, offers some practical tips for getting your kindergarten children to think critically. Too young for critical thinking? When...
View ArticleHelp your young learners to remember new language
Photo courtesy of Jenn Durfey via Flickr Ritsuko Nakata, co-author of Let’s Go, looks at why children forget what they’ve learned and shares her top tips for getting young learners to remember new...
View ArticleThe EFL Classroom: Teaching more than English
Verissimo Toste, an Oxford teacher trainer, looks at some different ways the language learning experience can be enriched. More and more, English as a Foreign Language (EFL) is being taught in...
View ArticlePractical ideas for the Business English classroom: Part Three – Teaching...
This is the final article of a three-part Business English series by ELT teacher, teacher trainer and course book author, John Hughes. Here, he looks at ideas and exercises for successful networking....
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