Academic life

Projects take students’ noses out of their workbooks and help them foster writing, speaking, listeni...

When every teacher’s favorite time of year comes around – *eyeroll* – it’s tempting to melt into one...

While it’s been a long time since I read Yvonne Bender’s book “The power of positive teaching,” I do...

Each year, the results from the EF English Proficiency Index (EF EPI) are published as a benchmark f...

Sometimes using technology in your classroom can be a little intimidating.  As the rapidly evolving ...

Hands up who’s had a class (or a week!) full of students suffering from cabin fever. We thought so. ...

Previously only carried by reporters in press hats, thanks to smartphones, voice recorders are now i...

The classic handout is one of teaching’s most used resources. But what makes a good handout? Here, E...

Teachers usually have a gut feeling about their lessons. (Which may swing between commiserating over...

In education, we often talk about how to challenge our students—but what about ourselves as teachers...

A teacher’s work is never complete: New lessons, students, semesters, years, and subjects continuall...

Another day. You walk into the classroom.Students have occupied the back seats, but the front ones a...