Mixed conditionals are one of the more difficult and confusing grammar points to teach. Those of us who have tried have most certainly encountered bew...
Sometimes the easiest way to teach confusing words is to take the grammar and the boardwork totally out of the picture. Many students have had troubl...
Our academic team is no stranger to innovation – and now, our course book Fast Track 5 has been nominated for an ELTon award. When creating materials ...
Sometimes, despite the best intentions, our teaching becomes a little lacklustre. The causes are varied (maybe you’re tired, uninspired, or summer is ...
Parent-teacher conference season is usually nervewracking for everyone. After all, in these short time slots you’re representing both your school and ...
At the start of a new semester, teachers around the world turn their attention to the very first class. With a new group of students to integrate and ...
What a mouthful! In short, anaphoric and cataphoric references are emphatic styles of sentence structure taught at C1 – C2 level. They are used to ins...
Board games evoke memories of camping trips, power outages spent by candlelight at the kitchen table, and weekends with the grandparents. In short, th...
Have you ever had a wonderful lesson planned using technology and the tech has failed? Maybe you had to sub a class at the last moment and you needed...
There are days where your lesson flops, headaches abound, you miss the bus, fight with a loved one, feel the report cards piling up, or the day unrave...
Ever held a conversation class where students expected you to do the talking? Or tried to get conversation moving past one or two dominant speakers? ...
Just a few short years ago, language teachers would have fallen over backwards at today’s easy access to videos. *Cue applause for the internet*Yet, v...
