TEACHER TRAINING

What do you think of when you see the term ‘visual’? Is it something that you embrace or something you avoid in the classroom? We’ve often heard of this term in reference to learning preferences [...]

Writing is not something that comes easily to all our students. When we ask our students to write in class, we are often greeted with groans and protests. However, it is an important life skill [...]

Last month we took a look at the future of English teaching. So, this month we thought we’d follow that up by looking at the technology we use in the English language classroom. As we mentioned [...]

Predicting the future is a thankless task at any time. You run the risk of being completely wrong and getting egg on your face. Nobody could have predicted how much the world of English teaching [...]

Reading is a challenging skill for many reasons and is often a stumbling block for those who want to succeed in the First and Advanced exams. According to recent research carried out by our [...]

What is synthetic phonics? Synthetic phonics is a system used to teach children how to read and write in English. It’s based on single letters (graphemes) and groups of letters (digraphs and [...]

Learning English gives our students the opportunity to communicate with people from all over the world. But what do they know about the cultures and social norms in these parts of the world? The [...]

And lastly in this blog’s miniseries dedicated to classroom activities through the ages (see the previous posts related to children and teenagers) are adults. An adult’s motivation for learning a [...]

Teenagers can be pretty tricky customers when they want to be, and these are often amongst the most challenging groups for teachers. One of the biggest issues is that teenagers’ moods can be so [...]

We all know how important it is to keep children engaged in the classroom, but it’s sometimes hard to think of new activities to keep them on their toes. As you take a little break over the [...]