English Teacher Blog

Useful phrases for describing the online classroom
You have booked your online English language lessons and you have logged in to Google Classroom. You have set up your study space and you have tested all your tech. What next?
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Why reading is great for learning the English Language!
If students read - or listen - a lot, they are more likely to become better linguists. Large numbers of teachers and polyglots widely accept this. Of course, this is dependent on different factors, bu...
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5 Ways to keep your students attention
Day in day out, week in week out. Classes can become repetitive and frustrating for both students and the teacher. It’s important to maintain a dynamic and lively atmosphere in the classroom to best ...
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Listening activities for comprehension and language acquisition - Part 5
Part 5 - Structuring Listening to aid in Acquisition

Listening activities for comprehension and language acquisition - Part 4
Part 4 - Listening to test, or listening to teach?

Listening activities for comprehension and language acquisition - Part 3
Part 3 - Listening Processes (3 and 4)

Listening activities for comprehension and language acquisition - Part 2
Part 2: The Processes of listening (1 and 2)

Listening activities for comprehension and language acquisition - Part 1
Part 1 : Introduction

Teaching English to teenagers - 3 points
Every teacher has different favourite age groups. I’ve met teachers of adults who are terrified of all children; kindergarten teachers who love screaming toddlers but don’t know what to do with more ...
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5 tips to make lesson preparation easy
The bus was late. There’s a queue at the photocopier that runs right around the staffroom. All the books you need are scattered like ruins across the desks. Just another ordinary morning.
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5 games that help teach English
There are plenty of pre-made resources available in lots of coursebooks and online, but most of them are geared towards a specific language point. Games can be versatile and great way to pra...
