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Whether you want to believe it or not, it’s Christmas time again! Jingle bells, tis the season, deck the halls, and all that jingle. Whether you’ll be watching Home Alone,…

Large classes in TEFL: What are they and how can we deal with them? Picture this: you’re teaching a Polish university student Academic English. You’re both seated at a table…

Teaching English as a foreign language (TEFL) is a very varied field, which many people don’t realise. When prospective teachers think about teaching English as a foreign language, they imagine…

As teachers of English as a foreign language (TEFL teachers) we’re usually focussed on teaching our students English. But if you’re living in a foreign country, perhaps you want to…

Immersion classrooms are the norm in teaching English as a Foreign Language. But what exactly is immersion learning?  What is the meaning of immersion learning? Immersion learning in a language…

If you can believe it, it’s Halloween! And while you’re probably familiar with the carving of pumpkins and trick-or-treating of Halloween in the United States, you might not realise that…

For some of us, travelling is a part of our DNA. We are wanderers who are happiest exploring new landsand experiencing new environments. But when we get home, those feelings…

If you’re not already a TEFL teacher, you probably don’t know what cognates, collocations, or clozes are. Maybe you get muddled with inflection, inversion and IELTS. Or you can’t tell…

Earning money. Travelling abroad. Making a difference. There are many reasons why people are turning to teaching English as a foreign language (TEFL) as the next (or first) step in…