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If you hear the abbreviation IPA, do you think of beer? If you do, then this is for you. In the linguistics world, IPA stands for the International Phonetic Alphabet.…

It’s not often that stress is thought of as a positive aspect of life. However, there are certain situations where a little bit of stress can be beneficial. There is…

There are a number of ways to approach giving feedback on student writing. You can use correction codes, marking frameworks or correct everything. It almost seems as though there as…

We’re pretty sure you know how to ask questions. Every day in every lesson we ask our students a million questions in the EFL classroom and they ask us two…

This blogs gives tips on ways to help your students improve their speaking. Usually the number one goal of our students is to be able to speak in English.  This…

Speaking activities in the EFL classroom are great for everyone involved. Students love  a speaking activity because they love to talk. Teachers love speaking activities because they allow our students…

Deciding where to go to teach English as a Foreign Language is a big decision. It can take you far from home to places you’ve never been to before. The…

Teaching teens is very different to teaching other age groups. We could say that about all ages but there’s something about teenagers that makes them more challenging than other classes.…

Reading is an essential skill in any language. Consequently, teaching reading is a very important aspect of teaching a language. There are a number of different theories on the best…