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What are authentic materials? Menu's. Newspapers. Instruction manuals. Timetables. Blogs. These are all examples of authentic materials.  Why are authentic materials important in teaching? Why should you use authentic materials?…

They say a picture speaks a thousand words, but since we’re in a language classroom why not utilise pictures to help our students speak a thousand words? Pictures are versatile…

 All of these are prepositions – but you knew that, didn’t you? There are so many parts of speech English language learners need to get to grips with, and prepositions…

Fluency when speaking is the ability to speak smoothly without effort and without any loss of coherence. In other words, when you speak fluently you speak as if you don’t…

In the TEFL world there are loads of different acronyms relating to different aspects of the field. In fact, the TEFL world can be a downright confusing place to be.…

As English as a Foreign Language teachers we teach people all over the world to speak English. There is a huge demand for English because it is an international language…

Just as there are many ways to skin a cat, so there are many ways to approach a text in Teaching EFL in the classroom – and it doesn’t have…

Speaking is one of the reasons our students come to our lessons and keep returning to our classrooms, so we need to utilise a range of activities which fosters speaking…

When you first start teaching, you find yourself spending loads of time thinking of ideas for games, activities and other resources which can enhance your classroom. You come up with…