How to Learn English Grammar so you can Teach it

7 years ago

Back in 2003, I enrolled at university and began four wonderful years as a student. I loved it. My studies…

How to Introduce New Students to IELTS Speaking

7 years ago

On my two IELTS websites, I spend a lot of time giving advice and lesson plans for the various IELTS…

Back to School Post-Summer ESL Lesson: Sunny Day Vocabulary

8 years ago

I'm going to start this by saying that today's lesson plan is not specifically for IELTS students. However, I do…

10 Ways to Find Better ESL Teachers

8 years ago

After eleven years in Asia it has come to my attention that the quality of ESL teachers hired by schools…

The Trouble With Teaching IELTS

8 years ago

I mostly teach my students IELTS preparation, as that’s all they’re interested in. I’m supposed to teach general English, Australian…

The Importance of Feedback for IELTS Students

8 years ago

There are lots of ways to learn IELTS and lots of ways to teach IELTS, but there's no getting away…

The 5 Best Books for Teaching IELTS

8 years ago

There are so many ways to teach IELTS, but without a good textbook, it can be tough, especially if you're…

Traits of Successful People

8 years ago

Over at my other website, TED-IELTS, I create IELTS materials based on TED talks. As such, it was natural that…

ESL Vocabulary for Hiring and Firing

8 years ago

Whether in IELTS or Business English lessons, students may need to know language relating to hiring and firing. Work is…

Procrastination – an ESL Lesson

8 years ago

Today's lesson is based upon a TED talk. I mostly post my TED lessons over www.ted-ielts.com, which is - as…