About six years ago I was on a teacher training course and the instructor made a suggestion that seemed quite…
It's been a long time since I actually posted some IELTS resources on this website. These days, I mostly write…
Will there be robot teachers in future? Robot teachers in the classroom: It may sound like science fiction, but science…
Teaching speaking skills for English, or for IELTS in general, is one of the most fun and rewarding parts of…
I was travelling in the United States this summer and wherever I went, people would ask me where I come…
Let’s face it: creating interesting reading lessons for ESL or IELTS classes can be boring… really boring. And it’s not…
Me teaching elementary students in South Korea. When I first started teaching, long ago, I was working with kindergarteners, teaching…
Last year, at the beginning of December, I decided it was time to leave my ESL job in China. I…
Grammar sucks. It can be really difficult, even for native speakers. We speak so ungrammatically in our daily lives and,…
Every year, thousands of people come to Asia to work as ESL teachers, and I’m guessing that if you’re reading…