A few days ago, I was watching the ridiculous Bill Murray film, Stripes, and was amused by a scene in…
If you are reading this article, then you are quite possibly an ESL teacher (or thinking of getting into ESL)…
On this website, I have frequently posted materials to help teachers with their IELTS and ESL lessons, and many of…
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…
Every year, thousands of people come to Asia to work as ESL teachers, and I’m guessing that if you’re reading…
One of the big challenges for new ESL teachers is finding supplementary materials to use in their lessons. Of course,…
For most ESL teachers, the textbooks we use in the classroom are chosen by someone else - maybe a head…
Whether in IELTS or Business English lessons, students may need to know language relating to hiring and firing. Work is…
There are lots of problems ESL teachers commonly face, and one of the most difficult is mixed ability classes. Because…