When it comes to making a living as a freelance educator nowadays, there are a million and one tools to…
Grammar sucks. It can be really difficult, even for native speakers. We speak so ungrammatically in our daily lives and,…
One of the big challenges for new ESL teachers is finding supplementary materials to use in their lessons. Of course,…
On my two IELTS websites, I spend a lot of time giving advice and lesson plans for the various IELTS…
Last year, I gave you a great lesson plan on how to get your ESL students writing famous people's biographies.…
Here in China, people love to talk about food. It absolutely dominates life here, and so when I want to…
It's been a while since I last posted anything here because I'm on holiday during January and February. However, at…
Teaching animal vocabulary to ESL students is one of my favourite things in this world. Firstly, I just love animals…
Food is one of those magical ESL topics (not to mention a quite common IELTS speaking topic, too). Students love…
Today I woke up to a thick blanket of snow across my university campus. It's the first time I've seen…