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With St Patrick’s Day on 17 March, we thought it would be nice to focus some attention on Ireland. Many TEFL/ESOL teachers will have Irish heritage, and for those who don’t, we have compiled here a list of fun facts and easy to digest information about the Emerald Isle. ...

It is sometimes difficult to tie Easter-themed activities directly to language learning. Making Easter cards, organising an Easter egg hunt or organising a class dress-up and parade can all be good fun, and that might be a good enough reason for doing them. However, if y...

As English language teachers, one fundamental aspect of the job is to be able to describe certain features of English and explain how they work (its grammar). To do this clearly and effectively, we need to agree on a common terminology. 

In this article, we will present a quick summary of the differences between Phrasal Verbs and other Multi Word Verbs. In the free download at the end of the article, we will provide some practical ideas and activities for covering this subject in the TEFL/ESOL classroom....

If you are new to the world of TEFL or ESOL teaching or starting a new course at a new school or institution; what do you need to bring with you on the first day?

This repost of our previous Top 10 EFL Classroom Activities for Valentine’s Day blog also includes some new free resources available to download. Explore the language of love with your students this Valentine's Day.

In this article, we will explore some possible uses for ‘what if’ questions in the classroom. The aim is to exploit a current trend many of our students will be familiar with to generate discussions and other activities in English. 

Following on from our previous blog article about useful activities for teaching conditionals, we thought it would be useful to provide an actual lesson plan which utilises variations of the ideas from the original article to show how they can be adapted to ...

If conditionals were easy, we wouldn’t need to spend hours thinking about how to teach them to our ESOL/TEFL or EAL students! This blog contains some fun classroom activities that can be used at different levels to help learners understand conditional forms ...

Spending too much time preparing your lessons? Below is a five-point plan that will help make lesson preparation less time-consuming and more manageable, without impacting the quality of your teaching.