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The theme of harvest can be an excellent way to engage English language students. In this blog, we will explore some of the harvest traditions around the world and provide some teaching ideas for your EFL ...

In this article, we will highlight areas of grammar and vocabulary which are likely to be important to businesspeople and recommend some activities you could use to cover those areas. We shall also suggest ways in which basic English exercises can be adapted to a busines...

Once upon a time, there was an English teacher who wanted to explain grammar to his students. He had always enjoyed writing and reading stories, so he decided to use storytelling as a way to make his grammar lesson more engaging and re...

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...

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. 

For the TEFL/ESOL teacher who suddenly finds a few refugees in their class (which is likely to be the case with Ukrainian refugees), there is a balancing act to be performed between following the intended curriculum and keeping things normal on the one side and being sen...

Here we have listed a few ideas for using a board spinner in class. These activities work best with a simple arrow spinner. We also have a downloadable document with templates and instructions on how to make your own. 

At one point or another, most of us have used songs as a teaching resource. Students generally enjoy listening to music, and songs provide a natural way of exposing our learners to various types of language.

Anyone who has been in the ESOL or TEFL world for a while will know that one of the first and most persistent stumbling blocks learners encounter when trying to grasp English Grammar is the Present Perfect Tense. In this article, I will look at some of the reasons the Pr...

Starting a course with a new group of TEFL/ESOL students can be daunting for all teachers of English as a Foreign or Second language, especially those new to the profession. In this article, we have compiled advice based on the real classroom experience of TEFL and ESOL ...