Do you know your arm and a leg from your elbow? Do your students? Having been teaching Business English and corporate clients for nearly 20 years now, one of the things I have often thought missing from BE coursebooks is... Continue Reading →
Job interviews are fun things to prepare learners for. A colleague and I once prepared a student for a job interview as a hotel receptionist by sitting her in the director's office and making spurious phone calls to her in... Continue Reading →
I have mixed feelings about Getting to Know you tasks in real world teaching. I do use them, but it really depends on the class, their age and ability. For example, if you walk into a corporate client, where all... Continue Reading →
Earth Day 2012, where we consider our impact upon the planet and variously decide (a) to do something about it (b) gee that's terrible but what can one person do? (c) It was like that when we got here -... Continue Reading →
If you help learners prepare for one of the Cambridge exams, then you might be interested in their new competition: Cambridge English Teachers’ Competition 2012. All they want is one practical exam preparation idea, succinctly expressed in 300 words, for one... Continue Reading →
If you don't know The Onion - you should take a look - it's a satirical newspaper that sometimes hits the nail on the head. It's also a great source of articles for use with classes - the occasionally puerile... Continue Reading →
English teaching: A Friday request | The Economist. Originally spotted on Simon Thomas' efl-resource - it appears The Economist has become aware of it's own potential in the ELT sphere! They're asking their readers, ELT professionals in particular, for their thoughts... Continue Reading →
It's that time of year when the media maelstrom coalesces around a single topic - the future! What's going to happen in the next twelve months? What can we all expect from the next year? Will we face triumph or... Continue Reading →
Calling all Business English Teachers - this one's for you! The IATEFL BESIG, in conjunction with CUP's Professional English Online website, are running a Lesson plan competition. It's open to all (as long as you haven't had materials previously commercially published) and the... Continue Reading →
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