Here are two quotes I found while looking through an old notebook: "I do it because I feel like if they've made a big deal of it, it must be important.""You never find mixed conditionals in First Certificate. It's just... Continue Reading →
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 →
This is an activity that I've just put together for my classes as we come into the final week of the school year, I'm calling it "Superlative students". It's relatively simple, as long as your students know superlative structures! Ask... Continue Reading →
This is a lesson I put together for my class, who are rapidly approaching their exam dates and who need to review what goes on in the Cambridge English: First Speaking paper. I ran this as a bring your own... Continue Reading →
Last week, I shared four Christmas themed activities to use with your class, either as separate activities, or as a single lesson. This week, I'm doing that again! Here's five activities for you to use with your classes. As with... Continue Reading →
As Christmas is just around the corner, here are four of my favourite activities to do with a class. These are not age or ability specific, as I tend to use them with whichever groups I'm working with that year... Continue Reading →
In many respects, the regular occurrence of systematic features is what makes a course a course. It is these features which tell us that we are moving from one section to another and thus that we have indeed "moved on".... Continue Reading →
Imagine you are teaching a group of business people, all of whom work for the same company. They have been told that their eligibility for the next round of promotions depends on their achieving a certain level of English. All... Continue Reading →
I was recently asked what features I thought good C2 materials should have. It's quite a good question, especially because there aren't any good GE materials at C2 level. There are a number of books aimed at preparing students for... Continue Reading →
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