Three ready-to-use worksheets
Practise routine questions, negotiate a class outing, and turn peer feedback into a concrete revision. Each task includes instructions and a learning check.
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Useful ideas for your next English lesson.
Plan a speaking task, bring a printable activity to class, or explore earlier conversations from the ELT World teaching community. Start with what you want learners to do, then choose a resource that gives them a reason to use English.
Prepare your next class
A 45-minute speaking lesson
Use an information gap to practise asking and confirming details, with support for different levels and a simple exit check.
Prepare for a teaching interview
Build an evidence portfolio, explain your lesson choices and prepare useful questions about a teaching role.
A small teaching routine worth keeping
Before class, write one sentence describing what learners should be able to do afterwards. During the main activity, listen for evidence of that outcome. At the end, ask for one independent example. Use the responses to choose the first task of the next lesson. This links planning, practice and feedback without adding a separate test.
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The articles below were recovered from the original homepage. They retain historical perspectives from 2011; references to services and qualifications should be checked with the relevant provider.
From the archive · 2011
How to introduce an English Textbook to your Students
1. Introduction “Tell me and I forget, Teach me and I may remember, Involve me and I learn. “ -Benjamin Franklin Textbook is one of the main instruments of educating and preparing …
From the archive · 2011
What a TESOL certificate can do for your career
TESOL is interpreted in many ways. For some, it refers to Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages. To others, it is Teaching English as a Foreign Language (TEFL), or Teachi…
From the archive · 2011
Custom Essays - Cheating or Study Aids?
What is a custom essay? A custom essay is a paper written by a ‘ghostwriter’ - i.e. a professional writer who is paid to write books, articles, stories, reports, or other content b…
From the archive · 2011
Easy to use citation formatting tool
Cite This For Me makes it easy to format your references and makes your bibliography look great. Continue with a practical activityTry the information-gap speaking lesson, explore …
From the archive · 2011
Warning: Freezer gone bad
You were warned! Continue with a practical activityTry the information-gap speaking lesson, explore the printable classroom tasks, or read the teaching interview preparation guide.…
From the archive · 2011
Are you ready to answer these typical interview questions before your next TEFL interview?
It goes without question that the best way to plan for a job interview is to gain knowledge about the different styles of interview questions that are commonly asked in interviews …
From the archive · 2011
5 Tips for Leveraging Social Networks in Your TEFL Job Search
You know what they say - “It’s who you know, not what you know“. While I’m not so sure the second half of the statement is true these days, the first half of the statement is defin…
From the archive · 2011
The Do’s and Don’ts When TEFL Job Searching: What you should and shouldn’t do
There is a certain etiquette and level of professionalism that you should maintain when launching a job search. Often times, we make a first impression to a potential employer with…
From the archive · 2011
DELTA to be recognized as equal to a Master’s degree
good news for all those of you who can’t afford to do an MA. Ofqual, the exams regulator of the UK government, has confirmed that Cambridge ESOL’s Delta qualification for teachers …
From the archive · 2011
Don’t die here, or there’ll be trouble
If you’re going to die, make sure you do it somewhere else, OK? Continue with a practical activityTry the information-gap speaking lesson, explore the printable classroom tasks, or…