Part of learning English will often involve reference to the history and culture of the places where the English language originated; primarily Britain. Many texts and activities will require students… Read More »Explaining Northern Ireland To Students of English
Alternative ways to organise space in and around the classroom Where is the strangest place you have had to teach a lesson? English Teachers around the world and all those… Read More »Teaching Spaces
We would like to wish all our readers a happy, healthy and peaceful New Year. To help you celebrate the New Year as you return to your classrooms after the… Read More »Happy New Year!
How can we as diligent EFL/TEFL/ESOL teachers motivate our students to learn English? This is a question we probably ask ourselves on a daily basis. Many of us will often… Read More »Motivating Learners Of English
After The Summer Holidays As we and our students return to school from the summer break, one of the most obvious conversation starters in the new term is ‘Where did… Read More »Geography In The English Class
Have you covered the Platinum Jubilee in your English classes? Does the theme fill you with enthusiasm or would you prefer to ignore it altogether? Love her or loath her… Read More »The Platinum Jubilee
Stranger Things has become one of those rare phenomena on television, a universal talking point. The much-anticipated recent series (series 4) has become the most successful streamed series of all… Read More »Stranger Things in the Classroom
What are the things that teachers worry most about? Perhaps we worry most about our workload, whether we can find enough time in the day to do all the things… Read More »The Worried Teacher – A Band Aid For Mental Health
Teaching Refugees While this post was always going to feature in my series, Lessons Learned The Hard Way, recent world events have made this theme more prescient. Across the western… Read More »Lessons Learned The Hard Way – Part Three
At the time of writing, (April 2022) Muslims around the world are observing Ramadan. This post is aimed mainly at non-Muslim teachers of English with limited knowledge of Islam or… Read More »The Impact Of Ramadan on Students and Teachers of English