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Although many of your students may already recognize the benefits of knowing English, some may still be on the fence and question the necessity of what you're trying to teach them. And when bogged down in new words or struggling with grammar, it's more likely they'll begin to wonder if it will all be worth it in the end. Yet there are many reasons millions of people study English every year. Use this lis ...

Listening tasks don’t always need a lot of preparation, asking students to note down the main points or creating generic questions that you can use for a range of different material can help you exploit spoken English and the massive amount of online material available. These no prep tasks are for pre-intermediate learners but they could easily work for higher levels with a bit of tweaking.  ...

With the recent popularity of sites such as VIPKID and ALO7, more teachers than ever have started teaching kids English online. While the job might seem easy, teaching kids comes with its own set of challenges. Adult learners might be motivated simply by their desire to learn a language, but kids need extra motivation. They're not as likely to listen to you drone on or watch a slideshow presentation. Kid ...

For your lowest level learners, explaining that going to and will mean the same thing is probably okay  - they do both express the future,  but as your students progress you’ll need to come to grips with the subtle difference between the two. Simplistically, going to is used for a plan that you have thought of before the time of speaking and will is used for a decision that you’ve m ...

Pronunciation can often be complex, especially the phonetic script, but you don’t have to be an expert to teach pronunciation well.   1. Find out what your students can’t do Your students will have different problems with pronunciation depending on their first language. Chinese learners often have problems with vowel sounds and r in words like very. Arabic speakers can often get p and ...

Once students have mastered the basics of English grammar, it becomes time for you to flip the script. Not all of the rules that you taught them to meticulously follow must be adhered to 100% of the time. The skill comes in knowing when it's okay to throw the rules out the window and when to stick to the script. Rule #1: You can't end a sentence with a preposition Typically, writers and speakers should ...

Every year, on the third Sunday in June, people in the United States celebrate Father's Day. It's a day to honor men for the work they do in raising their children. Just like we shared Ways to Say Mother and Grandmother in Different Languages, in honor Father's Day, we thought we'd do the same to honor the dads, papas, pops, and other father figures in your life. Ways to Say Father In English, a father ...