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There are many resources available for teaching hotel industry workers vocabulary and how to speak with customers, but a critical element missing is how to teach listening.
In order to communicat ...
The way of life in Thailand, especially outside of the more tourist visited areas and big cities, is very different to the way of life that you are probably used to.
Some things may feel strange, ...
The business world and the world of academics don’t often overlap. The ESL exception is in the Business English Classroom. Teaching business English includes many of the same things as an ac ...
Engineering is notorious for clear cut formulas and logical steps with predictable outcomes; pretty much the opposite of writing in a foreign language.
There are all kinds of exceptions and varia ...
ESL students have different reasons for staying the language.
Some are looking to further their careers and create business opportunities. Others are studying English to fulfill a language requir ...
Teaching English for specific purposes can sometimes be challenging, but there is no reason for you as a teacher to rip your hair out in frustration.
There are always some hints, tips and tricks ...
Teaching English for special purposes often poses a challenge to ESL teachers however this does not need to be the case for you.
The most important difference to remember is that your students wi ...
Teaching current and future medical professionals to communicate clearly is a serious matter, often of life or death.
But teaching them to communicate in English doesn’t have to be so serio ...
Are you going to review future tenses with your students?
Will you find some fun and creative ways to do it? Here are some activities you can use the next time you want to talk about the things ...
Russia is unlikely to be right across the border from you and requires a fair amount of wading through paperwork to get your stay organised.
Spending a year or more teaching there is a pretty maj ...
The definition of a clause is deceptively simple: a group of words containing a subject and a verb (or predicate).
With that said, English contains a myriad of clauses, and sorting them out and k ...
Classroom decoration is an important part of the ESL classroom, however it is often overlooked.
Good classroom decoration can be very motivating for ESL students, particularly when studying touri ...
Teaching English for specific purposes can be trying at times, however there are always two main things that you have to remember.
Firstly you will be focusing only on English that is pertinent t ...
Relative clauses are dependent clauses which define or explain a noun.
They are not the most simple English grammatical construction, and most students don’t tackle them until they are adva ...
I am living in a Ukrainian city of Lviv which might soon become another Silicon Valley – there are hundreds of IT outsourcing companies here, employing anywhere from five to one thousand pro ...
If you ask the average person on the street what the basic unit of language is, they will most likely say it is the word.
After all, words combine to make sentences which convey meaning. If a per ...
There are countless resources out there to prepare students to order food at a restaurant, but what about working in a restaurant?
If you find yourself preparing students to be on the opposite en ...
When you are teaching English for Specific Purposes, it is important to remember that most of your students will have at least a basic knowledge of English and need to improve their English for sp ...
How can we meet the learning styles of our students?
What difference does it make when we teach to the different learning styles? How can we determine what learning styles our students have? Teac ...
Teaching English for Specific purposes can sometimes be a difficult task, however it does not always need to be.
There are some useful tips which teachers can use in order to make it easier on th ...
Whether you teach children or adults, in an immersion setting or a second language setting, manipulatives are a great addition to your classroom.
With them, your students can learn language with ...
Whether you’re teaching small kids or teenagers, here are some pointers that will help you make the best of your abilities, while avoiding any cultural faux-pas!
How to Teach Kids in Japa ...
There are many opportunities as an ESL teacher living and working in Merida, Mexico.
One of the first things you will need to decide is whether you would like to teach in a school or as a private ...
Teaching English can be a challenge and ESP can be even more challenging, however it is always important to remember that your students will normally have a basic understanding of the English lang ...
Teaching English for Specific Purposes (ESP) can be tricky, especially when dealing with obscure fields such as architecture, or structural engineering, however when teaching English for cashiers, ...
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