I used this game at the end of class last week. It was just for fun, although I guess you could tweak it to cover […]

Here’s my suggested reading list for the phonology component of the DipTESOL. I don’t want to mislead you – the course is 9 months long […]

This webinar from November 2018 is a good introduction to the concept of English as a Lingua Franca. The hour-long session gives an overview the […]

I passed the CELTA with a grade A. There’s my certificate… There are already some good posts around on how to get a Pass A […]

Do you want to bring some drama and creativity into class? Are you looking for new ways to motivate and engage your teen/adult learners? Are […]

A few months ago I mentioned word stress games using Kahoot! This app has also come in handy recently for practising punctuation/capitalisation. I just display […]

I love a freebie! I‘ve just completed a two-week free trial of Language Fuel. Overall, I give it an ELTplanning thumbs up. Skip to the […]

Tut! Coursebooks with their PARSNIP policy. You’ve literally given me nothing this term – not even a shred of controversy. First, there was that unit […]

I’m trying to persuade our DipTESOL students to engage with some pronunciation-related research. I’ve hand-picked these five articles for their relevance to our context (well, […]

Here’s a simple idea for introducing recipes. Put these QR codes up around the room: These all link to one minute recipes on Seonkyoung Longest’s […]

Views are my own in this post. I teach from a synthetic syllabus at my school and the following attributes are true of it… it’s […]