English as a foreign language teaching in 2021 – get some hot tips on breaking into the industry in these strange times from myTEFL
5 great TEFL books to help you teach
Diving into the world of English teaching can be tricky. Yes, we’ve got some world-beating 120-hour pro courses to get you off the mark, but this is a lifelong learning…
5 great ways to organize your TEFL classroom
Loads is written about teaching methods, teaching games, lead-in activities, and disciplinary techniques. But what about when the time comes to actually organize your TEFL classroom? There you stand; 12 desks and…
How to ace that TEFL observation class
As if the stress of lesson planning and prepping your intros, outlining teaching goals and marking those exams isn’t enough, some schools will throw a curve ball into the mix…
Tips for teaching mixed-ability English classes
Not all English classes are made equal. It’s a lesson learned by virtually every teacher who steps into an EFL school. Different learning styles, aptitude for language learning, varying use…
5 tips for coping with tricky TEFL students
There’s usually a few tricky TEFL students in every school โ the ones who won’t settle, won’t participate in group work, won’t complete their homework. Knowing how to deal with…
So-called ‘active’ learning has long been vogue on the TEFL scene. But what does it mean? It essentially means getting your students fully engaged with the classroom experience, to have…
How to teach English pronunciation
When you’re struggling to curtail the Bs on the end of ‘bomb’ or wrestling with students who can’t see the difference between ‘mud’, ‘blood’, and ‘flood’, it might just be…
Things to do differently in the TEFL classroom in 2018
And so there dawns a new TEFL year. While the haze of all of 2017’s gerunds and past participles and late-night Chang beers or Vietnamese pho is still sitting…
6 great ways to use video in the TEFL classroom
The use of video in the TEFL classroom has become super mainstream in the last couple of years, with more and more schools offering tech like TVs and smart whiteboards.…