Voices
What are the current trends in English language teaching? Taking a cue from this year's ELTons award finalists, writer Chia Suan Chong lists her top six.
Online teachers must also be moderators. Kirsteen Donaghy, British Council e-Learning Consultant, shares five tips for guiding students through online courses.
Teacher Melissa Thomson shares her tips for turning chat show games into grammar and vocabulary practice.
British Council teacher and trainer Melissa Thomson shares her favourite digital tools to connect penpals who are learning English.
Tracey Chapelton, education consultant and materials writer, has some advice for parents of young English learners, whose home language might not be English.
What has inspired your teaching and teacher development this year? Chia Suan Chong, who will be blogging from the live-streamed ELTons awards on 18 June 2018, lists her top ten.
Colm Boyd, a materials writer and British Council teacher in Barcelona, shows how attention to connected speech in pop music can help improve fluency in spoken English.
How can teachers identify and build on their strengths, and make time for professional development? We asked Amy Lightfoot and Deepali Dharmaraj.
Winner of the TeachingEnglish blog award Miguel Míguez explains how teachers can use song lyrics in the classroom.
Student and translator Nicholas Lawrence explains his experience of learning Swedish.