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Asking a friend to provide feedback can improve your teaching skills. Photo by Nationaal Archief/Spaarnestad, no known copyright restrictions, adapted from the original.
Date
11 July 2014 - 12:42

How do you become a better English teacher?

Lizzie Pinard, winner of the TeachingEnglish monthly blog award, writes about how reflecting on your teaching practice can help you improve your teaching skills.

Tags
Teaching, Teaching resources, English language
'One day I decided to go into school with one black contact lens, just to surprise my students. It worked.' Photo (c)  Mat Wright
Date
09 July 2014 - 14:44

Essential tips for English language assistants in Thailand 2

Charlotte Ogilvie, who taught in a Thai school last year through the British Council’s Thailand English Teaching programme, explains how to make the most of your time outside the classroom

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Teaching, Teaching resources, Work outside the UK
Illustration for Teaching English online – opportunities and pitfalls
Date
26 June 2014 - 12:13

Teaching English online – opportunities and pitfalls

English teacher Sylvia Guinan walks us through the opportunities and pitfalls of teaching online in one of our top five articles of all time, illustrated by artist Jamie Johnson.

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English language, Teaching
Speaking more than one language fluently has some cognitive costs and many benefits. Image courtesy Quinn Dombrowski under Creative Commons license.
Date
23 June 2014 - 10:46

Does being bilingual make you smarter?

Language teacher and researcher Miguel Angel Muñoz explains the latest research on how being bilingual affects your brain

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English language, Schools, Teaching
Original illustration for How to get started as an online teacher of English
Date
18 June 2014 - 09:38

How to get started as an online teacher of English

Have you thought about teaching English online? Emma Segev gives some practical tips to get started in one of our top five articles of all time, illustrated by artist Jamie Johnson.

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Teaching resources, Teaching, English language
'[G]rammar is not about the made-up rules which prescriptivists are so fond of.' Photo (c) deepwarren, licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 and adapted from the original.
Date
02 June 2014 - 10:26

What are the correct rules of English grammar?

Who says we can’t split infinitives? Michael Rundell, Editor-in-Chief of the Macmillan Dictionary, argues that we should expect linguistic rules to be bent and broken over time.

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English language, Teaching
An infographic helping students understand countable and uncountable nouns. Created by Zdenek Rotrekl, used here with permission.
Date
27 May 2014 - 12:38

How infographics can help teach the rules of English

How can infographics help learners understand the rules of English?

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Teaching resources, Teaching, English language
Teachers and learners of online courses can have a feeling of ‘detachment’. Photo by Lars Kristian Flem under Creative Commons licence.
Date
20 May 2014 - 10:04

How new technologies affect student-teacher relationships

Karen Wilkins is an online business trainer and PhD student researching the effect of technology on relationships. Here, she summarises her findings.

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English language, Teaching
'Technology is transforming how we communicate, socialise, play, shop and conduct business.' Photo (c) Mat Wright
Date
19 May 2014 - 12:40

How students can use mobiles to learn English

Mobile technology is everywhere, but do you restrict or encourage it in your classroom?

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Teaching, English language
Setting goals is an essential step to becoming an autonomous learner. Photo by Matthias Werner on Flickr under Creative Commons licence.
Date
23 April 2014 - 11:52

Why adult learners of English can benefit from coaching

How can we get adult learners of English in a one-to-one classroom to take charge of their own learning?

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English language, Teaching
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