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Category Archive: teaching English
Learning idioms is an impossible task. There are thousands of them in English and you have to learn […]
Exam classes, CEFR Levels, certificates and coursebooks in Spain B1, B2, C7, R2D2??? What’s going on with certificates […]
Life in Spain is fantastic. I live and teach English in Granada: it’s sunny, one hour away from […]
Si está leyendo esto, imagino que desea comunicarse en Inglés con confianza y de forma competente. Cuando nos […]
For the attention of C1 English speakers If you have a C1 English level, you should think about […]
4 Essential Factors for Serious English Learners
There are four essential factors you need to focus on as a Serious English Learner if you want […]
A few years ago, I had a Japanese student who was obsessed with David Beckham. For those of […]
When you give advice, you position yourself as somebody with experience, knowledge or wisdom that is worth sharing. […]
I imagine the reason you are listening to this podcast or reading this article is because you want […]
Explaining is about making somebody understand something. When we explain, we often provide details of reasons about the […]
In this podcast, we are going to look at some phrases for agreeing and disagreeing with people’s opinions. […]
In this podcast, I talk about some of the different ways to give your opinion in English. Giving […]
Listen to the podcast first then read the article A strange sound makes you up one morning. The […]
Listen to this blog post here Here are a few questions I’d like to ask you. Just answer […]
Listen to the Podcast here Read the article below Have you heard of the Vocabulary Graveyard? It’s the […]
A man goes on a business trip to a city in a small country in Europe. In the […]
“Words are how we think; stories are how we link.” Christina Baldwin The one thing that all humans […]
Do you ever crawl into bed at the end of a hard day feeling annoyed with yourself? You […]
When you are introduced to somebody for the first time, what should you say? a) Nice to meet […]
Most of you probably find phrasal verbs one of the most frustrating things about the English language. It’s […]
Have you ever written down (transcribed) a conversation between native or proficient speakers of English? If you have, […]
If you’re reading this, I imagine you want to speak better English and communicate in a more confident […]
Whatever you might think about using course books in class, most teachers in most teaching contexts are obliged […]
If you want to learn how to speak politely in English, you will have to: a) notice how […]
5 Very Common Polite Responses This is a lesson from my popular Master Polite English course. Let’s imagine […]
You may use a wide range of grammatical structures. You may have an impressive vocabulary. You may have […]
In this lesson, you will hear many phrases we use for giving advice. What is advice? advice (noun) […]
Imagine you are an actor who has just won an academy award (an Oscar). A reporter comes up […]
A TEFL MANIFESTO Somebody asked me the other day if I had a philosophy about TEFL, a manifesto […]
Watch the slide show and guess what all the phrases have in common. I’m sure you’ve worked it […]
How are you feeling today? I’m feeling happy. What kind of happy? Um…very happy. Why are you feeling […]
How are you feeling today? I’m feeling happy. What kind of happy? Um…very happy. Why are you feeling […]
What is a conversation? Conversation is interactive, spontaneous communication between two or more people. As language learners, you […]
A few years ago, I was observing a teacher giving his class. He was an experienced teacher and […]
Imagine you woke up one morning and discovered you could speak perfect English. What would you do if […]
Sometimes we need to complain. We need to express our negative feelings about something and tell somebody how […]
On December 8, I ran my first marathon. It was absolutely exhausting but I somehow managed to cross […]
Hi everybody, Finding interactive and communicative speaking activities for one-to-one classes can be difficult. Here is an ebook […]
If any of you are teaching FCE (First Certificate), you will need to give your learners lots of […]
The other day, I came across my old Trinity TESOL certificate. After leaving university, I took a 4-week […]
The other day, I came across my old Trinity TESOL certificate. After leaving university, I took a 4-week […]
When my advanced students tell me they want to improve their listening skills, I always tell them to […]
Watch this short video and learn about 4 different types of phrasal verb. Next time you see a […]
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Top ten ‘English’ words invented by the Spanish How Spanish people are reinventing Shakespeare’s tongue… See…
When you have been teaching Spanish learners for a while, you realise that many of them have the […]
Here they are…..the answers to last week’s quiz about Spanish titles of famous English language movies. 1. Casarse […]
The other day, my Spanish ‘suegra’ starting talking to me about one of her favourite musical called ‘Sonrisas […]
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