Full Immersion or Total Immersion is throwing your students in at the deep end: a strategy for teaching English to students. Essentially the students are given input in English only which means that the teacher does not speak any other language other than English. It is a very effective method […]

If you’re a TEFL teacher then chances are you have had to deal with Fossilized Errors in your classroom, especially if you deal with older students or those past the Beginners‏ stage. Basically a fossilized error is a mistake a student has made so many times that it has becomes […]

Fluency (or what some people might call Volubility and Loquaciousness) is the ability to speak smoothly and at length about a subject without effort. And if there are pauses, these are to gather thoughts or allow a point to sink in rather than to search for the right word. A […]

Flashcards are a fantastic resource for teachers. They can not only be used with all ages and levels‏ of students but they are very flexible and highly adaptable. This means a set of flashcards you might prepare for a beginner class of teenagers can also be used with a class […]

It’s your first minute in front of a new class. You have a room of expectant faces looking up at you waiting. First impressions count. If you stand there and falter the class will know what they’re dealing with. If you allow little Jimmy to answer his mobile phone then […]