Articles
Read articles written by expert teachers and English language professionals about a wide range of current English language teaching topics and issues. All of our articles feature ideas and suggestions about how you can develop your teaching and bring new ideas into your English language classroom.
Africa and the Middle East
Below is the list of teacher associations and networks in Africa and the Middle East.
Europe and the Caucasus
Below is a list of the teachers’ networks in Europe and the Caucasus.
Latin America and the Caribbean
Below is the list of teachers’ networks in Latin America and the Caribbean.
Using web resources to create tasks with real outcomes
I consider the greatest problem facing me as a language teacher is knowing how to motivate my students: how to get them past the hurdle of seeing learning English as just another academic subject, to regarding it as developing a communication tool that will be useful for them throughout their lives.
Focusing on language
How do you teach language to teenagers? There are lots of different ways - here are some suggestions.
Portfolios in ELT
Portfolios are a popular and effective way of motivating young learners, providing a fun way to review language and helping them to reflect on their own objectives, ways of learning and success.
Motivating the students
Keeping your students motivated to learn is one of the biggest challenges any teacher faces.
Public speaking skills
For many people, standing up in public and doing a speech is one of their greatest fears. For many language students in particular, this is the ultimate challenge.
Jazzing up grammar
Making grammar more interesting for learners is one of the great challenges any English language teacher faces.