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The Importance Of Role Plays

Role plays are a staple in the EFL classroom. They are a great way to bring an element of drama into the classroom with the added bonus of getting your students out of their seats. Students usually enjoy role plays…

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The term mindfulness is becoming more and more popular in our everyday lives. What with our frenetic daily lives it is becoming more desirable to make time to reflect on…

Mindfulness Activities In The EFL Classroom

19th November 2018

Unfortunately for language learners, learning about grammar and how to use grammar is part and parcel of learning a language. While some may argue it is not as important as…

A Mixed Conditional Activity

16th November 2018

Collocations are tricky little members of the English language. There seems to be no logical explanation for their relationship. Consequently, they can be difficult to learn and learn how to…

How To Teach Collocations

13th November 2018

You might think that a box is a box but then you’d be mistaken. The humble box has the potential to be so much more than a piece of cardboard…

3 Uses For A Box In The EFL Classroom

9th November 2018

As EFL teachers, one of our responsibilities is to ensure our students have fun in the classroom. We can all agree that our students need to enjoy our lessons in…

Ball Games In The EFL Classroom

8th November 2018

As EFL teachers, it’s part of our job to try to help our students not make mistakes. Yet, no matter how hard we try, our students seem to make the…

Effective Error Correction For Teaching

7th November 2018

We’ve no doubt that as a TEFL teacher you have a million different games up your sleeve. Games to interest, entertain, educate and revise. You probably have a few props…

Wall Games In The EFL Classroom

6th November 2018

Technology in the classroom can be a double-edged sword. It can be useful for our lessons and a great resource for materials. At the same time, it can be a…

Mobile Phones In The EFL Classroom

5th November 2018

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