Stories have been with us for thousands of years. They are ingrained in our very psyche. You could say that the three-act theory used by thousands of movie directors, novelists and graphic comic writers was first conjured up in a cave 40,000 years ago. We know about stories. We understand stories. And every single person …
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Most students are highly disorganised. They lose track of the assignments they are doing, have no idea when homework should be handed in and study plan, what study plan? And for English students, this problem is magnified because learning a language takes a lot of self-discipline. It’s not like you can just rely on the …
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… and do this instead Many English students rely on these huge great book stuffed full of lists of English words. It is just the worst way to learn new vocabulary. In the following article, I outline why it is a waste of time and what English students should do to improve their English …
I get it. You don’t like the things you have to read in your English class. The other students don’t like the reading either. Neither does your English teacher. No one likes it, so why read it? Remember when reading was fun? When you just picked up a book and sat for hours by the …
How many times have you been given a writing assignment by your English teacher that turns out to be the most boring topic anyone could ever write about? I have used English textbooks in a class and even I have had to stifle a groan as I read out the writing exercise. Who thinks of …
For most English students who take the IELTS test, part two of the speaking test presents something of a hurdle. Many students dread this part of the entire IELTS test. This is the part where they really have to show off their English skills and be able to talk for two minutes. Part one, by …
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One of the most common questions that English learners ask is how to be more confident in speaking English. They want to have more faith in themselves, to hold their head high and not feel any sense of shame or insecurity whenever they open their mouth to speak English. This is quite a normal thing …
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There are thousands of opportunities for in ESL to teach IELTS speaking to students around the world. Three million students take the test every year so if you are an IELTS teacher you are high in demand. However, there are good ways to teach IELTS speaking to students and not so good ways. I would …
Every English student wants to improve their English reading but they simply don’t know where to look. You scour your ESL textbooks but all you find are the usual reading exercises about A Day in the Life of a Postman, something about furniture or hobbies for the elderly. None of these reading exercises is interesting, …
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Online teaching has expanded at a massive rate in the last five years. Effectively all a teacher needs is a computer and internet connection and he or she is in business. The utopian ideal of crossing borders, building bridges and overcoming great divides. Online teaching joins teachers in the west with students from non-English speaking …
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