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ESL lesson: Telling a funny or interesting story
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ESL Activity: Conversation club
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ESL Project: The Best Series Presentation
How often do you encourage students to watch series, films, or youtube...
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5 reasons to do a CELTA
Are you unsure whether or not to do a CELTA? Concerned about spending between £800 and £1000 for a course when you don’t know if you want to be a TEFL teacher? You’re not the only one. Here...
DELTA Diary: Exam Module 1 – Done and dusted
After about six months studying and preparing for the DELTA module one exam, it’s finally over. I can breathe again, until module 2 starts in January anyway. In this DELTA diary I’m going to...
5 things I hate about living in Spain
The fact that I’ve been living in Spain, and I’m going to continue, makes this a hard blog to write. I normally try to block the negatives away. Hopefully but the end of writing this I don’t have...
Best ESL Lesson Plan websites
Frustrated planning lessons? Make your life easier with this list of the best ESL lesson plan websites. You’ll never have to plan a lesson again. 1) ESL Flow is an amazing website....
Why Spain is perfect for first time TEFL travellers
I wouldn’t have taught TEFL in Spain for almost seven years if I didn’t think it was a great place to live. I’ve had my moments when I’ve wanted to jump on the nearest ferry to Morocco for an...
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A Novel Spain: Two views on Seville, Best Blogs on Spain, and learning languages
I forgot that I’m allowed a bit of shameless publicity on...
A Novel Spain: All you need is love, try being an expat, and Spanish dog poo
Here’s the latest on what’s going down on my other blog, A...
A Novel Spain: Neighbours from Hell, Weird house mates, Expat Resolutions, and Best blogs about Spain
Just a quick post to keep you informed on what’s happening on the...
How to Become an ESL Teacher…almost there!
This should hopefully be my last post warning you of the arrival of How...
How to become an ESL teacher, 2nd draft done!
My next book, How to become an ESL teacher, will be out soon. My...
CELTA Resources: Best resources to find CELTA courses
With almost 10,000 people doing a CELTA each year, there must be some...
ESL Songs with Phonetics: James Arthur, Say you won’t let go
James Arthur is just a geezar. Love this song, and whether my students...
ESL Songs with Phonetics: Bruno Mars 24k Magic
Bruno Mars is a cool geezar, but he does have a habit of swearing in...
ESL Song with Phonetics: We Don’t Talk Anymore.
I might be risking scaring off some fans with this song by Charlie Puth...
10 ways to use listening recordings from the course book for young learners
Most young learner course books have one or two listening recordings in...
Pet hates as a TEFL teacher, and how to get round them!
It happened to me just the other day, during my second week with a new...
What you shouldn’t do in your first week with new class as a TEFL teacher
Following on from my last blog about things you should do in your first...
What’s it like teaching English in Thailand?
Blooming Marvellous. I was there for 7 months and loved it. I loved the...
10 TEFL Promises for next term…
Have the holidays really finished? Do I really have to pick up last...
Excerpt 12: Time to move on from Salvador!
I always find it hard to move on from a country where I’ve been...
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