Hard then Soft is a general technique in classroom management which allows your classes to be productive and useful. Using this technique you do not end up with a classroom out of control and students being noisy and disrespecting their teacher. It is based on the “first impressions” idea and […]

Here’s a quick teaching tip for the class which can be incredibly important. It’s surprisingly simple and surprisingly effective. In fact, it can change the way you teach and the results you get. It’s all about how you choose a student at random to speak and making sure everyone in […]

Groups or Pairs – small groups or pairs of students working together is a highly effective and essential strategy for teaching. The opportunity to use groups in your class should never be passed up and almost any activity can be adapted so that it can be carried out by small […]

The Grammar-Translation method (or GTM) was the most popular teaching method for over 100 years and it continues to be used even today despite many years of criticism. Essentially the GTM involves simply translating English‏‎ into the mother tongue‏‎ of the students. Grammatical rules and paradigms are learned by rote. […]

There is a right way and a wrong way to give instructions in your classroom. If you give instructions the wrong way you’ll end up with a class who don’t know what’s going on. It’s not rocket science, but it can make the difference between a successful lesson and a […]