Imagine you’re in a TEFL class and a student is speaking and they say something which is wrong. The obvious mistake a new teacher makes is to stop them there and then, interrupt them, and correct them. But this is bad teaching on a number of levels not least because […]

General English is a loose term used to describe the type of English‏‎ required for everyday situations. It can be compared to more specific English teaching such as Business English‏‎, English for Academic Purposes‏‎ and so on. What is General English? Typically following a General English course, students should be […]

Using Games in the Classroom is an invaluable method of helping your students to learn English. Although some critics see it negatively and try to suggest that if your students are enjoying themselves they are not really learning, an overwhelming amount of evidence shows that games in the classroom help […]

Full Immersion or Total Immersion is throwing your students in at the deep end: a strategy for teaching English to students. Essentially the students are given input in English only which means that the teacher does not speak any other language other than English. It is a very effective method […]

If you’re a TEFL teacher then chances are you have had to deal with Fossilized Errors in your classroom, especially if you deal with older students or those past the Beginners‏ stage. Basically a fossilized error is a mistake a student has made so many times that it has becomes […]