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Please suggest topics or questions that you would like us to cover in this blog. We would also love to hear from you if you would like to blog for us.
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A TEFL box of tricks
Props and accessories can be very useful in the TEFL classroom. Today, I’d like to share with you my “TEFL box of tricks” – the essential items I take to every class. 1. Name cards I have found name cards … Read More
Being a female English teacher in Japan
Today is Girl’s Day in Japan, but what’s it like to be a female teacher of English in this traditionally patriarchal society? I interviewed Beth Konomoto, an EFL teacher with extensive experience in Japan, to find out. Why did you … Read More
Why is English the dominant world language?
1.4 billion speakers of English English is spoken as a second or foreign language by an estimated 950 million people worldwide1. This is in addition to the 427 million native speakers of English2. But how did the English language reach … Read More
Teaching English off the beaten track – an EFL teacher in Belarus
Teaching English in Belarus meant working with little support or resources for EFL teacher, Gemma Toovey. But her students more than made up for the challenges. In this interview she speaks about the highs and the lows… Read More
Choosing language role models carefully
The demand for native-speaker teachers is high There is no doubt that the demand for native-speaker teachers of English in Japan, Asia, and the rest of the world is high. In many cases, the only requirement for getting an English … Read More
Using students’ L1 in the English language classroom
A perennial debate in the TEFL world is whether and to what extent teachers should use their students’ L1 in the classroom. In the case of English teachers in Japan then, then question is: should we use Japanese in the … Read More
