Ever had those days where it felt like nothing was working?
Maybe your lesson was a bit ho-hum, or perhaps the students were giving you an especially hard time that day.
By the end of the class, you probably wanted …
What gets broken without being held?
Bet you can’t solve this riddle!
Stumped? Read this read this article to find the answer.
If that put your brain to work, consider this: riddles and brain teasers are a blast in the …
My first ESL sports lesson can be described in four words:
Swing and a miss.
I made the mistake of teaching sports lessons straight from the textbook and not finding ways to use sports to engage with my students.…
Want to know what makes a teacher great?
Hint: It’s not having the best resources in the classroom.
Give up?
A great teacher is someone who never stops learning. Instead of sticking to the old and outdated methods of yesterday, …
Sitting still in a classroom for hours on end can be difficult for students.
Many of the kids in your English class would rather be outside playing football, or—you guessed it—playing games and checking out apps on their phones.…
Looking to fill awkward silences in your EAL class?
Wracking your brains to come up with unplanned activities on the fly?
Sometimes your lessons might go a little too well.
Students breeze through the textbook exercises in no time, and …
Remember back when you were a student, when lessons were taught using chalkboards and overhead projectors?
It’s amazing that we learned as much as we did using such Stone Age technology in the classroom. I remember scrambling to write down …
