English Teaching Tips

English Educator • 15 Dec 2016

How to Motivate Students to Learn English: 11 Classroom Strategies

You’d attract bees with honey rather than vinegar—and the same idea applies to motivating the students in your ESL classroom.…

English Educator • 2 Nov 2016

Teaching conversational English can be tougher than it seems. Aside from potentially teaching phrases that don’t appear in conventional textbooks,…

English Educator • 11 Oct 2016

Chinese students who are learning English have to tackle certain linguistic and cultural differences. This is why your teaching won’t…

English Educator • 28 Sep 2016

Teaching two subjects at once isn’t the juggling act it sounds like. In fact, experts often agree that teaching another…

English Educator • 12 Sep 2016

I first started teaching English at a language school in Miami. Due to the city’s close proximity to Latin America,…

English Educator • 13 Jul 2016

An essay needs a coherent structure to successfully articulate its arguments. Strong preparation and planning are crucial to providing that…

English Educator • 28 Apr 2016

Working with French speakers can be a challenge, as their school systems are often highly regimented. Consequently, they have certain…

English Educator • 28 Mar 2016

The writer, an almost mythical creature—alone and aloof, at the mercy of some ethereal muse and her whims. How can…

English Educator • 23 Feb 2016

Seeing growth and improvement can be a huge motivator for ELL students, but you can’t see growth if you don’t…

English Educator • 23 Feb 2016

More and more, we English educators are being called upon to help our colleagues teach our ELL students. Our students…