Hi Everybody, OK, so the newest member couldn't wait to post something himself. I don't have much to contribute on the "tips for teaching" front, so I'll post a link to a site I found a few weeks ago.

We get this question asked almost every day here at ICAL by both native and non native English speakers. Grammar is often perceived as a major obstacle by many English teachers. Not because they feel their English may be poor but because despite

This is an extract from the exercise given by an tutorial centre teaching English. "Based on the information of the above article, what does the writer feel about Zheng Jie's recent victory?" 1. Should we say "given in the above

hi, I'm a teacher in a local school in Malaysia. I teach english subject. my first degree was social science and diploma was tesl. english taught in my country is communicative. teaching english in a rural school is a great challenge.at the

If you're teaching IT guys, they already find IT interesting! You should immerse yourself in their specialties, try to get a basic understanding of the software (or whatever else) they develop, and use any appropriate journals or articles written

WesternAmerican wrote: Hi everybody. 1. I work as a private English teacher? Correct. Is it correct? Natural? I'm not sure how do you refer to a student who gives private lessons to a student(usually just the student and his pupil). 2. I work as

Hello! I am looking for a good book which I could use to teach English to doctors in France which would rather emphasize the exchange with the patients than the reading or writing of articles. Thanks a lot in advance for your suggestions

A strange contradiction. "Two reports appeared recently in my newspaper that left me bewildered. The first said the Karnataka government still hasn't decided to rescind its ban on English in primary schools despite huge popular pressure. The

I think the topic's subject should be changed into Teaching and learning in Vietnam, 'cause in my opinion, the teaching method directly leads to the study of the English language. Teaching and learning English in Vietnam has been causing a

Hello SFB Yes you are right. I searched " as a profession " in OED and got 27 quotes but none for " as profession ". So it must be " What do you do as a profession ". Likewise, we may say " What do you do as a business/a calling/an occupation