The bottom line with concept checking is that they cannot be answered with a simple "yes" or "no". Essentially the questions should begin with Who... What did... Where did... When did... Why did... How did... In the case of,

If you're thinking of taking a TESL course and are concenred about accreditation, then check out this blog entry which looks at the accediting agencies and how they are often scams. http://www.free-esl-blogs.com/blogs/blog.asp?fEntry=239

I would advise anyone against applying for a voluntary position in China. The reasons are simple. The economy in that country is going well and there is money about; English schools are thriving. Meanwhile English teachers are paid very poorly

There's some brief information here: http://www.free-esl.com/channels/cnotes/display.asp?fIndex=11 but there's very little on Cuba on the net in general and few jobs advertised. Perhaps a trip over there on holiday to check out some schools

Yes. The main difference is in vocabulary but there are a few important grammatical differences: 1. BrE sometimes uses the present perfect while AmE use the past simple. 2. BrE uses have got while AmE tends to use have. 3. There are some

There's a free cloze test program here: http://www.free-esl.com/all/software/details.asp?fIndex=8 It includes a load of texts but also allows you to add your own in.

There's a good list of free English software here: ---page not found, link removed by Mods--- These are 100% free to download and use and range from grammar to vocab to concordancing.

We've finally put up the full online grammar guide on its own dedicated site. It's simple to search and also allows people to leave comments behind on every page - hopefully this will allow us to see what people want, what needs more explanation

Here's the information posted on our Cuba information page http://free-esl.com/teachers/cnotes/display.asp?fIndex=11 Finding Work With the state of the economy, preference for jobs is given to Cubans so a foreigner will be well down

Whether to take online or in-house depends on where you want to teach. The best schools want in-house and high quality (ie CELTA) but they'll also probably want experience. Entry level in a basic school will accept an online cert in many cases -