1. Setting the Lesson Objectives It’s important to write SMART (Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Realistic, Timed) objectives for your lessons. Here are some examples of this kind of objectives. Once you’ve have set your objectives, you need to think of the context or situations where the language is used. It’s the context and the situations that […]
Three Must-Elements & Principles in EFL Lesson Planning
What is a Lesson Plan? * A lesson plan is a framework for a lesson as you should mention the target language included in the lesson; vocab, structure, and function. Additionally, you should mention the main language skill you’re going to emphasize. * If you imagine that a lesson is like a journey, then the […]
Free Download: “How to Make the Best CV”
Your curriculum vitae (CV) is like a mirror reflecting who you are. The more effective is it, the greater is your chances to grab the opportunity! A great CV is your first opportunity to make an impression on a hiring manager or a recruiter so it’s important to try your best to make this first […]
Top 14 Steps to Write an Effective Formal Letter in English
Download this article in PDF Here are the necessary and minimum steps that you should follow to write an effective formal letter in English. Follow these steps in sequence: 1. Write your address and optionally your telephone number on the top right corner of the page. 2. Place the date directly below your address writing […]
Top 7 Steps to Write an Effective Formal Email in English
Download the Article in PDF The email is a method of exchanging messages between people using electronic devices. It consists of two major sections, the message header, and the message body. Message Header: It includes the following fields: From: Your own email address. Date: The local time and date when the message was written. To: […]
Top Tips on Combining Work and Study
Guest Post Currently, a huge number of senior students get a job and begin to combine two types of activity at once: labor and educational. Sometimes this step is dictated by the desire of the student himself, but most often by the necessity. How to combine work and study so that it does not affect […]
12 Ways to Get (and Keep) Students’ Attention in Class
If you are looking for some quick ways that can help you get your students’ attention, check out the following suggestions. Use a signal for Zero noise. E.g. if I clap once, I want you all to keep silent and pay attention. Keep silent for some moments until students pay full attention. Check your students’ […]
12 Simple (Yet Powerful) Techniques For Classroom Management
Research shows that classroom management is one of the main preoccupations for novice teachers; in many cases, it may be more important than subject knowledge for them. However, during preparing training courses for teachers, classroom management receives little attention when compared with more general aspects of the methodology. What Classroom Management is From my point […]
How to Teach English from CC Perspective
Views of English Learning Earlier views of English learning focused primarily on the mastery of grammatical competence (GC). According to this view: English learning was viewed as a process of mechanical habit formation. Good habits are formed by teaching students to produce correct sentences. Making mistakes is not allowed. Errors should be avoided through controlled […]
Five Tasks to Test Your Students’ Listening
1. Number the jumbled words as you hear them: Don’t be restricted to nouns only, include adjectives as well. Use content words rather than form words (i.e. no prepositions, conjunctions or articles). You might include 1 or 2 words that do not spell as they sound, like ‘eight’ and ‘plough’. The task should include 6 […]