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How to Teach Present Perfect (Without Confusing Everyone)
What Is the Present Perfect? The present perfect is one of those grammar points that can confuse both students and teachers. Is it...

Connor O'Donoghue
Jul 224 min read
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Eliciting: A Key Technique in Language Teaching
As a new English teacher, one of the most valuable skills you need to develop is the ability to ask the right questions. Eliciting, the...

Connor O'Donoghue
Jul 15 min read
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What is controlled practice?
Part of learning anything is to practise it. When I was a teenager and I learned to drive in Ireland in the 1990s, my father took me to...

Connor O'Donoghue
Oct 17, 20233 min read
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Checking students' understanding of meaning
One of the most important skills to learn as a new teacher is the skill of checking students' understanding. We might think we're...

Connor O'Donoghue
Sep 12, 20233 min read
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Test-teach-test: A framework for CELTA grammar and vocabulary lessons
Most grammar or vocabulary lessons on an English teaching course, be it an online CELTA course or a classroom CELTA, will start with some...

Connor O'Donoghue
Sep 5, 20232 min read
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What is guided discovery?
As you progress through a CELTA course, you will start to get comfortable with all the things you need to do when you're teaching new...

Connor O'Donoghue
Jul 18, 20232 min read
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Which grammar book do I need for CELTA?
Some people are lucky enough to have a degree in languages or linguistics before their CELTA course, and so they may feel comfortable...

Connor O'Donoghue
Jun 13, 20233 min read
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