1. What Are Concept-Checking Questions? Concept-checking questions (CCQs) are short, targeted questions teachers use to check whether...

What Is the Present Perfect? The present perfect is one of those grammar points that can confuse both students and teachers. Is it...

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...

If you’re preparing for teaching practice on your CELTA course , or just starting out as an English language teacher, one of the tools...

Starting with a new group as a teacher should be fun, but it's very understandable that new teachers are nervous when thinking about a...

What does 'grade your language' mean? On a teacher training course like CELTA , new trainee teachers are often advised to grade their...

What is student engagement? When we teach, we need to make sure students are engaged. Some people think that this means that we need to...

Can you really teach English without knowing students' first language? When I tell people that I've taught English in ten different...

Some handy tips to help improve your timing when planning and teaching CELTA lessons

Should I be scared of teaching one-to-one? When a new teacher starts teaching, they sometimes get asked to teach English one-to-one and...

On a CELTA course, we spend a long time looking at what happens in the lesson itself. How do we get the meaning of a word across to our...

By the end of a CELTA course, you should be very good at planning an individual lesson, but you might feel intimidated at the idea of...

I once worked with a Director of Studies who said that when she was hiring someone for a teaching job, the first thing she always checked...