Explore reflections, teaching ideas, and practical insights from the ELT classroom. 
Categories for teaching ideas include: Pre-Primary, Primary, Teens/Adults, and Exam Preparation.

How much time do your students spend reading or listening to English outside their lessons? For most students, the honest answer is probably: not much. A few hours of English lessons, a little homework and then... very little contact with the language until the following week. As teachers, we spend a huge amount of time planning engaging lessons, explaining grammar and creating opportunities for communication in class. And all of that matters. But our contact time with studen

... Does such a thing exist? I certainly hope so! I've experimented with several different methods to correct and evaluate my students' writing over the years. And while there isn't a "one size fits all" solution to providing meaningful, actionable feedback on our students' writing that doesn't take an entire afternoon to write, I have settled on a couple of core ideas: Do not include marks on writing evaluations. Most students immediately focus on the mark/percentage/smiley