by Dylan Gates | Feb 15, 2018 | English Teaching Spain
Imagine you had your own English language academy in Spain. What would you do to promote it and make it stand out from your competition? Wandering around Vigo last year, I passed an English academy with an eye-catching image on its window. I walked straight past it,...
by Dylan Gates | Feb 14, 2018 | business english, English Teaching Spain
Have you thought about teaching Business English? Don’t you need business experience to teach Business English? Is it possible to be an effective BE teacher without having a business background? Do you think your teaching skills and experience can prepare you for...
by Dylan Gates | Nov 24, 2017 | Miscellaneous
There are lots of TEFL courses in Spain. If you want to train to teach English as a foreign language, you are not short of options. You have decided to take a face-to-face course (4 weeks) because you know that online courses do not give you the practical classroom...
by Dylan Gates | Nov 8, 2017 | Games and Activities
You might think discussing football results is a strange way to help learners remember word stress patterns. Read on to find out more. Word stress in English can be a little tricky for learners.have to identify 2 main features: They have to identify and record 2 main...
by Dylan Gates | Nov 2, 2017 | Games and Activities
In this post, I’ll look at what activities you can do with a short text in your English language classes. There is no agreed maximum length for a short text, but I would suggest that a short text includes fewer than 200 words. There are many reasons why short...
by Dylan Gates | Sep 6, 2017 | Professional Development TESOL
You’re going to be observed. How do you react? At some point this year, you are likely to be observed. If you’re lucky, you are one of those EFL teachers who are happy to let somebody from outside (probably your line manager) enter your class and watch you...
by Dylan Gates | Aug 30, 2017 | TEFL jobs
If you don’t ask any questions at an interview for a TEFL job, you may regret not doing so… You have an interview for an English language teaching position. You think you’ve made a good impression on your interviewer and then hear the words: And do...
by Dylan Gates | Aug 22, 2017 | Games and Activities
In this post, I’ll present my 10-step guide for teaching effective conversation classes to adult English learners. Many adult learners enrol in conversation classes to improve their speaking skills. However, student numbers often drop as the course progresses....
by Dylan Gates | Aug 8, 2017 | Games and Activities
One of the most popular TEFL activities for practising and reviewing vocabulary is called ‘The Hot Seat’ game. You have probably played it with your learners, although you may know it as ‘back to the board’. The procedure is simple: One student...
by Dylan Gates | Aug 4, 2017 | Professional Development TESOL
The first conditional is used for more than just talking about future events. We need to explore common communicative functions of the first conditional such as making promises and negotiating. What is the first conditional? The first conditional (as it’s often...
