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Category Archives: Business English
“the Apprentice” as a business English resource
On the lookout for some video material for your Business English students, but have run out of the coursebook resources? Want them to watch and discuss smth (and it better be authentic) but series or TED talks are not exactly … Continue reading
Retelling the text without noticing it, a trick?)
I’ve been a firm believer in deep and profound work with texts for a long time. No need to repeat that it (and “texts”, obviously can stand for listening/ videos) has tons of benefits, acquiring vocabulary from the context and … Continue reading
(authentic) resources for an HR English course
I’ve recently finished teaching a one-to-one HR English course (which lasted, on and off, about 18 months), and I feel it would be good to share some materials I’ve been choosing, using and sometimes creating. The situation The course started … Continue reading
business&office buzzwords: article and worksheet
Last year I came across a real gem of an article – at least it looks like one from an ESL teacher’s perspective. I am sure it was not the use the author of the article had in mind, but … Continue reading
How to ask questions to encourage more fluency in class?
How to ask the right questions to provoke more speaking&discussion in class? You might have heard that to be good at (Business) English teaching, you don’t have to know all the specifics of our students’ business, you have to ask … Continue reading
Posted in Business English, lists, teaching higher levels
Tagged asking questions, Business, business English, careers, English as a foreign or second language, English as a second or foreign language, English language, ESL, fluency activity, professional students, questions, speaking, students
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how much personalisation is enough?
That’s the question that has been constantly nagging me laltely. Don’t get me wrong, I am a true advocate of personalising materials for our students, basing the whole activities on their experience and expertise, and asking them for their professional … Continue reading
Posted in Business English, lesson plans, Professional development, teaching higher levels
Tagged advanced, business English, careers, Education, EFL, ELT, English as a foreign or second language, fluency activity, lesson plan, person specification, student, teaching higher levels, TEFL
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preparing for a grammar lesson (refreshing passive voice in an applicable way)
Last time I checked, there were not too many materials for teaching Passive. I mean, for teaching Passive adequately, and in a practical and possible-to-take-out-of-the-class manner. Somehow, speaking about animals, doing a geography quiz or discussing a process of coins … Continue reading
using Realtimeboard for teaching English online
I want to share an absolutely fantastic tool for online use: Realtimeboard.com As I already told, now I teach online, using Skype. When I was preparing for my first online lesson, I was feeling very uneasy – first of all, … Continue reading
my favourite ways of revisiting vocabulary
I’ve recently come back to work! yes, for 9 month I was off work – at least I wasn’t teaching English to real people, that is. I was a blogger and materials writer. But now 2 times a week I … Continue reading
Posted in Business English, grammar, intermediate, lesson plans, lesson starters, lists, materials writing, Professional development, teaching higher levels, teaching lower levels, vocabulary
Tagged collocations, ELT, ESL, lesson plan, lesson starter, Skype, speaking, student, teaching English, teaching vocabulary, ways oа teaching vocabulary
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multiple uses of newspapers & magazines for ELT
I love using real things for teaching English. By “real things” I mean something from real life – and not something specially developed for learning or teaching. That’s why I prefer usual movies (and not educational ones – they are … Continue reading
Posted in authentic materials, Business English, intermediate, lesson plans, lesson starters, lists, materials writing, Professional development, teaching higher levels
Tagged English as a second or foreign language, English language, First language, media, newspapers, Teaching English as a foreign language, Using newspapers for ELT, using newspapers for teaching English
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