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Artificial Intelligence (AI) seems to be everywhere these days. Many industries are incorporating it into their day-to-day operations – and...

When it comes to AI, there are mixed opinions in educational circles. While ethical concerns should certainly be considered and...

Have you ever heard the phrase “Games are just for kids” when teaching adults? Here’s some great news: You can...

Mastering clear and correct pronunciation helps students become confident communicators both in and out of class. Try these ESL pronunciation...

This guest article was written by Nestor Kiourtzidis, Co-Founder of Linguahouse, a leading provider of teaching resources for ESL/EFL teachers....

Preparing for the IELTS exam and teaching English to monks abroad inspired the TEFL journey of Roberta Serralvo, from Brazil....

Teaching grammar is an essential aspect of your role as a language teacher. Your students rely on you to provide...

After a decade of helping newcomers in Canada as a Literacy and Basic Skills Instructor, Bridge alum D. Purohit, from...

“Do you understand?” “Does that make sense?” “Do you have it?” It doesn’t matter how a teacher might ask, these...

People living in multicultural communities are familiar with the phenomenon of code-switching. Code-switching in the EFL classroom can enhance communication...

By pursuing her passion for globetrotting and teaching English, Bridge grad Andrea Beatriz Collados, from Argentina, has gained both a...

TPRS is a method of acquiring a second language naturally and effectively. It’s an excellent tool to use with students...

Vocabulary is crucial to a student’s language development in order to relate thoughts, ideas, and feelings effectively – in other words,...

The purview of the United States Department of State, more commonly referred to as the State Department, is vast. Broadly...

Natalie Goff, 50, has lived in Nicaragua teaching English as a Christian worker for eight years now with no immediate...

Freshta Noori was 11 years old when she started studying English in the fourth grade. She was 19 when she...

Though the coronavirus pandemic has been a global event, its impact has been uneven, varying across borders and within communities....

“Alternative language learning companies are attracting investors and reaching ‘unicorn’ status, a term used in the venture capital industry to...

These are game-changing times for hiring professionals in the field of English language teaching (ELT). English is one of the...

If you have long passages, DeepL does come up with language that is more natural overall. But DeepL often mistranslates...

The rising demand for English teachers worldwide has provided Filipinos with much-needed employment opportunities and significantly affected other ESL (English...

Have you ever wondered what kind of students you’ll be working with once you have your TEFL certification and are...

Regardless of where your TEFL career lands you, having good classroom management skills will benefit you as a teacher. One...

One common complication in teaching is finding that students of many different skill levels are placed together in our classroom....

In listening and reading lessons with your ESL students, it's crucial to activate your students’ background schema or existing experience...

Whether to allow ESL students to use their first language in the foreign language classroom often sparks quite fiery debate....

This post was written by Matthew Clark Teaching the target culture is a large part of teaching the target language....

This post was written by Matthew Clark Are English verbs more difficult to learn or to teach? One way to...

As much as some of us try to forget our past, as English teachers we are confronted with it regularly....