Do you feel like your students always forget vocab you teach them? Have you found it difficult to get them engaged in learning new words? This is…

Vocabulary is fundamental to learning any language. Teachers around the world have known this for centuries and few language classes are free from the concept of word…

For years, Anki has sat on the throne of the spaced repetition flashcard world. I’ve used it for my personal language learning and included it in my…

Most vocabulary learning techniques work in the short term. They’re fantastic for recalling words in the few months leading up to an exam and allow you to…

At times, I despair at how far the EFL/ESL industry lags behind modern technology. There are tools out there, such as spaced repetition apps, which can dramatically…

Emotions. The deep and confusing world of inner-feelings is something most teachers avoid talking about. When we think of ways to improve EFL/ESL students’ vocabulary, it’s rare…

There are dozens of memorisation techniques available to EFL/ESL classes, including images, mnemonics and gestures, but one method is rarely mentioned. I’m talking about sounds and audio…

Vocab tests. The mere mention of them makes me shudder. For many students, they’re attached to negative emotions – stress, anxiety, and a sense of imminent failure…

I’m not a physical person. Whenever someone suggests dancing or using physical teaching methods, I cringe inside. But when I first learned how gestures and physical hooks…

They say a picture paints a thousand words. For EFL/ESL students learning vocabulary, we only need our pictures to paint one word, but they must paint it…

As an EFL/ESL teacher, you might wonder what vocabulary to teach your students. Should you go with lists? Should you find the most common English words? How…

Elicitation is a vital skill for EFL/ESL teachers in the modern classroom. I use it in every class, at least to a certain extent, through engaging and…

Have you ever taught a student who can’t seem to remember any of the vocab you teach them? It’s frustrating. The words go in one ear and…