Learning a new language has many benefits for your career, social network and personal development. Are you currently learning or planning to learn Spanish or Portuguese? These articles offer you tips and tricks to help you with language acquisition!
As the crisp air of fall settles in, it’s a great opportunity to teach your ESL students some idioms related to the autumn season. Idioms are a fun and engaging way to help students understand how language is used in…
Prepositions are some of the most commonly used words in the English language, but also some of the most confounding. They are small words with a big impact in our daily conversations and are crucial for students to master for…
When it comes to describing events that happened in the past, English speakers have several verb tenses to choose from. Two of the most commonly used ones are the past simple tense and the present perfect tense. While both of…
Writing an email is an essential skill in communication, especially in professional settings. Teaching your ESL students how to write an email can do wonders for their careers and professional life. This article will cover 15 formal and informal email…
Christmas is one of the most rejoiced holidays around the world. Its origins are rooted in the commemoration of Jesus Christ’s birth, but now it’s celebrated by both religious and secular people alike. Christmas season is a great time of…
Spanish (ES) and Portuguese (PT) are the two most widely spoken languages around Latin America. Knowing one of these languages makes it a lot easier to learn the other. However, there are various “false friends” to beware of! “False friends”…
FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 is starting next week on November 20th, bringing together 32 countries from around the world united by their love for soccer. If you have soccer fans (or not) in your class, here are 15 fun…
There are over 25,000 idiomatic expressions in the English language! Many idioms lose their significance when translated into other languages. No wonder English language learners get frustrated when they hear native speakers talking in idioms that don’t seem to make…
Have you ever come across a student who doesn’t speak a word of the language you’re teaching? When they can’t get past “hello”, and you also don’t speak their native language, it can be quite frustrating for both you and…
An oxymoron is a figure of speech that combines two words of opposite meanings to create a new word or phrase with a unique meaning. Oxymorons can seem absurd, yet make perfect sense at the same time. They often present…