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I think that anything that steps away from reliance on a textbook is beneficial for Ss. YLs especially are much more comfortable with technology that adults give them credit for. Why not show them a BBC Tweenies cartoon (just 1 min or so) from Youtube. Show it 2 or 3 times, highlight the language wi...

Tommy, I would always go for the face to face option every time if I were you. Every teacher that I have ever met who did an online thing, said it was rubbish. I can't think of any serious teacher that I know of who started with an online version. It's not simply the improved teaching practice that ...

Get away from the sitting down and doing boring text based exercises! Inn still some energy into the class with some drama (you never know, you might have a budding Daniel Day Lewis among your learners!) Option 1: Give some of the Ss a scene to act out like a bank robbery. Give them dialogue. Have o...

Try Film English by Kieran Donaghy
http://film-english.com

It's fantastic. Short films used in a creative way to make lessons much more interesting than using the same old textbooks.

Hi, Yes, I did the Trinity Cert at SGI. It was excellent. The trainers were brilliant and went over tons of stuff in a very short time. All of us trainees bonded, collaborated and generally helped each other out... Especially in the stressful moments in the build up to lesson time every day. It's no...