10 Expressions to Help Students Speak English More Empathetically
Sometimes, conversations with our students during lessons seem a little off. Even when we’ve done our best to put them...
- Vocab & Expressions
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Behind the Scenes with Journalist and English Teacher, Jenny Whelan
Today we’re going behind the scenes to talk to a Daily News writer of particular interest to our tutoring community:...
- Online Tutoring
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Robotic-Sounding Student? Teach Them Some Rhythm!
Students often think “word stress” is the same as emphasis, force, or volume. However, when we stress a syllable, we...
- Pronunciation
Five Strategies to Help Advanced Students Perfect Their Speaking
Teaching students who are already advanced but want to improve their speaking (even more!) is not easy. What can we...
- Advanced Learners
Upcoming Holidays: Tomb-Sweeping, Thai New Year, and Easter
Some major holidays are coming up in three of our students' countries, so let’s take a look at what they...
- Conversation
Turn Your Students Into Conversationalists with These Simple Questions
Do you ever feel out of breath at the end of a free-conversation lesson, because you had to do everything...
- Conversation
- Vocab & Expressions
Why Some Contractions Are OK in Writing While Others Are Not
If you’ve ever been asked to check a student’s formal writing, you may have noticed they used reductions (like “gotta”...
- Grammar
5 Things You’ll Want to Know About Your Younger Students ASAP
As tutors, we’ll want to know as much as possible about our students early on: their needs, their level, their...
- Beginners & Kids
Upcoming: Historical Holidays in Taiwan and South Korea this Weekend
Both Taiwan and South Korea have important historical holidays coming up this weekend. What do they mean to our students?...
- Conversation
Sloppy Pronunciations That Became Standard English
Have you ever wondered why “Wednesday” is pronounced “wensday” and “comfortable” “comfterble”? Or why Gloucester, Worcester, and Leicester (names of...
- Curiosity
- Pronunciation