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
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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
Upcoming Holiday: Lunar New Year 🎉
Many of our students will be celebrating the Lunar New Year in the next few days. But what does the...
- Conversation
How to Help Students (Actually) Use the Vocabulary They Learned
Most of us aren't able to learn some new words one moment and toss them into conversations the next moment....
- Vocab & Expressions