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Are You Correcting These Pronunciation Mistakes? 🗣️ Part III: Nuclear Stress

It’s common knowledge that we should pause when speaking. However, if you listen closely to any conversation, you’ll notice that...

“Please Teach Me To Be Funny” — A Guide To Teaching Humor 🤪

Did you know that cracking jokes is considered an actual skill? Believe it or not, CEFR criteria lists “joking usage...

Are You Correcting These Pronunciation Mistakes? 🗣️ Part II: Chunking

Take a look at these three bars of chocolate. Which one looks easier to eat? You probably replied, “the one...

Important Things to Know Before Teaching Korean Students 🇰🇷

After the Japanese, Koreans form our next largest group of students. Besides not using -san with their name, what other...

Introducing ... The New IELTS Materials! (Behind-the-Scenes Interview Included)

You may have noticed that there’s a new series on the block … IELTS Speaking Practice! Let’s go over what...

Are You Correcting These Pronunciation Mistakes? 🗣️ Part I: Vowels & Consonants

Pronunciation is the greatest cause of miscommunication, so we definitely want to help students work on it. However, there are...

Ha Ha Ha! When We Should (and Shouldn’t) Joke Around with Students

Have you joked around with a student and then noticed that they didn’t look entertained? Or worse, have you ever...

3 Steps to Get Stubborn Students off Skype (Featuring Updated Kids Materials)

There are many pros to the new lesson system ... like the fact that it makes our lives as tutors...

Fish Could be Spelled "Ghoti"? — Why English Spelling Doesn't Match Pronunciation

An old joke about English spelling goes, “You can spell fish ‘ghoti.’ Just take the ‘gh’ from ‘enough,’ the ‘o’...

How to Get Shy Students to Warm Up to You 🙈🙉

You’ve probably realized that many of our students are shy. This is partly cultural; East Asians (i.e. most of our...

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