Tom Garside
TEFL basics: A quick dictation task for when you need materials fast
Every teacher working in a school has experienced this situation: you’re teaching a lesson in the afternoon, and the photocopier is broken
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Tom Garside
Apr 5, 20225 min read
TEFL basics: Meaning, pronunciation, form. Three ways to ensure deeper language learning
When we plan to teach a piece of grammar or vocabulary, it is important that we plan for students to be able to understand it and use it
Tom Garside
Mar 29, 20224 min read
TEFL basics: What is task-based learning and how can it help learners?
What is task-based learning?
The idea of using tasks which do not focus specifically on sentence translation or grammar exercises was not
Tom Garside
Mar 23, 20224 min read
TEFL basics: How to teach listening: 4 stages for success
As one of the four language skills, listening (and often watching) is fundamental for language learners. Without good listening skills
Tom Garside
Mar 17, 20224 min read
TEFL Basics: Classroom management
These are all important aspects of classroom management: the way that a teacher creates a positive and effective learning environment for
Tom Garside
Mar 15, 20225 min read
Week by week on a Trinity CertPT course - what to expect
Whether you teach General English, business English, EAP or any other English-medium subject the Level 6 Trinity Certificate for Practising
Tom Garside
Mar 15, 20222 min read
What we do here at Language Point to help refugees
When we set up Language Point our goal was to create a system of sustainable TESOL education. Right from the start we've worked with NGO's
Tom Garside
Mar 10, 20224 min read
Focus your pronunciation teaching: How to add context to your pronunciation lessons
Pronunciation is often taught as a sideline to the main grammar or vocabulary focus of a lesson, with pronunciation issues being picked up
Tom Garside
Mar 8, 20221 min read
Current events in Ukraine
Language Point was set up with the founding belief that education should be available to all - no matter their geographical location.
Tom Garside
Feb 28, 20224 min read
Targeting Pronunciation - issues for speakers of specific languages
When teaching pronunciation, it can be hard to decide what specific sounds or sound patterns to focus on. The best way to plan a focused
Tom Garside
Feb 18, 20226 min read
The golden rules of TESOL
No matter how long you have been teaching, there are a few basic routines which apply to any language education situation. Initial training
Tom Garside
Feb 13, 20221 min read
Introducing our Partner Centre UKTA
We'd like to give a warm welcome to our partner centre UKTA joining us from the beautiful island of Sri Lanka.
Tom Garside
Jan 18, 20224 min read
Week by week - CertTESOL time commitment
We get a lot of enquiries from people who want to take our Cert TESOL course but have other commitments such as work or family, and want to
Tom Garside
Jan 13, 20222 min read
The Trinity CertPT: for international school and EMI teachers
If you teach in an international school, or in an institution where many of your students do not speak English as a first language, or if
Tom Garside
Dec 5, 20214 min read
Teach the student, not the curriculum
In the vast majority of primary and high schools around the world, students are grouped into large classes of 30+ students by age - in each
Tom Garside
Nov 24, 20215 min read
Four common teaching nightmares and how to deal with them on the spot
It happens to the best of us - our best laid lesson plans are ready to go, and something unexpected happens. Unforeseen situations happen
Tom Garside
Nov 14, 20214 min read
Five reasons to get CertTESOL qualified in 2022
We’ve all had a couple of years to think about where we are and what we’re doing, but 2022 promises to be the year when the world opens up a
Gargee
Nov 12, 20211 min read
Graduate stories - Gargee
The CertTESOL course was a fulfilling experience for me as both a trainee and a person. Despite a few hiccups (which are to be expected
Tom Garside
Nov 8, 20213 min read
‘Beaming in’ to physical classrooms - more ways to flip and blend online language learning
Over the past couple of years, many teachers have been adapting to new ways of teaching online - through Zoom and Skype, working with groups
Tom Garside
Oct 28, 20215 min read
15 things we wish we’d known when we trained as TEFL teachers...
1. Unless you teach English, you don’t really know what it involves. Nobody seems to get what TESOL is - it’s either seen as a middle-
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