Tom Garside
How to teach writing 3 - Developing ideas in student essays: Sandwiches vs spaghetti
Writing is a complex activity - it involves language, culture, cognition and the management of ideas as they develop onto the page.
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Tom Garside
Jul 9, 20213 min read
How to teach writing 2 - increasing precision in student essays
A common issue with ESOL learner writing is connected to the appropriate usage of words and phrases for different kinds of text.
Chyvette Ip
Jul 8, 20211 min read
Graduate Stories - Chyvette
This was a great course and your teaching was excellent. If I should ever come across anyone else who wants to train as an English teacher,
Tom Garside
Jul 6, 20213 min read
TEFL Certificates, CELTA, CertTESOL… What’s the difference? Qualifications in ELT explained
Here is a list of the course and qualification types on offer, to help you make the right choice for you and your teaching journey:
Tom Garside
Jul 6, 20213 min read
What the EFL? TEFL, TESOL, ESOL, EAL, ESL… What’s the difference?
In the world of English Language Teaching, there are abbreviations everywhere. Sometimes it is easy to get so lost in the letters and
Tom Garside
Jul 4, 20214 min read
How to teach writing 1 - Activities with conjunctions and linking devices
In second-language writing, there is a balance between the points being communicated and the way that they are put together. Point to point,
Grace Arnold
Jun 30, 20213 min read
Online interviews - practical tips - before the interview
Interviews are TWO WAY processes. Yes, the world is 'interesting' right now but in any interview you are also interviewing the school.
Tom Garside
Jun 29, 20213 min read
Acing an online TEFL interview - academic focus
The world of international teaching and learning has changed over the last couple of years. Schools and education organisations are looking
Tom Garside
Jun 23, 20212 min read
The Cert PT who, what, when?
The Trinity CertPT can be taken by teachers who work with second-language learners of English, in any study setting.
Tom Garside
Jun 22, 20214 min read
Learner Styles & Preferences
Ask a teacher about how their students learn best, and they will probably tell you that their students are ‘very visual learners’. They
Robert Jeffers
Jun 18, 20212 min read
Graduate Stories - Robert
with a 30 year background in Business Consultancy looking for an alternative income source and second teaching career during / post Covid-19
Tom Garside
Jun 16, 20211 min read
Update - No to social media - what happened next
On the 26th of January 2021 Language Point decided to stop using social media. We deleted our Facebook, Instagram and Twitter accounts
Grace Arnold
Jun 14, 20215 min read
The TEFL world is opening up - be ready for the change - money.
The first teaching job I ever had overseas we were paid in cash. The last Friday of the month all the employees of the school
Ruth Lingelbach
May 28, 20211 min read
Graduate Stories - Ruth
I took the ten-week online Cert PT course and it more than met my expectations. In a very short time I learnt a lot about writing and
Tom Garside
May 19, 20213 min read
Giving feedback on student writing - Should you correct your students’ work or simply mark it?
As with any productive skills work, writing involves a wide range of different language subskills, as well as knowledge of text organisation
Charlotte Humphries
May 7, 20212 min read
Graduate Stories - Charlotte
Areas of teaching I developed on the course are my confidence to work with adults as I have only worked with children before, techniques to
Tom Garside
May 5, 20214 min read
Tips for teachers: How to plan and teach a focused pronunciation lesson
Pronunciation is an essential part of language learning, and needs to be tailored to the specific needs of the students you are teaching
Tom Garside
Apr 19, 20214 min read
Quick tips for new teachers Part 1: Designing effective teaching materials
So you've just finished your initial training course, you've started your first job and you’ve been given the materials you'll be using with
Odessa Tablarin
Apr 15, 20211 min read
Graduate Stories - Odessa
When I decided to enrol in Trinity College London CertTESOL, I selected Language Point Teacher Education because the three-month online
Tom Garside
Apr 12, 20213 min read
Error correction 2 - What's the best way of correcting errors and mistakes?
As any teacher will tell you, repeated mistakes in student language are frustrating, and can linger despite the teacher repeatedly giving
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