Tom Garside
Classroom Discourse part 2: Teacher questions and questioning routines
Ever since Socrates guided his students through philosophical problems in ancient Greece, questions have been an integral part of the
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Lorraine Boulting
Dec 11, 20202 min read
Graduate Stories - Lori
My background is in law and psychology, and when I started the course I had no real experience of teaching, other than helping out in a
Tom Garside
Dec 9, 20204 min read
Classroom Discourse Part 1: Learning to listen to classroom talk
As language educators, we have a lot to think about when we are planning and teaching our classes. We are often so focused on the language w
Tom Garside
Nov 30, 20204 min read
Are you testing your students' true language proficiency? knowledge vs performance-based testing
Following on from my recent post about language assessment, another distinction between types of testing emerges when we consider the differ
Tom Garside
Nov 20, 20201 min read
New series - Graduate Stories
We'd like to introduce a new series of guest blogs from graduates of our courses. We believe they're the best people to tell you about their
Tom Garside
Nov 17, 20205 min read
3 ways to make exam preparation a more useful experience for learners' language development
For many teachers (ESOL and otherwise), language assessment is seen as a necessary evil. Testing, evaluation and feedback are the core of
Tom Garside
Nov 8, 20202 min read
The Language Point Level 6 Trinity CertPT for Language Educators
If you have a couple of years of experience teaching English as a Second Language, and you are looking to take your teaching to the next
Tom Garside
Nov 2, 20202 min read
Everyone's online; what makes the Language Point online CertTESOL different?
Language Point Training has been validated to deliver the Trinity CertTESOL in an online modes of study since 2018. We're designed to be
Tom Garside
Oct 27, 20204 min read
More elephants in the classroom: The Communicative Approach
The Communicative Approach to language education is held up by many to be the magic bullet that can enable language learners the world over
Tom Garside
Sep 16, 20205 min read
The elephants in the classroom - The realities we need to face as language educators
As we move into the second decade of the twenty-first century, it seems that some old and tired elephants are still standing in the
Tom Garside
Aug 30, 20205 min read
What is a webquest and how can it boost transferable skills in learners?
More and more of us are looking into different ways of leading classes online, bringing together face-to-face and online classroom approach
Tom Garside
Aug 17, 20207 min read
What is flipped learning, and how to flip your physical or online classroom effectively
Whatever your teaching context, it is becoming more and more important for teachers to integrate online elements into what they do. With the
Tom Garside
Aug 6, 20206 min read
What is scaffolding and how can we use it to support learning?
Scaffolded learning is integral to the stages of language acquisition that we guide our learners through when they are taking on new
Tom Garside
Jul 27, 20206 min read
The rule of 7: How to get students to remember vocabulary more effectively
Vocabulary retention can be a battle for teachers and learners alike. We teach more and more vocabulary every day, but when the students’
Tom Garside
Jul 12, 20205 min read
Differentiation - why should you do it more? 4 ways to make sure no student gets left behind
Gather 30 people of the same age from your town or city together in a room, and it won’t take much to discover that every individual is
Tom Garside
Jul 6, 20204 min read
Are your TEFL qualifications recognised where you want to travel and teach?
Are your TEFL qualifications recognised where you want to travel and teach? When you start planning your career in English language teaching
Tom Garside
Jun 26, 20205 min read
5 techniques that online teachers will need to know in the new normal
As we move forward into the ‘new normal’ of Covid restrictions and the post-covid educational paradigm, blended and online learning will
Tom Garside
Jun 16, 20205 min read
The changing face of teacher training - 5 ways that TESOL qualifications are changing
The emerging post-Covid world is bringing about changes in the global education industry, with TESOL and English language provision changing
Tom Garside
Jun 2, 20205 min read
5 education predictions for the new normal - what have we learnt so far in 2020?
The phrase is on the tip of everyone’s tongue - the new normal - it’s coming, but what does it mean? In order to define where we will be in
Tom Garside
May 18, 20205 min read
TEFL hacks: 5 ways to check if your TEFL course is really what it says it is
TEFL hacks: 5 ways to check if your TEFL course is really what it says it is. If you are looking for an English teaching qualification, but
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