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I would like to share an article I wrote with you all: The Medium is the Message Common Sense Approaches to Teaching ESP By Miriam Lavi Language teaching and language learning focus on four skills: Reading Comprehension, Aural Comprehension, Writing and Speaking. Most course books authors organize ...

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Teaching Business English to Senior Management 1:1 is my specialty. I've developed techniques based on the premise that 'The Student is the Syllabus' and have refined them over the years. You can use a textbook if you'd like - I recommend checking out Oxford University Press & Longman's, to my mind...

Kudos for the tips. I'd like to add some of my own: A - When teaching 1:1, your student is the curriculum - which means that pre-testing is essential to the success of your lesson planning. B - If your student's goal is to improve conversation, an excellent technique is to record his review of the ...

Hello Carrie, Teaching 1:1 is very different from classroom teaching and, to my mind, much more satisfying. In 1:1, your student is the curriculum . An adult studying English will come to you with some knowledge and many gaps - so you have to customize the materials to suit his/her needs. You can c...