The second Speaking part of A2 Flyers is about asking and answering questions. Children should be able to form simple questions to ask for information about people, things and situations. This will include information about time, place, age, appearance, etc. Candidates should be able to ask ‘question-word questions’ using Who, What, When, Where, How old,...
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Work Remotely Teaching English to Russian Students
Teaching English to Russians may sound scary. What challenges will you be facing? What should you be expecting from working with Russian students? Will there be a cultural gap that you should learn to overcome? Hanna has been teaching Russian students English at Skyeng for the past 6 years. Skyeng is the largest Russian online...
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How to Help Students Deal with Telephone Language
Like any other soft skill, mastering telephone language is of utmost importance in modern business life. Of course, in a lot of cases, telephone calls are avoided by substituting them with chats or any other online communication tool. However, in a wealth of cases learners will need to have telephone calls (organizing an event, making...
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QR codes. Practical ideas for teens
QR codes are slowly but steadily finding their way to modern classrooms. The reasons are simple: they increase engagement, reduce the amount of paper used, and promote that very digital literacy we all know about. Teenagers seem to be a perfect target audience for using QR codes. Most of them never leave their mobiles at...
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St. Valentine’s for Adults
St.Valentine’s Day seems to be the most romantic holiday ever. It’s too hard to avoid talking about it while teaching. Whether we’re single or married, a wonderful feeling of love is common for everyone. Why not to prepare a special lesson for adult learners then? We’ve done that. Romantic movies, sweet words, and lovely pictures...
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Emotional intelligence and teens
Nowadays, emotional intelligence is considered to be more important than knowledge and skills. It is emotional intelligence that defines how successful and happy the teenager will be in the future. That is why it is vital for teachers not only to develop language skills but also to enhance the development of emotional intelligence in young...
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Short animated films for a lesson on St.Valentine’s Day
Suppose you have a lesson on February, 14 or around this date. Not all adults especially who learn one-on-one really enjoy St.Valentine’s word searches or games all lesson long. So we offer you to watch a short animated film on the topic of ‘Love and relationships’ as a holiday warm-up or cool down. All videos...
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Encouraging Autonomous Learning (Adults): Listening, Writing, Reading
Henry Holec coined the term autonomous learning saying «Autonomy is the ability to take charge of one’s own learning.» A very simple clarification of Learners’ autonomy is described here. In short, your autonomous learner should acquire the following features: be ready to risk (as you’re going to offer a great variety of learning methods and...
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Backgrounds for teaching and why’s it’s effective
If you are anything like me, maybe you feel that your “space” meaning the area your students see behind you is a reflection of who you are or at least, what kind of teacher you may be? We will start with children. As you guys know, Skyeng has seriously tapped into the kids market and...
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My work experience in China
During the last decade, China has made an incredible breakthrough. It has touched all spheres of its life including education. So, lots of English teachers today are applying to the jobs there. And it’s great that even non-native speakers have a chance to explore Asian culture, master teaching skills and try a new way of...