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Ideas for English Language Educators

Teaching English Pronunciation with The Color Vowel® Chart: My Interview on The Teacher Think-Aloud Podcast

What happens when you're assigned to teach the pronunciation class that no other teacher wants?

Four teachers huddle around a set of word cards. They've been told by their instructor to organize...

What happens when you're assigned to teach the pronunciation class that no other teacher wants?

Four teachers huddle around a set of word cards. They've been told by their instructor to organize...

In this season of gratitude, there's nothing like a good game to connect people of varied languages...

I teach a free online pronunciation class twice per month called Pure English Practice. What I love...

When I heard that Richard had recently returned from another trip to Timor Leste, I knew I had to...

What are the Y and W symbols doing at the top of the Color Vowel® Chart? They're here to quietly...

Robin Barr, American University TESOL ProgramKaren Taylor de Caballero, English Language Training...

Twenty-some years ago, before we all had smartphones, a student of ours, Takashi, spent a weekend...