Heard the expression ‘Work smarter not harder’? Well, in the ESL world, this translates to ‘Work LESS not harder’. If you work less then 15% per class, you are actually doing your students a huge favour.   Here’s the lowdown:   Yes, you are probably a very interesting and funny person and the students probably want to hear you talk all day about yoursel ...

Have you ever wondered why some teachers can walk into a room and have full command of the class from beginning to end? Sometimes it’s a killer lesson plan. Sometimes the teacher is extremely entertaining. Most of the time it’s EXPERIENCE.  

If you’ve ever taught Kindergarten EFL (or worked as an undercover cop in a Kindergarten) you will probably agree – ‘Kindergarten Cop’ was based on a very true story. For some of you, watching Kindergarten Cop is less ‘delightfully comical action flick’ and more ‘CCTV footage’ from your classroom. As a teacher of small creatures – I mean child ...

Raise your hand if classroom management is top of your OS list (Occupational Stress). To the rest of you- CONGRATULATIONS! You have either landed a whole school of rare ‘angel students’ or you, yourself, are a rarity. For the rest of us, managing our classroom takes just as much energy as speaking English accurately (actually, considering you need to have a 4 year degree from an Englis ...

Ever have one of those days in Korea where you were desperate for an easy set of English language lesson plans to keep the class busy and keep you from spending 50 minutes in "on" mode?  Or maybe you just left that day's work at home...you know that old stand-by:  "my dog ate my prep work."  Never fear! Well, like you, my last school also gave me plenty of opportunities to ...