Preparing Students for the TOEFL Listening Test
If international students want to study in a university setting in the United States, they will most likely need to take the TOEFL as a way of showing their proficiency in English. This blog post explains two simple activities to prepare students for the listening portion of the test. Activity One: Predicting Campus Situations There […]
Reflections on the first two months of the year
It’s hard to believe that today is the last day of February. We were all happy to put 2020 behind us, and we are already entering the third month of the year. Over time I’ve found that I can be hard on myself with not having done enough or worked hard enough. One way that […]
Creating Positive and Powerful Relationships with Students as a Freelance Teacher
Do you remember your favorite teacher or teachers from school or university? Did that teacher go out of the way to make you feel special? Did that teacher challenge you to grow beyond what you thought was possible? Didn’t seem like that teacher cared about you not only as a student, but also as a […]