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Practical AI for teaching English — from lesson planning and materials to IELTS feedback and TEFL careers. Written by the team at the TEFL Institute Group.
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Curipod Review for English Teachers: What Changed and Who It Suits
Curipod has repositioned from interactive slides to writing practice built around US assessments. What it does now, what…
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Twee Review for English Teachers: What It Does Well and What It Costs
Twee is an AI materials platform built for language teachers. Verified pricing, real strengths, honest limits and how…
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The Future of AI in English Language Teaching: What the Data Shows
Adoption of AI among English teachers is already high and the time savings are real, but only about…
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Teacher Talking Time vs Student Talking Time
Teacher talking time is the proportion of a lesson the teacher spends speaking; student talking time is the…
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AI Listening Activities for ESL Classes: Scripts, Audio and Tasks
How to build ESL listening activities with AI: graded scripts, synthetic audio, comprehension tasks and transcripts, plus the…
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Needs Analysis
Needs analysis is the systematic gathering of information about what learners must be able to do in English,…
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Brisk Teaching for English Teachers: What It Does and Where It Stops
An honest look at Brisk Teaching for English language teachers: what the free plan covers, where the levelling…
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Presentation, Practice, Production (PPP)
Presentation, practice, production (PPP) is a three stage lesson framework for teaching a single language item. The teacher…
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Who Is Behind tefl.ai? The TEFL Institute Group Explained
Who funds tefl.ai, why the tools are free, and what The TEFL Institute Group is building around the…
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Spotting AI Written Work in an English Class
Detection software cannot prove who wrote an essay, and it misfires on second language writers. Here is what…
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AI in English Language Teaching: The Complete Guide for Teachers
A practical guide to AI in English language teaching: what it does well, where it fails, how to…
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Washback
Washback is the influence a test exerts on the teaching and learning that comes before it. It is…
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Task-Based Learning (TBL)
Task-based learning is an approach in which a lesson is built around a task with a real outcome…
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Interlanguage
Interlanguage is the developing language system a learner builds while acquiring a second language, separate from both their…
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Affective Filter
The affective filter is a hypothesised emotional barrier that stops language input from being absorbed. Proposed by Stephen…
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