Oct

06

Silly season in the life of an EFL homestay teacher

If you’re an EFL teacher working from home in the UK, congratulations on surviving yet another manic summer of homestay teaching! Here are some tips to help you plan for and survive your next homestay course, and especially the busy summer months, which will soon be here again.

May

13

What's your learning style?

How do you learn best? What's your learning style? Are you a visual learner or auditory or a mixture? Find out with this short, fun test.

Feb

24

I really enjoyed my trip!

Ramon is from Switzerland and spent over a month near Brighton on our Young Learner home tuition programme. He celebrated his 16th birthday during his stay. Read more about his time with his teacher, Pauline, and her family.

Feb

12

Learning new vocabulary

Learn chunks of language not just list of individual words.

Feb

06

Homophones

Homophone: there, their, they're

Jan

27

Idioms for everyday use

"Out of the blue."

Jan

21

Can you guess the idiom?

Are you an eternal optimist?

Oct

09

Idioms for Business English

All languages have idioms, but English seems to have a particularly large number and this can be intimidating for students. Allison, one of our Brighton-based homestay teachers, has suggests some useful links to resources for Business English students trying to get to grip with commonly used idioms.

Aug

09

"My stay could not have been better!"

Flurina came to Brighton for a 3 week intensive General English course in the home of her teacher. Read what she said about her experience.

Jul

02

Podcasts in 1:1 English language tuition

Our recent teacher training event focused on various uses of technology in 1:1 homestay teaching.