ESL English language learning resources discussion

Hi. I haven't had time to keep this blog running so, instead, I recommend you check out my ESL website. You can find a lot of exercises, information and resources at the English Language Directory

There are also literally thousands of articles available for you in my English Articles section.

And lots of other resources can be accessed from the main page of Speakoz

Have fun!

If you're interested in doing the free IELTS speaking practice test online, unfortunately that is now closed. We had over 60 people apply to take the test in the past month, so there's lots of people out there doing preparation for IELTS. You can find out more about the downloadable mp3 of the questions used

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Link: http://www.speakoz.com/english-directory/freeieltsspeakingtest.html

Just a quick note to let anyone know that the free IELTS online speaking practice test will be closing at the end of May. So that's only two weeks that you've got to get your request in, get your login and password, and try out the test yourself. Totally free. Find out more here:

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Link: http://www.speakoz.com/english-directory/ieltspreparation.html

If you're teaching English in Australia one of things you'll learn pretty quickly is that just about every second private student wants to study for IELTS. Usually they believe that you probably don't know much about teaching IELTS so it is a nice surprise for them when you pull out all your notes about it when they mention it.

If you haven't done a course on teaching IELTS, or have no idea about what it is, then this page containing free IELTS preparation resources is for you.

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Link: http://www.speakoz.com/

Hi. Welcome to the Speakoz blog. My name is James and I'm here to talk to you about my jaunts around Sydney to teach English privately. Names have been changed to protect the innocent!

One of my first experiences as a private English tutor was to visit a 7 year old student in Chatswood, Sydney. Let's call him Tomo. Now, if you've ever taught English at people's homes you'll probably be familiar with the initial 'getting lost' scenario. I was charging just $20 an hour at the time - no call out fee, no travel fee, just the lesson fee, so I was hoping that this would be an easy to get to place. Uh uh.

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