Teaching Matters

I saw a post from a WebEnglish.se user in another Facebook feed asking whether WebEnglish.se search function had been deleted as she couldn't find it. It turned out that she was looking for it on her mobile, and she was quite right. It wasn't there. The magnifying glass was only ...

English Speaking Countries is by far the most visited page in WebEnglish.se, as it is practically the only page where most of the visitors are students. To help your students find the page quickly with the minimum of instruction, the countries are now available on the Homepage: Just scroll down ...

This year and this autumn present many challenges to us and the whole world. WebEnglish.se has published the following theme pages of current topics that teachers may like to incorporate into their (intermediate-level) classes. Black Lives Matter Novel Coronavirus US Presidential Election The U.S. Government For those teachers, who have ...

Sometimes you may wish to personalise your students' learning experience. Perhaps it is because they have very dissimilar interests or levels of English, or maybe you want them to work on their self-esteem individually. This choice board is what I have used with intermediate students within the autism spectrum, but ...

As so many summers before, we at WebEnglish.se have been working with some changes that we consider improvements to the website. I started streamlining the contents last spring and felt that the overall outlook needed some of that, too. The process is still going on, so you may notice some ...

This year, I will try my level best to enjoy the summer, at least if it gets to be sunny. I'll try not to share daily on Facebook, or on Twitter, not to write any blog posts or use daylight hours to improve the website. My dream is to learn ...

It's been a real eye-opener to check the links in WebEnglish.se to see which ones have not been visited for the last year. Let's call it streamlining; So far, I have deleted 342 links from the category Skills. I have gone through some mindboggling self-assessment in the process, and also ...

WebEnglish.se has just become smaller; There are fewer links in all 'Beginner Skills' and 'Elementary Skills' categories, except Audiobooks. I have deleted all links that were not clicked on even once during the last year. This means it is now easier to find good, popular links to use in your ...

As every writer knows, there comes a time when they have to edit and revise their earlier draft, or even earlier work. When a writer has to delete something that is superfluous, uninteresting to others or for any other legit reason, it's called "killing one's darlings". I just deleted 33 ...

Finally, there is a textbook in Sweden that does not contradict the Syllabus. NoK has published a book called Explore. WebEnglish.se recommends it on three accounts:

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The vocabulary list at the back of the book is only from English to Swedish, and gives  equivalents of the ...

Google has cancelled all April Fool's Jokes for this year. WebEnglish.se totally agrees with the recommendation not to come up with any corona-related pranks, due to all the misinformation that is already around. The WebEnglish.se theme page about April Fool's Day is more about the culture, history and even ethics ...

Elementary-level students are less able to work on their own than the more advanced and older ones, but alas, even their schools are being closed in order to prevent COVID19 from spreading. As all teaching materials in WebEnglish.se are online, you can start by finding the right level for your ...