Here's another IELTS / TOEFL blog

I've been teaching English exam preparation for many years, but one thing I've never really done is blog, tweet and facebook about it. I'd rather be working with my students!

But I realized that these are important tools to connect me with students all over the world - and the more students I connect with, the better I become as a teacher. So I'm going to try to stick with it.

The goal of this IELTS / TOEFL blog is to share my experiences as an English teacher in Dublin. I hope to post every weekday, but I want the posts to be as rich and meaningful as possible.

I plan to comment on:

• IELTS problems and solutions, particularly writing and speaking
• TOEFL problems and solutions, particularly writing and speaking
• EFL books that I like - and why I like them and use them
• IELTS and TOEFL websites and blogs that are helpful for teachers and students
• Idiomatic expressions and phrasal verbs
• Tricky grammar points, with links to handouts that I've made over the years
• Areas of difficult for Spanish and Italian speakers (the two groups with whom I have the most experience)

I welcome your comments, thoughts, and suggestions!