December 16, 2014

How to … ask for clarificationWhat do you do when you’ve heard the teacher or another student speaking to you,[...]

December 5, 2014

How to... apologise In Ireland we apologise for everything. We are so enthusiastic about apologising that we even say “sorry”[...]

November 28, 2014

How to ... borrow something politelyHow to…. borrow something politely (From Manners Matter in the Classroom by Lori Mortenson, illustrated[...]

November 20, 2014

How to ... politely decline an invitationIt’s break time on Tuesday and the class are talking about going out to[...]

November 7, 2014

How to ... check your workIn a dynamic classroom there are many ways to check the accuracy of our work.[...]

November 4, 2014

How to ... ask for permission Are you one of those students who just gets up and leaves class without[...]

October 24, 2014

How to... greet new friendsMonday morning is back again and every Atlas student is full of the usual enthusiasm. Yes,[...]

October 17, 2014

It’s Tuesday morning. Your teacher starts the class on time at 9.00am with a snappy quiz to review yesterday’s class.[...]

October 13, 2014

Here’s the first in our series of “classroom language” blogs. And from the start we’ve decided to test the limits[...]

May 12, 2014

For anyone who is thinking of coming to learn English in Dublin, or for anyone who's already here and would[...]