Elevate your English language teaching skills.
Start with The PRACTICE Plan, the 8 guiding principles for teaching speaking successfully.
Get your free PRACTICE PlanWelcome to The Language Sport! This transformative course will help you:
Make an immediate impact
Your students and clients will thank you for your teaching technique. You'll definitely stand out from the "School of Next Page" instructors.
Save countless hours of prep time.
Your new language training system will save you countless hours of prep time, especially if you're new to teaching.
Teach any level on a moment's notice.
When you have an effective, flexible language training framework, you can enter any English language learning classroom with confidence.
Hello, I'm Paul Thomas - Language Trainer, adult education manager, and creator of The Language Sport
I help English language instructors make their classes output-centered, intentional, and effective immediately so that their students build their speaking skills and language accuracy at a much faster rate.
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What do ESL and EFL teachers think about The Language Sport?
Daria J. (Chicago, USA)
"Paul’s approach to teaching English was fundamental for me. I had struggled with the standard textbook activities and fill in the blank grammar worksheets. I knew that I wasn’t getting through to my students and wanted to offer them more interactive activities, but I didn’t know where to start. Paul taught me speaking activities that really allowed my students to develop fluency. I saw that my students were able to gain confidence in their conversation skills. Now there’s no class time wasted, and no rushing through verb tenses when students haven’t even grasped the basics. Paul’s approach is creative and refreshing, and gave me the tools I needed as a teacher in order to really help my students reach their goals."
Chris B. (Northbrook, IL, USA)
"As a retired secondary English teacher and novice adult ESL teacher, The Language Sport has provided a great opportunity to train my teaching muscle. The program has informed my instruction so that I can engage my students meaningfully in the practice of speaking English with purpose and regularity. It has provided a construct for me to begin each class with brief writing that they can use as they speak to each other about their lives. Students learn how to vary verb tense, how to use irregular verbs, and how to respond to each other in a real-life setting. They quickly became used to this process and I found that their writing improved as they practiced their speaking skills."
Nick T. (Chicago, USA)
"I am especially grateful to learn from you the real advice and wisdom as from you having taught English for an extensive period of time, all of which that the TEFL course kind of failed or missed to teach."
Mouna G. (Skokie, IL, USA)
"I can see that you get to the straight point of the main goal of the English language learners, which is to speak fluently in order to survive/ integrate in an English speaking society. I found that The PRACTICE plan very interesting and gave a roadmap to the instructor/ trainer to achieve tangible results in the classroom. Also, integrating analogies, famous sayings and humor in these courses make them more enjoyable."
Transform your approach to teaching English.
The Language Sport is a system for teaching English language learners to speak accurately in a much shorter amount of time. This online course is designed to be easy to understand and follow, even for those with no prior experience teaching English to speakers of other languages. With a logical, flexible, effective language training system in place, you will transform your teaching so that your students and clients will consistently recommend you.
Here's a brief look inside what you'll learn in the 5 modules of The Language Sport:
The Foundation Module
The transformation from an ESL or EFL instructor mindset into a language trainer mindset.
Self-evaluation of your strengths and weaknesses.
Module 1: THE LANGUAGE SPORT SYSTEM
"The Big No-Know": why students still makes basic errors at advanced levels.
The detailed reasoning of The PRACTICE Plan, the framework that should guide your language training instruction.
Module 2: CORE
The foundational speaking exercises that will immediately engage your students and help you assess their ability.
How progressions and regressions work.
Psychology behind effective correcting.
Module 3: BUILDING
Speaking exercises that build and strengthen the core while expanding the expressive world of the student.
(The sweet spot for those who work with clients also.)
Module 4: STRENGTHENING
Speaking exercises that fill in the common weaknesses of advanced speakers, while also continuing to strengthen the core.
(This is an especially valuable module when you have clients that seem to be totally fluent.)
Frequently Asked Questions
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The Language Sport is risk-free
If The Language Sport course doesn't transform your approach to teaching language, I offer a 30-day money-back guarantee with your purchase. Just send me an email within 30 days of your purchase and I'll refund you immediately.
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