Steve Tulk

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Steve Tulk is the principal at Stafford House London. Steve is an experienced ELT teacher, having taught for many years in Europe, the Middle East and in the UK. He is an experienced teacher trainer and has also held academic management and school management positions in the UK and overseas. More recently, Steve worked in ELT publishing as an ELT consultant for a major publisher. As a Fellow of the The Royal Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce (RSA), Steve is a firm believer that, while the level of knowledge and experience in our industry is outstanding, the answers to our questions don’t always come exclusively from within the ELT world.

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It takes a global village

2025-05-15

‘Mrs Brown says that in London everyone is different, and that means everyone can fit in.’ That’s the famous quote from celebrated London resident, Paddington Bear. Paddington goes on to say that he thinks Mrs Brown is right – because even though he doesn’t look like anyone else, he really does feel at home. We have that poster in a frame here at our language school in central London. For me it says a lot about what we do – we bring people from around the world into our community of learners, teachers and supporters, and help them settle in,...

Classroom management or managing classrooms?

2024-09-11

The article offers suggestions on making classrooms as personalised, safe and welcoming as possible in order to create the best learning environment.

Beyond the rainbow

2024-07-22

The article argues that there are some basic rules to follow when interacting with learners and colleagues. They all require respect and a safe place to study.

Getting your balance right

2024-01-23

Steve Tulk shares his own tactics for finding balance in an often chaotic industry.

Business (English) as usual?

2022-11-28

Taking the context of Business English and its application to the real world the article considers six key areas of change from communication means through to work environments and assesses how teaching should reflect them.

A tale of two interviews – Steve Tulk

2022-07-12

MET interviews Steve Tulk whose article 'A tale of two interviews' features in the May/June 2022 (Volume 31, Issue 3) edition of Modern English Teacher.

ELT USPs – standing out from the crowd

2022-03-18

Steve Tulk argues we all need to be much more aware of our strengths as we develop our careers. He offers some useful tips and ideas to help you get a clearer idea of your abilities and how to describe them succinctly to others.

It’s time we talked about student retention

2021-03-18

Steve Hulk discusses the relationship between goals, dreams and progress and stresses the importance of the teacher as an influencer on students. They have a key impact on whether students enroll or not. Teachers can remind learners of what they want and how to achieve it.