http://www.eltworld.net/blog Your local friendly TEFL blog Mon, 05 Jan 2009 08:34:15 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en We all know of the practice of teachers warning others about dodgy schools, don't we? Quite rightly, there is an ever increasing network of sources on the net warning teachers about the places not to go, the TEFL Blacklist being one of the best known, the schools mentioned often making ... http://www.eltworld.net/blog/2009/01/schools-blacklisting-teachers/ Happy new year to all of you, wherever you find yourself mired in the life of the professional TEFLer. Now, I've never resorted to getting my kit off in order to teach a particular language point and I'm sure my students are very grateful for that. Nevertheless, this particular 'methodology' ... http://www.eltworld.net/blog/2009/01/i-cant-compete-with-this/ The latest action packed edition of Horizons ELT Quarterly Journal (issue 6) is now available for free download. The contents of the current issue are as follows. English teaching in Israel can be immensely rewarding by Michelle Simmons Facing financial crisis? Then move your teaching career abroad by Kelly Blackwell Things to consider before accepting ... http://www.eltworld.net/blog/2008/12/horizons-your-free-online-tefl-journal/ I’m an english teacher who’s constantly on the move; I’m sure that many of you in this profession are like me in that you love to travel and see the world as much as you can. An aspect of our profession that allows me to do just that is attending ... http://www.eltworld.net/blog/2008/12/new-york-reliable-laguardia-airport-transportation/ ...is a really bad way to acquire new words, at least that's what I rather provocatively suggested on a thread over on the ELT World forums. Of course, it's not an impossible skill, as many noted: 'It's possible,' suggetsts Golightly, 'but it depends on factors such as how concrete or abtract ... http://www.eltworld.net/blog/2008/12/guesing-vocab-from-context/ Time is of the essence for children learning English, notes Melissa Lazarín in an article for the somewhat imressively named 'Center for American Progress'. 'Kindergarten English language learners enter school with a vocabulary of 5,000 English words fewer than their native English-speaking peers,' suggests Melissa, 'ELLs must not only learn a ... http://www.eltworld.net/blog/2008/12/a-race-against-the-clock/ English is now a global language, keeping us all in work lest we forget, shared not by only the British, N. Americans and Australians, but South Africans, Singaporeans, Filipinos, Indians, Jamaicans, and many others. In this state of affairs, we can truly say that English is "owned'' by no one. ... http://www.eltworld.net/blog/2008/12/teachers-of-other-englishes/ United States: As President-Elect Obama transitions into the White House, one major area of focus is the state of education in the United States. While many changes are planned with respect to the No Child Left Behind Act, a key focus area is the graduation rates of English Language Learners. ... http://www.eltworld.net/blog/2008/12/can-obamas-new-requirements-keep-pace-with-english-language-learner-student-needs/ Good news for any of you who've spent some time abroad as a poor and destitute TEFL, only to make the move back to Britain to find yourself even poorer and more destitute. If you managed to pick up the local lingo to a decent level of proficiency, why ... http://www.eltworld.net/blog/2008/11/police-pay-900-per-day-for-translation/ I'm not sure of the source of this but I received it via email and it made me laugh: Stunning Break with Last Eight Years Nov 18 - In the two weeks since the election, US President-elect Barack Obama has broken with a tradition established over the past eight years through his ... http://www.eltworld.net/blog/2008/11/obamas-use-of-language-stirs-controversy/