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- ELT World TEFL Website of the month: ELT ChatELT Chat With the current big bang-scale increase of the twittersphere, a new type of chat has surfaced for English language professionals. The wonderful #ELTChat is currently being moderated by Twitter TEFL heavyweights @ShellTerrell, @Marisa_C, @englishraven, and @olafelch (although the … Continue reading → […]
- United States: Subject Matters – Reading, Writing… and Readying for TestsIt’s the best of times and the worst of times, exclaims the unusually Dickensian CNN, for English teachers as they find themselves more accountable than ever for the academic success of their students, while balancing new technologies that change time-honored … Continue reading → […]
- United States: Feds Make ELLs a Priority for Tests Based on Common-Core StandardsThe federal government, notes Education Week, is intending to provide grants for the development of English-language-proficiency assessments that are aligned with the national common-core standards. The proposed grant competition would push the country toward more uniformity for the definition of … Continue reading → […]
- Vietnam: Pilot English Teaching Project is Hit by Staff Shortage and Poor SkillsFactors including a serious lack of facilities, as well as a shortage of qualified teachers have adversely affected the Ministry of Education and Training’s pilot English language teaching programme for primary school children, notes VietnamNet. Read more on this… Post … Continue reading → […]
- Would you have done this for a job?Simple question: would you have done what this person did to try and get a job in the Gulf? She flew me to Qatar on a 1-way ticket (despite my several written requests for a return ticket since it seemed … Continue reading → […]
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Yearly Archives: 2007
English language learning and teaching
English language learning and teaching is yet another in the series of free downloadable articles supplying background information on our dearly beloved TEFL profession. This article looks at ELT terminology, types of English, typical learner difficulties, various learner exams, the … Continue reading
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Happy Festive Season
I’m taking a break over the next week or so, so no new posts until the new year. Thank you so much all those who support this blog. Have a great festive season! Post Footer automatically generated by Add Post … Continue reading
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Methods of teaching foreign languages
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Is it OK to Speak Engrish?
Language Transfer, (also known as L1 interference, linguistic interference, and cross meaning) is most commonly discussed in the context of English language learning and teaching, but it can occur in any situation when someone does not have a native-level command … Continue reading
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Getting out of TEFL… continued
Philippa over at her Blogging Translator blog has picked up on the theme of changing careers, noticing how it relates to translation, and the importance of having transferable skills. This blog traces her progress from inhouse to freelance translator as … Continue reading
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The Critical Period Hypothesis
What is it about being a child that enables us to learn our first language so well? This issue is discussed in the latest in my series of free downloadable articles, the critical period hypothesis: Subscribe to David’s English Teaching … Continue reading
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Does school suck?
From the reasons why school sucks blog: Learning by rote Memorization and learning to parrot (repeat back) what a teacher says is not actually “learning” – it’s memorization. It’s learning to please. If you really want to learn something because … Continue reading
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Free worksheets from Cambridge
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A brief history of second language acquisition
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When is it too late to get out of TEFL?
Somewhere between five and eight years, if your responses are anything to go by. This topic drew a lot of heated debate over on the forum. Here are some of the things that have been mentioned: The Prodigy: ‘I was … Continue reading
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