ELT World Blog- How to introduce an English Textbook to your Students1. Introduction “Tell me and I forget, Teach me and I may remember, Involve me and I learn. “ -Benjamin Franklin Textbook is one of the main instruments of educating and preparing students for the examinations. On the first or … Continue reading → […]
- What a TESOL certificate can do for your careerTESOL is interpreted in many ways. For some, it refers to Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages. To others, it is Teaching English as a Foreign Language (TEFL), or Teaching English as a Second Language (TESL). In the UK, … Continue reading → […]
- Custom Essays – Cheating or Study Aids?What is a custom essay? A custom essay is a paper written by a ‘ghostwriter’ – i.e. a professional writer who is paid to write books, articles, stories, reports, or other content but who does not receive any credit for … Continue reading → […]
- Easy to use citation formatting toolCite This For Me makes it easy to format your references and makes your bibliography look great. Post Footer automatically generated by Add Post Footer Plugin for wordpress. […]
- Warning: Freezer gone badYou were warned! Post Footer automatically generated by Add Post Footer Plugin for wordpress. […]
- How to introduce an English Textbook to your Students
Monthly Archives: October 2007
Using Blogs in Language Teaching
Do you have a teaching blog? If you do, let me know about it. I love blogging and think it will become one of the biggest forms of communication over the course of this century. I read an article in … Continue reading
Posted in blogs, Journals
2 Comments
Call for submissions: Issue 2 of Horizons Journal
The second issue of the astoundingly popular Horizons Journal will be published in the first week of December, so if you feel like contributing now’s the time to get writing. If you’re not sure what sort of things we’re looking … Continue reading
Posted in Journals, tefl, TESOL
2 Comments
To Improve English Teaching in Korea
There’s a thought provoking article by Rafael Sabio in a recent online edition of the Korean Times in which he details how he feels the English education system can be improved. Here are some of his comments: One way in … Continue reading
Posted in South East Asia, South Korea, tefl
Leave a comment
Change of Image
I’m messing around with the look of this blog to bring it more into line with the one on my website proper. Sorry if you got a bit of a shock. Post Footer automatically generated by Add Post Footer Plugin … Continue reading
To WordPress or not?
Thanks to everyone who reads the blog regularly, it means a lot to me. I’ve recently started playing around with WordPress and, although I like how easy it is to use Blogspot, I’m going to run the same blog on … Continue reading
Posted in blogs
Leave a comment
Error Correction with Madrid Teacher
Another great video from the maddridteacher.com website, this time focusing on error correction techniques. He gets through quite a list of alternatives here, and if you’re new to this game, some of what he says might not make too much … Continue reading
Posted in error correction, grammar, Video clips, vocabulary
Leave a comment
Infested Dogs and English Teachers Go out in the Midday Sun
David Townsend, a former speech writer and special adviser to the 1976-79 Labour government ventured out of his comfort zone to go volunteering in Cambodia for a recent article in the Education Guardian: It wasn’t when I discussed the risks … Continue reading
Posted in South East Asia
Leave a comment
ELT World on Facebook
I’ve finally caved in and started a David’s ELT World Facebook Group. I’ll be using it to inform you of changes to the blog website and when anything free to download becomes available. For those of you who want to … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Leave a comment
A Typical Day in Shanghai
I’ve never visited China, let alone considered teaching there, so, as ever, it’s great to see a video clip like this to get an idea of what it’s like: I’d love to hear from anyone in Shanghai who has anything … Continue reading
Posted in china, South East Asia, tefl, Video clips
Leave a comment
Take the Free Rice Test
It’s always nice to be able to do some good without it costing us or taking too much effort. One way we can do that is to visit the Free Rice site. The basic idea is that some rice is … Continue reading
Posted in Journals, vocabulary
1 Comment