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 → […]
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Monthly Archives: February 2010
Ireland and Saudi Arabia: Saudi language school plan sparks ‘ghetto’ row
Rock that shit homies. A plan to house 750 Saudi students on a live-in English language school outside Dublin has raised concerns in government departments, notes the Irish Independent. Government sources have expressed concern that it conflicts with integration policy … Continue reading
Posted in Europe, ireland, Middle east, News, saudi arabia
Tagged Saudi language school plans
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Maintaining discipline with 10/11 year olds
Here is a lovely post from the forum that I want to share with you all, courtesy of sollettspain: I have a class of 10/11 year olds at elementary level. I teach them twice a week for an hour at … Continue reading
The big Australasia TEFL news roundup
Here are some recent TEFL headlines from around the region. South Korea: Language education ‘starts in the womb’ Bilingual education starts from womb, a research team led by Krista Byers-Heinlein and Janet Werker from the University of British Columbia claims … Continue reading
Posted in Australasia, australia, India, nepal, News, South Korea, Uncategorized, vietnam
Tagged British Council ‘Project English’ in India and Sri Lanka, English education in Korea, the British Council has finally officially launched act, Vietnamese Ministry of Education and Training (MOET)
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The best place to live in the World?
You might be surprised. Click here to read the thread on the ELT World forums. Note that there is probably a difference between ‘live’ and ‘scrape by on a TEFL wage’. Post Footer automatically generated by Add Post Footer Plugin … Continue reading
Time to get out… Part two: Alternative careers
To reiterate what I was saying in part one, teaching is wonderful job and I can’t imagine ever wanting to do something else. As I noted, teaching can be a rewarding and invigorating career, but it can also be arduous, … Continue reading
Time to get out… Part one: Thinking of leaving TEFL?
Let’s face it, teaching is bloody great and I can’t imagine ever wanting to leave this profession to do something else. Yep, the post title was an attention grabber; I’m not planning on leaving TEFL any time soon. Nevertheless, not … Continue reading
South Korea: Animosity against English teachers in Seoul
Picture this scene, if you will: ‘It all started with a Halloween party at a bar in 2004. Most everyone was wearing a risque costume; the women were showing a lot of skin. Many foreign English teachers attended. When the … Continue reading
Posted in Asia, News, s korea
Tagged English language teaching positions in korea, racism, teaching english in south korea
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Colombia: Teaching English to the Colombian Police
Two Professors faced the task of teaching English to members of the national police force when they went to Colombia last summer. Their task was to teach English to about 100 members of the national police force for six weeks. … Continue reading
Malaysia: The English language is ‘not’ being neglected
The Malaysian Government’s decision not to continue teaching Science and Mathematics in English does not mean the language is being neglected, at least that’s what the Education Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin claims. A number of new initiatives are being … Continue reading
Why graded readers are crap
Alex Case has just written about graded readers and how to effectively review them, and it brought up something that has been a pet hate of mine for many years. I replied in some detail to his post, but I’ll … Continue reading
