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: September 2010
Why we have problems with ‘foreign’ accents
So, you don’t like the sound of that shifty foreign student, eh? Don’t worry, it’s not your fault, it’s your stupid brain playing tricks on you. Of the many indignities international students endure, notes the Scientific American, accent discrimination may … Continue reading
Angolan army general stresses the importance of English
The vice chief of Staff of the Angolan Armed Forces (FAA), General Abreu Muengo “Kamorteiro” called for the need of teaching of English language within the staff members of the Angolan army. The training programme, noted the Angola Press, was … Continue reading
A good way of teaching relative clauses
Here’s a good way of teaching relative clauses with an emphasis on speaking: Click here for the detailed lesson plan from Thomas Lavelle, courtesy of Ask Thomas. Post Footer automatically generated by Add Post Footer Plugin for wordpress.
English language education in Korea: Is it a fad or the future?
About one-third the size of Japan, South Korea now outspends its Asian rival by a margin of three to one in English language education, according to unofficial industry estimates. Due to its largely underground nature, notes Yonhap News, estimates as … Continue reading
A quick conversation warmer…
What are these two talking about? Courtesy of NikPeachey on Twitter. Post Footer automatically generated by Add Post Footer Plugin for wordpress.
8 great ideas for class blog posts
If this post were a tin then the contents of it would be exactly what you’d find written on said tin. Did that make sense? 1. Share a photograph of your classroom Explain about the different parts of it and … Continue reading
A dummies guide to chunking
In recent decades, notes the New York Times, the study of language acquisition and instruction has increasingly focused on ‘chunking’: how children learn language not so much on a word-by-word basis but in larger “lexical chunks” or meaningful strings of … Continue reading
Are you ready for this?
Our students use the bloody things, but are you ready top incorporate them in your teaching? Kno Movie from Kno, Inc. on Vimeo. Post Footer automatically generated by Add Post Footer Plugin for wordpress.
Great list of free online journals
Blatantly borrowed from Clarissa at Talk to the Clouds blog: There are many free journals that serve as sources of high-quality “do-it-yourself” professional development. These journals are online-only, for the most part (no international postage! no dead trees!), but many … Continue reading
Violence is endangering Thai schools
Human Rights Watch (HRW), the New York-based rights group, has warned that unrest in Thailand’s southern provinces was severely endangering the education system. Schools in southern Thailand have previously been targeted by separatist fighters, who view the system as a … Continue reading
