Monthly Archive: December 2008

Dec
30

Horizons: Your Free Online TEFL Journal

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 …

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Dec
30

New York: Reliable LaGuardia Airport Transportation

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 and presenting at international conferences. …

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Dec
29

Guessing vocab from context…

…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 it is if it’s …

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Dec
23

A Race Against the Clock

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 new language; they must …

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Dec
14

Teachers of ‘Other English(es)’?

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. Or everyone… Including Koreans. The …

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Dec
08

Can Obama’s New Requirements Keep Pace with English Language Learner Student Needs?

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. In his comprehensive plan to …

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