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ELT World » ELT Times Your local friendly TEFL blog Fri, 04 Jun 2010 05:32:55 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 en hourly 1 TEFL Blog roundup /2010/03/tefl-blog-roundup/ /2010/03/tefl-blog-roundup/#comments Fri, 26 Mar 2010 11:35:48 +0000 david /?p=1047 Here are a few of the things I’ve been reading over the last few weeks. Enjoy…

ESL & Happiness – The English Corner: for English teachers in China

How are TEFL courses structured? – The TEFL Times: The only online TEFL newspaper

How to present at a conference – One year in the life of an English teacher

Why Grammar is Overrated – Turkish TEFL: Down into the rabbit hole of ELT in Turkey

Dealing with culture shock – TUP

Eight Quick Tips – Talk to the Clouds: Teaching, speaking, reading, pondering English

Dictionaries: Analog vs. Digital – Neil Barker’s ESL & Language Learning Blog

Truthtelling and the global EFL teacher – Kalinago English

The Benefits of Exams for Young Learners – TEFLTastic

If you’ve written something good recently, let me know and I’ll include it in my next roundup.

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]]> /2010/03/tefl-blog-roundup/feed/ 1 It's partly Greek to me /2008/11/its-partly-greek-to-me/ /2008/11/its-partly-greek-to-me/#comments Wed, 19 Nov 2008 09:37:20 +0000 david /blog/?p=65 Celia Webb has followed up her article ‘Improving Vocabulary through Latin Prefixes‘ over at the ELT Times with ‘It was Greek to Me: Improving Your English by Knowing Greek Roots‘.

‘Greek provides many important prefixes, suffixes, and roots used in the English language‘ regales Celia in her article at the World’s first online TEFL Newspaper. ‘To understand the full meaning of a word, it is essential to know the original meaning of the roots used to form the word. Not only will your comprehension of the word be more complete and accurate, you will understand many more words since roots and other word parts (i.e. affixes, prefixes, suffixes) occur in many English words.’

For more fascinating insight into the world of Greek word roots, click here.

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]]> /2008/11/its-partly-greek-to-me/feed/ 1 Improving Vocabulary through Latin Prefixes /2008/11/improving-vocabulary-through-latin-prefixes/ /2008/11/improving-vocabulary-through-latin-prefixes/#comments Sun, 09 Nov 2008 13:09:54 +0000 david /blog/?p=60 ‘English contains many words adopted from other languages‘, notes Celia Webb, somewhat emphatically, over at the ELT Times: the World’s first online TEFL Newspaper. ‘In fact‘, she proclaims, ‘experts estimate 80% of English words originated elsewhere. The biggest influence on English vocabulary is Latin. An examination of the 20,000 most used words reveals 5,000 words contain prefixes and over 80% of these use one of only fourteen of the many different prefixes available. By learning these important prefixes, you can improve your mastery of the English language.’

It’s as simple as that folks, it really is. Read on…

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]]> /2008/11/improving-vocabulary-through-latin-prefixes/feed/ 0 Making the Move /2008/11/making-the-move/ /2008/11/making-the-move/#comments Sat, 01 Nov 2008 08:20:00 +0000 david /2008/11/making-the-move/ Dear all, I’m making the move gradually away from blogger and onto the eltworld.net website proper, hence the slowing down in posts. I’ll keep you informed as to the progress with the whole range of blogs that will soon be up and running, including the all new David’s ELT World blog, the ELT Times Newspaper, the ELT World News center, ELT World Lesson Plans and many, many more. Thanks for dropping by and please check out the new blogs.

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]]> /2008/11/making-the-move/feed/ 1 Advice for a New ESL Teacher? /2008/09/advice-for-a-new-esl-teacher-3/ /2008/09/advice-for-a-new-esl-teacher-3/#comments Fri, 26 Sep 2008 12:11:00 +0000 david /2008/09/advice-for-a-new-esl-teacher-3/ ‘When you first arrive in your assigned country, the first few minutes can be shocking. The air smells different, the people surging around you are likely different, the looks of buildings and storefronts and wares for sale may all be different‘ notes Douglas Anderson in his article ‘Advice for a New ESL Teacher‘ over on the ELT Times online TEFL newspaper. R ead on…

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]]> /2008/09/advice-for-a-new-esl-teacher-3/feed/ 0 Latest Headlines from the ELT Times /2008/09/latest-headlines-from-the-elt-times/ /2008/09/latest-headlines-from-the-elt-times/#comments Tue, 02 Sep 2008 08:35:00 +0000 david /2008/09/latest-headlines-from-the-elt-times/ Head over to the ELT Times and read what’s happening in the world of ELT. Among recent articles, you can find a guide to the advantages of a TESOL Course by Manuel Kupka, Memoirs of a Teacher by Paul Selibio, Blindfold Activities in the TEFL classroom by William Sullivan and Teaching English in Japan by John Paxton.

The Times is looking for new columnists, so head over and start writing for the internet’s only ELT newspaper.

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