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- ELT World TEFL Website of the month: ELT ChatELT Chat With the current big bang-scale increase of the twittersphere, a new type of chat has surfaced for English language professionals. The wonderful #ELTChat is currently being moderated by Twitter TEFL heavyweights @ShellTerrell, @Marisa_C, @englishraven, and @olafelch (although the … Continue reading → […]
- United States: Subject Matters – Reading, Writing… and Readying for TestsIt’s the best of times and the worst of times, exclaims the unusually Dickensian CNN, for English teachers as they find themselves more accountable than ever for the academic success of their students, while balancing new technologies that change time-honored … Continue reading → […]
- United States: Feds Make ELLs a Priority for Tests Based on Common-Core StandardsThe federal government, notes Education Week, is intending to provide grants for the development of English-language-proficiency assessments that are aligned with the national common-core standards. The proposed grant competition would push the country toward more uniformity for the definition of … Continue reading → […]
- Vietnam: Pilot English Teaching Project is Hit by Staff Shortage and Poor SkillsFactors including a serious lack of facilities, as well as a shortage of qualified teachers have adversely affected the Ministry of Education and Training’s pilot English language teaching programme for primary school children, notes VietnamNet. Read more on this… Post … Continue reading → […]
- Would you have done this for a job?Simple question: would you have done what this person did to try and get a job in the Gulf? She flew me to Qatar on a 1-way ticket (despite my several written requests for a return ticket since it seemed … Continue reading → […]
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Become a ‘Roving Reporter’ at IATEFL Brighton
Enter the competition to become a Roving Reporter at the IATEFL Annual International Conference, Brighton 15 – 19 April 2011 The British Council and IATEFL will send four Roving Reporters to the IATEFL Conference in Brighton, UK in April 2011. … Continue reading
Posted in IATEFL, organisations
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Dogme Style?
One topic that’s causing some heated debate over on the teacher training forum is the methodology of Dogme. This has been a topic that’s divided people since it was first mentioned by Scott Thornbury in the 1990s. Many, myself included, … Continue reading
Posted in Dogme, Forums, teacher training courses
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How not to cheat
If you’re going to cheat, try a bit bloody harder to hide it… Courtesy of ‘Power to the learner‘ Post Footer automatically generated by Add Post Footer Plugin for wordpress.
English-Zulu dictionary helps break down language barriers in South Africa
English speakers visiting South Africa could soon find this easier after the publication of an English-Zulu dictionary – believed to be the first of its kind for more than 40 years. Oxford University Press Southern Africa, notes the Guardian, also … Continue reading
Posted in Africa, News, Teaching resources, south africa
Tagged bilingual dictionaries
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A few quick tips for giving TEFL conference presentations
The mighty mmcmorrow has just offered these valuable tidbits of advice over on the general discussion forum. I’ve given a few conference presentations – some have gone down well, others have been a bit flat or manic. The first time … Continue reading
Why the CELTA is the wrong course for many who take it
The ever wonderful Martin McMorrow has just shared the following statistics concerning the demographic profile of Celta candidates on the ELT World forum: 26% of candidates were over 40, 10% of these were over 50 and 2.5% over 60 68% … Continue reading
Posted in 4-week courses, Lead articles, Teacher training, professional development
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How to survive the world of TEFL #2: Always look busy
I’m a dosser. I’m lazy. I procrastinate. Just ask Alex Case, who has been waiting for me to answer his interview questions for at least 6 months now. If I can get away with not doing something, I will. The … Continue reading
Teh impotence of proofreading
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How to survive the world of TEFL #1: Never volunteer for anything
One of the great fallacies of the twentieth century was that it was somehow wrong to be a pessimist. The idea that one is in the wrong if you view the proverbial glass as being half empty rather than half … Continue reading
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Tagged How to survive the world of TEFL
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