We’re in a fairly unique position as English teachers in that in many cases we take jobs in different parts of the world without knowing a great deal about our prospective employers. Too often, sadly, this can end in disaster. TEFL Daddy’s website has a great deal of useful advice for those of us starting [...]
Living in foreign countries for extended periods of time, we’re bound to come up against aspects of other cultures which go beyond merely irritating us. For example, I’m constantly baffled as to how no one out of the estimated 15 million people living in Istanbul ever shows the slightest inclination towards driving properly. Alex Case [...]
The first of my free downlaodable classroom resources is now available: The Vocab Stress Game is a great kinesthetic activity you can use to practice the correct placement of stress on multi-syllable words.
More on vocab at David’s Vocabulary Resources.
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South America remains an enigma to me, a place I’d long to visit, even more so after reading this. In a fabulous account of teaching in the continent, Jacqueline McEwan shares the secret of undiscovered Bolivia, but, she says, don’t forget your oxygen mask:
If I’m unlucky my day starts with the electronic beep-beep I loathe. [...]
I had the privilege of taking a long six-week vacation in Vietnam in the mid-nineties, and got to explore almost all of this beautiful and fascinating country. This was many years before I got involved with English teaching, although very few foreigners were their at that time for anything other than sightseeing and ‘backpacking’. The [...]
The joint BBC / British Council website, Teaching English has made available a free pdf downloadable book entitled the ‘Intercultural Resources Pack for Latin America’
From the website:
This Resource Pack provides practical activities for teachers to be used in the classroom primarily in Latin America, although these can be adapted to suit other [...]
I’m very pleased to announce that I’ll be showcasing the work of one of the stars of our profession, by delivering you regular extracts from TEFLTastic with Alex Case.In this extract from the Advice for teachers section of his website, Alex comments on the ever dangerous subject of nationalism, and the pitfalls of it rearing its ugly head in the [...]
In Israeli higher education, there’s one general trend that is clear: increasing numbers of Israeli students are going on to some form of higher education. Israel has been creating a system of regional colleges to cope with the growing demand for higher education. There were 22 such colleges in 1999. Many students also attend foreign [...]
In my guide to English Teaching section of the blog, I’ll be looking at everything you want to know about teaching languages: Classroom management, English for specific purposes, Grammar and vocabulary, Professional development, Teaching approaches, Teaching materials, Teaching skills and Teaching technologies. First up is an article on the use of the mother tongue in [...]
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