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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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Category Archives: professional development
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
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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
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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TEFL Certification and Training Options for Teaching English Abroad
By Luke Fisher We’re once again joined by Luke Fisher, who delves into the world of teacher training courses in this latest addition to the guest authors series: The various types of TEFL Certification available make it important to research … Continue reading
Horizons 4 Extracts #5: Jack Snow’s way of Dealing with the Past
Here is the final offering in a series the extracts from the newly available issue four of the ever popular Horizons journal. In this extract, Joseph Bleazard gives us a fiction based on the notion of teaching English tenses: In … Continue reading
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Horizons 4 Extracts #3: Secrets of those who do the TEFL Hiring
Here is the third of the extracts from the newly available issue four of the people’s favourite - Horizons journal. In this extract, the thoughts of forum members on the subject of interviews is discussed: In March, Mishmumkin raised an … Continue reading
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Horizons 4 Extracts #2: Are you an Effective Teacher of Reading?
Here is the second of the extracts from the newly available issue four of the ever astounding Horizons journal. In this extract, Adam Simpson focuses on the teaching of reading: Reading occurs in our lives on a constant basis. Nevertheless, … Continue reading
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Horizons 4 Extracts #1: Dealing with job burnout
Over the next seven days, I’ll be featuring extracts from the newly available issue four of the ever astounding Horizons journal. In this extract, I look at the phenomenon of job burnout, and suggest ways we can avoid it: If … Continue reading
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HLT Mag – May / June issue
I know it’s been keeping you awake at night but it’s finally here, the May / June issue of HLT. I am aware many of you may already be thinking about your summer holidays and perhaps you want to put … Continue reading