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- 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: Video clips
I can't compete with this
Happy new year to all of you, wherever you find yourself mired in the life of the professional TEFLer. Now, I’ve never resorted to getting my kit off in order to teach a particular language point and I’m sure my … Continue reading
Is Watching Dvds A Good Way To Learn A New Language?
In this article, Ken O’Brien offers his opinion on the use of DVDs in language learning. Yes and no. One of the positives of course is that you can get to hear the language spoken very naturally. You can hear … Continue reading
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Classic Chinglish Cockups
Chinglish is widely recognised as being the hybrid of Chinese and English, often creating mesmerising results. I’ve been lucky enough to have been in email correspondence with Jimmy Ng, who I’m pleased to say is a regular reader of the … Continue reading
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What materials do you need to teach?
As ever, a video clip is worth a thousand words… Here is another informative clip from madridteacher.com Post Footer automatically generated by Add Post Footer Plugin for wordpress.
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China in words and images
After my recent post praising Raoul’s China Saloon, I’ve decided to give a short retrospective on China. Apart from the ever impressive forum, many of my posts on China have been video clips, one of my favourite ways of getting … Continue reading
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Error Correction with Madrid Teacher
Another great video from the maddridteacher.com website, this time focusing on error correction techniques. He gets through quite a list of alternatives here, and if you’re new to this game, some of what he says might not make too much … Continue reading
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A Typical Day in Shanghai
I’ve never visited China, let alone considered teaching there, so, as ever, it’s great to see a video clip like this to get an idea of what it’s like: I’d love to hear from anyone in Shanghai who has anything … Continue reading
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Word Riddle!
Here’s an interesting word riddle video clip you can use with your students. See how quickly you can solve it by taking away one letter but still keeping an real word. Post Footer automatically generated by Add Post Footer Plugin … Continue reading
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