ELT World » california Your local friendly TEFL blog Fri, 04 Jun 2010 05:32:55 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 en hourly 1 California Seeks New Ways to Teach English /2008/05/california-seeks-new-ways-to-teach-english-2/ /2008/05/california-seeks-new-ways-to-teach-english-2/#comments Thu, 08 May 2008 08:35:00 +0000 david /2008/05/california-seeks-new-ways-to-teach-english-2/ Check out my latest roundup of American TEFL headlines over at the ELT World news blog. Here are the headlines:

Minnesota: Second Thoughts on ESL Programs

Connecticut School ‘Outsources’ ESL

California: Valley Educators Seek New Ways to Teach English

Kansas: English Language Learners Programs Grow Quickly in Metro Area

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]]> /2008/05/california-seeks-new-ways-to-teach-english-2/feed/ 0 ESL in California /2007/11/esl-in-california/ /2007/11/esl-in-california/#comments Tue, 13 Nov 2007 11:51:00 +0000 david /2007/11/esl-in-california/ I honestly can’t imagine what it would be like teaching English in the United States, let alone California. All I can tell you is that I imagine it to be a world away from the experiences that I have on a daily basis, here in Turkey. As regular readers to the blog know, I’m lways looking to learn about the lives of other teachers around the world. One of the best resources I’ve found for this is the One Stop English Magazine, which has a great collection of articles by teachers relaying their many experiences. In the article I’ve featured below, Maytal Erez discusses teaching in California:

I taught ESL in California, USA for about one year. After I posted a few flyers in the Mexican supermarkets a lot of South and Central Americans called me. After a few lessons, I realized that the main thing I needed to teach was not English, but rather self confidence and basic studying skills. I had a 50-year-old student, who had been sent to work on a farm since the age of 5, and had been working ever since.

He had never studied, and felt very insecure about his ability to learn. His wife told me, that he was worried I would not want to teach him because of his bad memory! I constantly encouraged him, and told him he was doing very well. My top priority was to be very patient. I kept reminding myself that what I had planned to teach, was for HIM and not for me. It would take a few weeks to complete one lesson.

Read the full artcle at One Stop English Magazine. Also, learn more about teaching in North America at the forum and at the North America blog.

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