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Ways to Overcome Challenges When Teaching Receptive Skills - TEFL Blog
Thu, 26 Dec 2019 Elizaveta Pachina
Teaching Ideas
Ways to Overcome Challenges When Teaching Receptive Skills
What opportunities do learners have to practice these core skills in the lesson? This question is often expressed by teachers when teaching a new language whereas learners do not need to produce language but receive it.
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As regards the reading skills and strategies, students may use the following:
As to the approaches to teaching reading, it should begin with general compression and move towards a greater concern with details. Begin with a focus on meaning before paying attention to the language used in the text.
Listening
The difficulties may be:
The strategies and ideas may be:
Here is a sequence of a listening lesson:
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Does Reading Impact Language Acquisition? - TEFL Blog
Tue, 23 Feb 2021 Elizaveta Pachina
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Does Reading Impact Language Acquisition?
One of the most challenging contradictions I had to face as a high school language and literature teacher in Germany was the principle that each child should have equal opportunity when, sadly, the inequality often starts long before high school, and that as a teacher, you should give every student the chance to achieve excellent performances when, in reality, the latter also depends on factors outside of the classroom. In conversations with parents, I often pointed out specific deficiencies in their child's essays as I was taught to. I made suggestions on how to improve them, hoping in vain that next time, the student would get a much better grade. I knew... [Read more]
How to Implement TEFL if You're a Non-native Teacher - TEFL Blog
Thu, 30 May 2019 Elizaveta Pachina
Alumni Experiences
How to Implement TEFL if You're a Non-native Teacher
As a non-native English speaker, I was very scared of teaching English or even thinking about teaching English at the beginning of my teaching career. But some months later I realized that I have a huge advantage compared to the native speakers: I still remember the difficulties of learning English and I know what might cause problems to my students.
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Advantages of Non-native Teachers
How I Design My Lessons
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The Importance of Properly Teaching Receptive Skills - TEFL Blog
Mon, 17 Jun 2019 Elizaveta Pachina
Teaching Ideas
The Importance of Properly Teaching Receptive Skills
Receptive skills, reading and listening, are important skills that all students should master when learning a new language. They are important because they surround the world and can be used for purpose and entertainment. In my own experience, I have seen the consequences of underdeveloped receptive skills and have helped to develop my students' receptive skills in the classroom. With this experience and the information I have learned in this course, I am hoping to continue to develop receptive skills in my students.
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Why do we need receptive skills?
How to teach receptive skills?
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Projecting Careers on the English Language - TEFL Blog
Tue, 12 Nov 2019 Elizaveta Pachina
Alumni Experiences
Projecting Careers on the English Language
It is a well-known fact that the English language has big importance nowadays. According to Ethnologue, publication about the languages in the world by SIL intl., the English have placed between the three most spoken languages with more than one thousand million speakers of whose, four hundred million are native speakers and more than six hundred million have English as second language, therefore represents a very important communication channel worldwide.
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The Importance of English
English and Career
Education
Sport
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It's Not Rocket Science: Teaching Slang and Figurative Speech in English Classrooms - TEFL Blog
Mon, 10 Jun 2019 Elizaveta Pachina
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It's Not Rocket Science: Teaching Slang and Figurative Speech in English Classrooms
Understanding the use of slang in a different language is a benchmark for fluency. Once a speaker is able to navigate society by listening and speaking slang, they are better able to assimilate among native speakers. But whether or not colloquial speech has a place in English classrooms is debated among teachers. While formal English takes precedence in many classes, teaching slang can be important depending on students' reasons for learning English and their experience with the language. Incorporating slang can also be a motivational tool for teaching disengaged students.
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Get to Know Your Students
Consider Their Level and Needs
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The History of the ESA Methodology - TEFL Blog
Tue, 04 Feb 2020 Elizaveta Pachina
Teaching Ideas
The History of the ESA Methodology
ESA is a learning methodology invented by Jeremy Harmer. April 30, 1947, He has taught English in Mexico and the UK and has trained teachers around the world. He is the series editor of the "How to teach" series, and the author of the highly acclaimed The Practice of English Language Teaching and How to teach English.
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The principles of the method
Typical Structure
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My TEFL Course Experience - TEFL Blog
Tue, 14 Apr 2020 Elizaveta Pachina
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My TEFL Course Experience
After I graduated from school, Ifromided to be a teacher. I had all the prerequisites for that profession since my childhood. I entered a university, and the department, which I chose, was Russian Language and Literature. It happened because it was affordable for me financially. Although this profession was good, I often wanted to try myself as a teacher of English too, just to not feel bored from teaching the same subject all the time. However, I did not dare to take that step, since I lacked good equipment for teaching English. This new skill quite differed from my main profession.
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The only perfect solution
The application process
My Impressions
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The Necessity of Teaching Vocabulary - TEFL Blog
Thu, 16 May 2019 Elizaveta Pachina
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The Necessity of Teaching Vocabulary
Learning a new language has always been a challenge given the strong motivation of some people to communicate with others and to make friends from different countries and cultures all over the world. The most important thing when learning a new language is both grammar and the vocabulary part, as we cannot have a conversation without the proper vocabulary in a certain field or situation.
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Considerations
Why is vocabulary development so important?
Ideas for vocabulary planning and teaching
Engage
Study
Activate
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The Importance of Teaching Pronouns Inclusively - TEFL Blog
Fri, 19 Apr 2019 Linda Dunsmore
Alumni Experiences
The Importance of Teaching Pronouns Inclusively
In a writing classroom, instruction in proper pronoun use is typically limited to a short lesson on pronoun agreement. The pronoun must agree with the antecedent in both gender and quantity. Apart from this, pronouns are not seen as worth much class time; they are assumed to be uncomplicated aspects of the writing process. Many teachers will overlook pronoun disagreement in student writing with the assumption that there are writing errors that are more urgent than instruction in the finer details of pronoun agreement (e.g. the "correct" pairing of the singular "everyone" with the singular "he/she" rather than the colloquial-singular "they"). Pronouns are assumed to be easy to ascribe... [Read more]
The ESA Method to Facilitate Student Learning Needs - TEFL Blog
Thu, 31 Oct 2019 Elizaveta Pachina
Alumni Experiences
The ESA Method to Facilitate Student Learning Needs
Every fresh teacher, once starting his or her career, has this question: how should I teach English? What is the best way to organize my classes to make sure students would not be bored and learn something? And how to keep them motivated and enjoy every lesson? I did have all these questions at the beginning of my teaching career, and by trials and errors, I found the approach this TEFL course is based on – ESA.
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My Language Learning Story
Teaching Practice
Lesson Steps
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How I Was Introduced to the World of Foreign Language Teaching - TEFL Blog
Wed, 19 Feb 2020 Elizaveta Pachina
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How I Was Introduced to the World of Foreign Language Teaching
My interest in ESL began without the intention of becoming an ESL instructor in the first place. It was mostly born out of curiosity and interest in relocating to a foreign country which at the time (2009) was China. At the time I had been deeply contemplating a career living abroad. The contemplation came more from a cultural motivation than from a financial or career-minded motivation. Throughout my childhood and beyond, my parents were both avid travelers. Both my Mother and Father had spent considerable periods traveling in Asia, East Asia and Central Asia in particular.
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Parental Supervision
Real Inspiration
Chinese Experience
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Problems for ESL Learners in China - TEFL Blog
Fri, 28 Feb 2020 Elizaveta Pachina
Alumni Experiences
Problems for ESL Learners in China
The English language has become so essential in china because the country wants to successfully promote internationalism and keep the lines of communication open for trade and business matters. As one of the global powers, it's in the country's best interest to keep afloat of shifting trends in international matters.
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Governmental decision
Spelling
Pronunciation
Singular / Plural Aspect
Gender
Articles
Lack of opportunities to practice
Word order
Individual differences
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What Challenges do Chinese Learners of English Face in their Studies? - TEFL Blog
Wed, 06 May 2020 Elizaveta Pachina
Alumni Experiences
What Challenges do Chinese Learners of English Face in their Studies?
Teaching English in China has become very popular for ESL teachers and many are looking for job opportunities in China. Finding a teaching job in China isn't too hard but working with Chinese students can be quite challenging.
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Grammar Challenge
Pronunciation Challenge
Environmental Challenge
Cultural Challenge
Generation Gap
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Grammar Challenge
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TEFL Other Latin America - ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ Teach Young Learners Efl In Colombia
Teach Young Learners EFL in Colombia
Date posted:2014-11-18 | Writer: NTSAS | Email: [email protected]
NTSAS is looking for TEFL qualified teachers who are available to start in January 2015. A clear voice with a neutral “North American” accent is important. An outgoing, energetic person is a must. Spanish is an asset, however not necessary. We are Canadian owned and operated, in our 13th year of operation in Colombia and registered with the Secretary of Education. We operate schools in the cities of Ibague and Pereira.
Ibague is 200 km. South-West of Bogotá with 600,000 inhabitants and has most modern amenities. The city is situated in a valley surrounded by tropical mountains and has a climate that is near perfect, normally reaching 28 daily and dropping to 18 at night.
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Engaging Language Acquisition: The Importance of Reading for Pleasure - TEFL Blog
Tue, 21 Jan 2020 Elizaveta Pachina
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Engaging Language Acquisition: The Importance of Reading for Pleasure
Fears of declining reading rates have long plagued the United States. In 2007, the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) released To Read or Not To Read: A Question of National Consequence, a report showing that reading rates for all demographic factors had declined. The report shed light on the potentially devastating effects that such a decline may have: this was not about mourning the loss of book sales, but about reading's impact on citizens' abilities to comprehend written material, improve their socioeconomic standing, and maintain a successful career.
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Research discovery
What is FVR
Other studies
Emotions
Possible risks
Voluntary reading
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Why is reading the perfect way to acquire a new language? - TEFL Blog
Wed, 15 Jul 2020 Elizaveta Pachina
Teaching Ideas
Why is reading the perfect way to acquire a new language?
When we are born, our first contact with our native tongue is one hundred percent oral. Our mother is the first one to speak to us in her native language and as we grow we are constantly exposed to words, expressions, and conversations that we take in and start to understand in our everyday life. Once we reach a proper school age everything starts to change because we are introduced to a new way of communication that goes beyond body language and oral expressions. We are introduced to written language. This rite of passage is as normal as it´is expected to be, but we must take into account something that in the last couple of decades has become part of this experience; the... [Read more]
Teaching English Idioms as an Important Part of Language Acquisition - TEFL Blog
Thu, 04 Jul 2019 Elizaveta Pachina
Teaching Ideas
Teaching English Idioms as an Important Part of Language Acquisition
It was my first experience teaching in Taiwan and I was in charge of teaching ESL to 7th-11th graders. I had never taught out of the United States and never considered the possibility that my students wouldn't understand, what I thought, was simple English. I asked my junior high students to "put on their thinking caps," to "line up single file," "to quit fooling around" and that English was as "easy as ABC." I told my senior high students to "give me a show of hands" and told them if they "studied hard" and "hit the books," they would "pass with flying colors." I told my college students I would give them an "A for effort" if they "quit goofing off" and "skipping... [Read more]
Overview of Howard Gardner’s Theory of Multiple Intelligences - TEFL Blog
Mon, 06 Apr 2020 Elizaveta Pachina
Alumni Experiences
Overview of Howard Gardner’s Theory of Multiple Intelligences
The theory of Multiple Intelligences was developed by Howard Gardner. The theory postulates that there are many different types of intelligence, which involve different skills and ways of thinking. Gardner (1989) relied on that intelligence was divided into the following categories: linguistic, logical-mathematical, spatial, bodily-kinesthetic, musical, interpersonal and intrapersonal.
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Linguistic Intelligence
Visual/ spatial intelligence
Bodily-kinesthetic intelligence
Logical-mathematical intelligence
Musical intelligence
Interpersonal intelligence
Intrapersonal intelligence
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Classroom Management - What is it and how do I implement it? - TEFL Blog
Mon, 08 Apr 2019 Linda Dunsmore
Alumni Experiences
Classroom Management - What is it and how do I implement it?
Many texts on this subject begin primarily by defining the term 'classroom management'. I equally think it is not out of place to begin a discussion on classroom management from the same perspective. Classroom management refers to the variety of skills employed by which teachers and schools to curtail disruptive behavior of learners so as to create a congenial environment for teaching and learning. It is the case from the definition that the classroom setting may not always be as well-ordered and peaceful for teaching and learning as it should be and may require certain organizational skills and the ability to create of a friendly and disciplined atmosphere in order for... [Read more]
What Should One Think About When Creating Teaching Material? - TEFL Blog
Tue, 07 May 2019 Elizaveta Pachina
Alumni Experiences
What Should One Think About When Creating Teaching Material?
All people are susceptible to boredom and confusion. Either of these or their combination can lead to frustration. Once frustrated, a learner will find it exponentially more difficult to grasp or retain new information. The student's mind will be elsewhere, unmotivated and uninterested. Therefore, an instructor should make it a priority that each and every student can not only understand the created material but be interested in it as well.
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Materials for learners with different interests
Teaching materials for younger learners
Teaching materials depending on the topic
Where to find useful materials?
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The Cultural Problem for Learners in an EFL Classroom in Morocco - TEFL Blog
Thu, 18 Jun 2020 Elizaveta Pachina
Alumni Experiences
The Cultural Problem for Learners in an EFL Classroom in Morocco
The Moroccan ministry of education based its formation of the curricula on the view that sees culture and language as interwoven parts that cannot be separated from each other. This view is supported by Brown (1994:165) 'A language is a part of a culture and a culture is a part of a language; the two are intricately interwoven so that one cannot separate the two without losing the significance of either language or culture.
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Why to Teach Cultural Aspects?
Challenges at School
Goals for Language Learning
Adjusting to the Foreign Culture
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Receptive Skills as a Bridge to Deeper Language Understanding - TEFL Blog
Wed, 30 Oct 2019 Elizaveta Pachina
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Receptive Skills as a Bridge to Deeper Language Understanding
When we talk about teaching language, we always think about speaking, listening, writing and reading; but now, let's just focus on reading and listening, in other words, the receptive skills.
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Why do we read or listen?
Important Abilities Training
How to bypass such problems?
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Why do we read or listen?
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How To Build Your Teaching Career As A Non Native English Teacher - ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ ITTT
How to Build Your Teaching Career as a Non-Native English Teacher
Hello everybody, my name is Liza and I am super glad to welcome you to my weekly live session. Please let me know that you can see me clearly and hear me clearly. Today's live session is going to be devoted to a really popular question in my direct messages. I've received several requests to talk about teaching career advice and I hope everybody will find something interesting in this live stream.
We've got the chat box here and you basically can comment with whatever you want. As I have already mentioned my name is Liza and I am a TEFL expert and a former ESL teacher. I’ve been teaching online since 2020 because of the quarantine and because I just want to work remotely. I'm also a non-native English speaker and... [Read more]
How to Build Your Teaching Career as a Non-Native English Teacher - TEFL Blog
Tue, 23 Mar 2021 Federico Riva
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How to Build Your Teaching Career as a Non-Native English Teacher
Hello everybody, my name is Liza and I am super glad to welcome you to my weekly live session. Please let me know that you can see me clearly and hear me clearly. Today's live session is going to be devoted to a really popular question in my direct messages. I've received several requests to talk about teaching career advice and I hope everybody will find something interesting in this live stream.
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Watch the live session here
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Ask A Non Native TEFL Teacher: Career, Motivation, Self Development - ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ ITTT
Ask a Non-Native TEFL teacher: Career, Motivation, Self-Development
Hey guys, it's Liza here and I'm super happy to welcome you to our weekly ITTT live session. Today we are going to talk about some usual teaching stuff and if you are interested in anything related to TEFL teaching or career building, this is for you. Feel free to comment and I'll try to help you out with my thoughts and ideas, and maybe you'll find my suggestions useful. I have to fix my camera just slightly, I feel like it's moving down somehow. I hope that you can hear me clearly and see me clearly, please let me know where you guys are from. Also, let me know what stage of your career development you are at.
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Ask a Non-Native TEFL Teacher: Career, Motivation, Self-Development - ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ ITTT
Ask a Non-Native TEFL Teacher: Career, Motivation, Self-Development
04/20/2021
hey guys it's liza here and i'm super happy to welcome you to
our weekly itttt live session uh today we are going to talk um about
some usual teaching stuff and if you are interested in anything related to tefl teaching
or um probably career building so feel free to uh comment
and i'll try to help you out and reach you back with uh my thoughts and
ideas um and maybe you'll find um my suggestions useful okay uh
i have to fix my camera just slightly i feel like it's moving moving down
somehow so um i hope that you can hear me clearly and
you can see me clearly and if you see this video if you see
this live please let me know where are you guys from so what's something is wrong with my camera
uh for some reason i... [Read more]
Ask a Non-Native TEFL teacher: Career, Motivation, Self-Development - TEFL Blog
Mon, 17 May 2021 Federico Riva
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Ask a Non-Native TEFL teacher: Career, Motivation, Self-Development
Hey guys, it's Liza here and I'm super happy to welcome you to our weekly ITTT live session. Today we are going to talk about some usual teaching stuff and if you are interested in anything related to TEFL teaching or career building, this is for you. Feel free to comment and I'll try to help you out with my thoughts and ideas, and maybe you'll find my suggestions useful. I have to fix my camera just slightly, I feel like it's moving down somehow. I hope that you can hear me clearly and see me clearly, please let me know where you guys are from. Also, let me know what stage of your career development you are at.
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Native English Teacher vs. Non-Native English Teacher - ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ ITTT
Native English Teacher vs. Non-Native English Teacher
12/06/2020
hello hi welcome here my name is linda
nice to see you if you're watching and my name is lisa yeah cool um so yeah if you're tuning in
again thanks so much we are actually doing white weekly lives so if you are uh watching again
thanks so much for watching again and if you are tuning in for the first time also thanks so much
um yeah if you can see us and if you can hear us please um quickly
leave a comment that'd be really great so that we know that everything is working well because sometimes you know there's
problems so you never know so please leave like a hello oh there's a hello great hello hello awesome
so looks like it's working great so yeah my name is linda i'm a tefl and
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ESA Methodology of Teaching - Why Every Teacher Should Use It - ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ ITTT
ESA Methodology of Teaching - Why Every Teacher Should Use It
08/26/2021
hello oh my gosh hello welcome hi linda here from itt
back with another live session this week hi guys how are you doing
um first of all if you can see me if you can hear me just drop a quick hi into um
the comment box we are actually live on facebook and we're also live on youtube at the same time
so if you can see me if you can hear me please just let me know and also let me know where you're watching from where
are you at right now i am in south korea it is 10 a.m friday
morning i'm super excited to be here again so um yeah sometimes there are some
technical difficulties i had some issues i think last week so um there was no sound for some reason for for a few
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