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5 Reasons Why Grammar Is Vital in Language Learning - TEFL Blog
Thu, 26 Oct 2023 Federico Riva
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5 Reasons Why Grammar Is Vital in Language Learning
Language is the key to communication, and grammar is the foundation that unlocks its potential. Often viewed as a daunting challenge, mastering grammar is an essential step in language acquisition. Beyond the complexities lie five compelling reasons why grammar should be at the core of every language learner's journey.
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1. Building Strong Foundations
2. Bridging the Gap for New Concepts
3. Achieving Native-Like Fluency
4. Uncovering Language Nuances
5. Realizing the Role of Grammar in Language Proficiency
Conclusion
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Obtaining a TEFL certification marks the onset of your journey as an EFL teacher. Truth be told, it’s merely the tip of the iceberg!
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How to Teach English Abroad as a Volunteer | ITTT | TEFL Blog
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Volunteer English teaching is a very popular option with many people. It can take many forms and can be undertaken in a huge range of countries worldwide. Here we look at a few issues that might help you find the best places to teach English as a volunteer.
TEFL vs. TESOL: Understanding Your ESL Certification Options | ITTT | TEFL Blog
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TEFL Greece - page 1 - ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ TEFL Jobs in Greece
TEFL Jobs in Greece
With such an illustrious history for all things scholarly, it is easy to understand the Greek thirst for knowledge. In terms of English language learning, the Greeks surpass almost any other country in Europe. TEFL jobs in Greece are plentiful and accessible for qualified TEFL teachers. It seems almost compulsory for all Greeks to partake in English language study; such is the size of the TEFL job market in Greece. Consult Teaching English in Greece for an insight into teaching here and advice for finding TEFL jobs. View the jobs below to gain insight into TEFL job offers. Always consult well-appointed TEFL job web sites for up to date postings, be pro active and collect school contact details to offer your services.
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How Important is Cultural Sensitivity in the Classroom? - TEFL Blog
Tue, 21 Apr 2020 Elizaveta Pachina
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How Important is Cultural Sensitivity in the Classroom?
Teaching English as a second language is a very rewarding experience. It is very rewarding as a teacher to help and watch your students succeed in their lives. The teacher does have to be understanding of several things while teaching in the classroom. One of these things is cultural sensitivity.
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Cultural Diversity
Starting Your ESL Work
Etiquette
Teacher's Personal Sensitivity
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The Natural Way of Learning - TEFL Blog
Tue, 23 Jul 2019 Elizaveta Pachina
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The Natural Way of Learning
One of the most basic aspects of life is learning, we start learning the moment we are born, the first thing we learn is how to breathe and after that, the learning process just keeps going on. On most families kids grow up listening to just one language and that language becomes what we call as mother tongue or native language, this language is the one that the kid will always hold on into and have it as his/her primary language, so we as English teachers in foreign countries have to be aware of this, because this native language is going to have a huge impact on the learning process of the students, for example if you are teaching in a class that the student's native language has a different grammar... [Read more]
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How to Learn Teaching Skills: Algorithm for Self-Practice
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How to Help Chinese Native Speakers to Follow English Grammar Rules in Speaking
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TEFL Greece - ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ Esl Teacher Needed For Refugee Youth Program
ESL Teacher needed for refugee youth program
Date posted:2024-03-19 | Writer: Second Tree | Email: [email protected]
We are looking for volunteer teachers for a minimum commitment of 10 weeks, to deliver English classes to refugees and asylum seekers in the Epirus region of Northern Greece. The ideal candidate would have experience teaching English as a foreign/second language and would possess a strong understanding of or passion for the context we work in. Experience in delivering educational activities in this context is a strong advantage.
Your role would include:Planning and delivering lessons for classes that can range from A0 (illiteracy) to B2, taking into account individual differences in level within each classPreparing class materials and assessmentsEmpowering students... [Read more]
What Should be Considered When Teaching English as a Global Language? - TEFL Blog
Mon, 08 Jun 2020 Elizaveta Pachina
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What Should be Considered When Teaching English as a Global Language?
We are moving closer to becoming a Global Village in this more inclusive and competitive world, the need to be able to communicate effectively becomes a real necessity. Communicating effectively is no longer a nice to have skill but it is now becoming essential. Due to historical facts and the current geopolitical situation English has become the language of choice to progress, it is particularly and increasingly used in business, tourism, and social media environments.
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The history of English expansion
Variants of English
English as a Second Language
Problems
Teacher's Role
When to Start Learning English?
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TEFL Greece - ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ Volunteer To Teach English In Greece ann. 2
Volunteer to Teach English in Greece
Date posted:2018-09-20 | Writer: Second Tree | Email: [email protected]
Do you want to use your TEFL skills to help refugees and asylum seekers develop their language ability? Second Tree is a Greek non-profit and non-governmental organization based in Ioannina, Epirus, founded in January 2017 by a group of volunteers that had worked together in the Katsikas refugee camp. Since our inception we have worked with and supported refugee communities across the Epirus region, and we continue to grow in our four key areas.
Integration – through workshops and activities that develop connections with the local community and economy; fostering an avenue for cohesion and unity.
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Differences in Teaching Monolingual and Multilingual EFL Groups - TEFL Blog
Tue, 18 Dec 2018 Laura Payne
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Differences in Teaching Monolingual and Multilingual EFL Groups
I am currently working as an Assistant Language Teacher in Japan. Before I began this job I assumed that because Japan has a largely homogeneous population, all of my classes would be monolingual. However, I was wrong in this assumption. In addition to my Japanese students, I have many students who are Brazilian or Filipino. These students largely do not use Japanese as their mother tongue and have to learn both English and Japanese as a second language. This diverse student population, in addition to my work experiences and studies, has taught me a lot about working with both monolingual and multilingual classes.
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Liza is a translator, freelancer and ESL teacher from Russia. She had been teaching in a Chinese bilingual school for more than two years and recently moved to Thiland to run her blog about teaching and freelance job.
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An Overview of the Conditionals in the English Sentence - ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ ITTT
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An Overview of the Conditionals in the English Sentence
Conditionals are sentences which are also known as ‘if clauses.’ These types of sentences are an important concept for anyone learning the language to understand. Let's take a look at the different conditionals in the infographic below.
Conditionals are sentences with two clauses, an “if” clause and a main clause. Generally, conditional sentences are often divided into different types. Let's take a look at each of them.
Zero Conditional
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A Lifetime Love for Language Learning - TEFL Blog
Mon, 25 Nov 2019 Elizaveta Pachina
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A Lifetime Love for Language Learning
As a young child, I was, for some reason, obsessed with the idea of learning French. I tried a couple of languages, including Finnish at some point, but kept going back to French. I have no idea why because I was never exposed to the culture or the language itself at that age. I doubt I even knew anything about the country itself. I think I assumed learning French would make me sound smarter but, the joke's on younger me, I have no skill in French and never have. I tend to struggle with romance languages in general.
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My Personal Second Language Experience
My Choice
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Personal Experience in Teaching Multilingual Classes in the US - TEFL Blog
Thu, 06 Jun 2019 Elizaveta Pachina
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Personal Experience in Teaching Multilingual Classes in the US
Having previously been a small business owner, I began teaching an English conversation class as a volunteer at my local library just over two years ago to fulfill a community service requirement for my degree program. The experience of teaching English as a second language has been so personally rewarding that I am now pursuing it as a career change.
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Teaching Multilingual Classes
Anticipated Problems
Beginning of My Teaching Career
Students Feedback
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How to Teach English Abroad as a Volunteer
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Volunteer English teaching is a very popular option with many people. It can take many forms and can be undertaken in a huge range of countries worldwide. Here we look at a few issues that might help you find the best places to teach English as a volunteer.
TEFL vs. TESOL: Understanding Your ESL Certification Options
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Teaching English as a Second Language in Small Communities in America - TEFL Blog
Mon, 22 Feb 2021 Elizaveta Pachina
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Teaching English as a Second Language in Small Communities in America
There is currently a need for more people willing to teach English as a Second Language (ESL) across America. Several small communities have accepted immigrants from other countries. Although children of school age will learn English in school, the parents and grandparents struggle to learn English as they continue their daily lives and earn a living. This is a challenge as most Americans do not know any other languages as they do in Europe, so the immigrant needs to communicate in English to accomplish anything. This leaves the older generation feeling isolated and causes problems in everyday life, such as going to the bank. In... [Read more]
The Main Principles of Teaching Beginners - TEFL Blog
Fri, 07 Feb 2020 Elizaveta Pachina
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The Main Principles of Teaching Beginners
Whom a student is defined within about same parameters by different sources. The Collins COBUILD Advanced Dictionary also has two definitions of the word student.
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The Basis of the Article
Useful Tips
Program Core
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The Merriam Webster dictionary (online) has two definitions of students which are as reproduced below:
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TEFL Greece - ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ Volunteer Refugee Efl Teachers Needed In Greece
Volunteer Refugee EFL Teachers Needed in Greece
Date posted:2020-07-31 | Writer: Second Tree | Email: [email protected]
Second Tree is looking for volunteer EFL teachers for a minimum commitment of 10 weeks, to deliver English classes to refugees and asylum seekers in Ioannina and the Epirus region. The ideal candidate(s) will have experience teaching English as a foreign/second language and will possess a strong understanding of or passion for the context we work in (refugee crisis). Experience delivering educational activities to vulnerable populations is a strong advantage.
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TEFL Costa Rica - ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ Teach English In Costa Rica 2
Teach English in Costa Rica
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Whittemore de Costa Rica, S.A., an English Academy based in San Jose, is looking for a few good teachers who are TEFL certified native level English speakers, to teach English as a second language at the corporate offices of our clients, and will be in Costa Rica for at least six months.
By all means contact us to enquire about the position, but the best time to visit Costa Rica to be interviewed (we do not complete hiring over the Internet), would be the beginning of January, through the end of September. If you don’t have a job lined up by the end of September, there is no reason to come to Costa Rica, unless you like very long vacations. Costa Rica loves the... [Read more]
The Difference In Teaching ESL vs. EFL - TEFL Blog
Fri, 22 Feb 2019 Linda Dunsmore
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The Difference In Teaching ESL vs. EFL
There are many similarities, but also many differences, in teaching English as a foreign language and teaching English as a second language. Teaching English as a foreign language is when you teach English in a country that does not have English as an official language. Teaching English as a second language is when you teach English to someone who speaks another language as their first language, normally in a country where English is the official language. I have taught both English as a foreign language (EFL) and English as a second language (ESL) and these two experiences had quite a few similarities and quite a few differences.
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EFL and ESL Example
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What Makes ESL Kindergarten so Challenging for Teachers? - TEFL Blog
Wed, 30 Oct 2019 Elizaveta Pachina
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What Makes ESL Kindergarten so Challenging for Teachers?
Any kind of teaching is always a big challenge itself, no matter who you teach what you teach and where you teach. Teaching has been one of the most important and still complex processes for the teachers and students at the same time, especially teaching languages, as it is a sensitive and hard job. Teaching different subjects requires different approaches to it, so does teaching languages, particularly teaching foreign languages. English is one of those demanded languages being taught ages in foreign countries as a second language in educational institutions such as schools, university colleges, kindergartens, etc.
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TEFL Costa Rica - ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ Full Time And Part Time Efl Teachers Needed In San Jos Costa Rica ann. 2
Full-time and Part-time EFL Teachers Needed in San José, Costa Rica
Date posted:2017-05-11 | Writer: New Learning Academy | Email: [email protected]
A well-known language academy in San Jose is hiring full-time and part time EFL teachers to work at our two branches starting immediately! Candidates must already be located in Costa Rica or able to arrive immediately. We are hiring for both full and part time openings as well as freelance positions. Teachers MUST be native level English speakers. Please read description carefully.
REQUISITES:
*Bachelors Degree
*Teaching experience and/or CELTA/TEFL/TESOL certificate
*Willingness to teach split shifts (mornings/evenings)
* Willingness to teach classes on-site and off-site at local businesses.
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How Language Learning Motivation is Affected by Young French-Canadian Students - TEFL Blog
Wed, 22 Apr 2020 Elizaveta Pachina
Alumni Experiences
How Language Learning Motivation is Affected by Young French-Canadian Students
As a bilingual country, Canada has a considerable population of French speakers. Most of them live in the province of Quebec. A large number of Quebecers have always believed (and some still believe) that learning English as a second language will impede their proficiency in their first language. They are worried that future generations will not cherish French as much as they do because of the growing influence of the English language in Quebec. In a certain way, they want to preserve their French identity and the province's identity as intact as possible. This mentality becomes problematic in an academic environment when parents transfer their... [Read more]
What are Some Common Linguistic Problems - TEFL Blog
Fri, 11 Oct 2019 Elizaveta Pachina
Alumni Experiences
What are Some Common Linguistic Problems
As we all know that the process of learning how to speak our first and second or third languages are different, we acquire the first language and learn second and third languages. When we speak our mother language, we can just say it automatically, we acquire our mother language from our environment, before we learn words and sentences, but when we learn a second language, we inevitably need to learn the vocabularies, clauses, sentences, grammar, etc first, then try to translate the second language to our mother language, which is complex. As far as common linguistic problems are concerned, I think there are a lot of problems to consider. Here are some of the most commoner linguistic... [Read more]
Top Differences when Teaching Multilingual versus Monolingual Classes - TEFL Blog
Fri, 02 Feb 2024 Federico Riva
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Top Differences when Teaching Multilingual versus Monolingual Classes
Before we start to look at the differences between teaching monolingual and multilingual classes, we should first define what these terms actually mean.
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Advantages of teaching a multilingual class
Disadvantages of teaching a multilingual class
Advantages of teaching a monolingual class
Disadvantages of teaching a monolingual class
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The Challenge of Being a TEFL Teacher in a Chinese Kindergarten - TEFL Blog
Tue, 10 Sep 2019 Elizaveta Pachina
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The Challenge of Being a TEFL Teacher in a Chinese Kindergarten
Education is one of the most important and complex processes of all humans achievements, especially early childhood education. It requires good attention and hard work. Learning language is one part of those big achievements, once the language is given as a second language for young learners, therefore teaching English as a second language in primary institutions like kindergartens is a great challenge itself as for the students so for the teachers. Building a relationship with the children in the second language without utilizing their mother tongue demands great work. Teaching kids in the kindergarten must be motivating.
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TEFL Indonesia - ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ Teach English To Young Learners In Indonesia
Teach English to Young Learners in Indonesia
Date posted:2013-10-16 | Writer: Goldstar Teachers | Email: [email protected]
Goldstar Teachers are currently recruiting enthusiastic EFL teachers to teach young learners at modern language schools throughout Indonesia. Are you looking to develop your career in one of Asia’s most vibrant and exciting countries, working alongside an international team of teachers where every day at work you will be making a real difference? Candidates will use a variety of teaching methods along with their creativity and energy and a wide range of teaching materials and technology to engage students in a truly memorable and effective learning experience.
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The Different Challenges Between Teaching One-to-One Versus Teaching a Group - TEFL Blog
Fri, 17 Apr 2020 Elizaveta Pachina
Teaching Ideas
The Different Challenges Between Teaching One-to-One Versus Teaching a Group
Teaching in the field of ESL learning is a task that has plenty of challenges that can arise in the classroom. Whether students are young learners or adults, learning English as a second language requires a lot of time and dedication in and outside of the classroom. Teachers must put a lot of patience, care, and effort into their lessons for the sake of their students' success. They can find themselves teaching various types of classroom environments such as class sizes that are big or small, online or in-person, or multilingual or monolingual environments. These can affect the way a teacher chooses to run their class lessons. One of the biggest influences... [Read more]
Volunteer ESL Teaching: Challenges and Opportunities - TEFL Blog
Fri, 21 Aug 2020 Elizaveta Pachina
Alumni Experiences
Volunteer ESL Teaching: Challenges and Opportunities
I took the ITTT online TEFL course not to prepare to teach English as an employee working abroad, but as a volunteer in the United States to teach refugee and immigrant adults. I completed the units a few months ago, but I waited to do this summative task until I could begin teaching classes as a volunteer teacher and reflect on that experience.
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Teaching ESL as a volunteer provides important opportunities for learning and growth.
On the other hand, serving as a volunteer teacher poses several challenges.
Volunteer Programs
Working With Different Groups
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