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The Practice of Avoiding Classroom Stress - TEFL Blog
Mon, 04 May 2020 Elizaveta Pachina
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The Practice of Avoiding Classroom Stress
One common problem the EFL teacher may confront in the classroom is a group of learners who are confused, intimidated, or anxious. In a word, classroom stress has the potential to significantly hinder the prospects of a successful learning experience. What are some techniques the teacher can employ to overcome this obstacle or to prevent it from emerging in the first place?
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Theoretical aspects
Teacher's stress
Good example
Eliciting
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Drilling vs. Other Teaching Methodologies: ✅ Is it Still Effective? - TEFL Blog
Thu, 01 Apr 2021 Elizaveta Pachina
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Drilling vs. Other Teaching Methodologies: ✅ Is it Still Effective?
The author and motivational speaker Hilary "Zig Zig" Ziglar wrote, "Repetition is the mother of learning, the father of action, which makes it the architect of accomplishment." Drilling is defined as a teaching technique or method used when teaching a new language through extensive repetition by students, also aided through audio, oral, or even optical channels or props. As with other teaching methods, repetitive drilling has both advantages and disadvantages and has been deemed effective and ineffective over the years.
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Training Accuracy
Drawbacks
Advantageous in Combination
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The Principles of Establishing Rapport in the Classroom - TEFL Blog
Mon, 02 Mar 2020 Elizaveta Pachina
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The Principles of Establishing Rapport in the Classroom
Individuals like nurses, doctors, therapists, and teachers who are employed in the helping professions build positive and trusting relationships with the people that they work with by establishing rapport. Rapport can be defined as a friendly and harmonious relationship characterized by mutual understanding or empathy making communication possible and easy (Merriam-Webster, 2019).
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Reasons for Rapport Establishment
Theoretical Aspects
Breaking the Ice
Research in the Field
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Top-5 Kid's Favorite Flashcard Activities - TEFL Blog
Mon, 19 Apr 2021 Elizaveta Pachina
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Top-5 Kid's Favorite Flashcard Activities
This paper will answer the question, "What are five flashcard activities for teaching English to young learners?" Young learners are defined as students attending elementary school, aged between six and twelve.
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1. Pass the card
2. What's missing?
3. Freeze
4. Slap
5. Rock-Paper-Scissors team battle
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1. Pass the card
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