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Empowering Young Minds: Fostering Critical Thinking in Education - TEFL Blog
Mon, 04 Dec 2023 Minh Huy Hoang
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Empowering Young Minds: Fostering Critical Thinking in Education
Critical thinking is one of the fundamental abilities in the "4Cs" of 21st-century skills including Communication, collaboration, creativity, and critical thinking. In education, critical thinking is unquestionably significant, in EFL in particular.
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Why should teachers of languages do critical thinking?
What kinds of critical thinking exercises can instructors do with young learners?
Storytelling
Odd one out
Conclusion
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W.M. - South africa said:
Motivation in the ClassroomAccording to Lile (2002), ?Motivation is the key to all learning. Lack of motivation is perhaps the biggest obstacle faced by teachers, counselors, school administrators, and parents.? A lack of motivation causes the most intelligent of students to underperform and underachieve. Therefore, teachers are responsible for creating an environment that fosters student motivation in the classroom. This is especially true in the TEFL or... [Read more]
How can an instructor effectively use games with adult EFL students? - TEFL Blog
Tue, 30 Apr 2019 Elizaveta Pachina
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How can an instructor effectively use games with adult EFL students?
When I first made the transition from primary school to university, I knew that my lesson plans were clearly going to have to change. As I began to come up with ideas for my new job, I was disappointed that most of the content I previously used had no place in the university. Games, such as Hangman and Pictionary, worked excellently in capturing the interests of my young students, but I didn't think these childish games had any place in a university classroom. I found out weeks later how wrong I was when I used Pictionary at the beginning of one of my courses to 'preview' the vocabulary we would be covering in class that day. I discovered that day that games can... [Read more]
How to Teach the Growth Mindset in the ESL Classroom - TEFL Blog
Fri, 12 Nov 2021 Hadassah Roberts
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How to Teach the Growth Mindset in the ESL Classroom
Having a growth mindset can be life-changing. As an English teacher, you can teach your students to have growth mindsets, and this will undoubtedly be very helpful to them for the rest of their lives.
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What is a Growth Mindset?
Why is it Important for Students to Learn a Growth Mindset?
How to Teach Students the Growth Mindset
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I used to have absolutely no idea what a growth mindset was, but when I learned what it actually is, I realized how much I had been missing out on. I put what I had learned into practice, and my life started to... [Read more]
Teaching and Delivery of Business English - TEFL Blog
Wed, 20 May 2020 Elizaveta Pachina
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Teaching and Delivery of Business English
This summative task will review the subject matter and discuss strategies and techniques that have been employed within actual classes delivered in Singapore and Hong Kong to Chinese, Japanese, and Korean businesspeople.
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What is Business English?
Teacher's Role in it
This, however, is not the case, with deeper examination business English teaching could be broken down into four parts:
Strategies employed / lessons learned
In the context of vocabulary-building strategies that I've found relevant have been;
Business idioms
Use of Video materials
Strategy
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Is Teaching Slang and Idioms Important for ESL Students? - TEFL Blog
Mon, 16 Mar 2020 Elizaveta Pachina
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Is Teaching Slang and Idioms Important for ESL Students?
Slang and idioms are often omitted from the formal education curriculum. According to the Cambridge dictionary, slang is defined as a "very informal language that is usually spoken rather than written, used especially by particular groups of people" and an idiom is defined as "a group of words in a fixed order that have a particular meaning that is different from the meanings of each word on its own". This essay will suggest possible reasons why slang and idioms are often excluded from formal English lessons, and posit that it is important to teach them to certain groups of ESL students namely, students who have moved to an English-speaking country with little or no prior... [Read more]
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C. Y. - Japan said:
Teaching vocabularyOne of the most difficult aspects of teaching English to esl students is vocabulary. native speakers learn vocabulary through immersion and trial and error. From when they are very young, they pick up most of their basic vocabulary from their environment. The ESL student does not have the benefit of this method of language acquisition. Their environment does not usually assist in the acquisition of English vocabulary, therefore teaching this aspect of English... [Read more]
3 Key Strategies for Teaching Young Learners - TEFL Blog
Fri, 19 Apr 2019 Linda Dunsmore
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3 Key Strategies for Teaching Young Learners
As the world becomes increasingly globalized, EFL programs are nearing ubiquity. A substantial portion of EFL participants are young learners. Although there is a lot of crossover between techniques used for young learners and those used older children or adults, there are certainly strategies that can be employed to get the most out of a classroom of young learners.
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Use the first lesson to get to know your students!
Use your students' names wisely!
Never put a student on the spot!
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My Favorite Teaching Approach - TEFL Blog
Fri, 09 Aug 2019 Elizaveta Pachina
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My Favorite Teaching Approach
I think to best address this question you need to know why I took this course. I am a USA certified teacher who arrived in China almost 6 years ago after a teacher in the Florida school system for 13 years. I was an ESE (Exceptional Student Education) certified, Middle School Math and Science teacher. When I first arrived, I assumed all the foreign teachers I worked with were also certified teachers.
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Listen to this blog post:
My Story
My Favorite Approach
What I Recommend to New Teachers?
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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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Flexibility of the ESA Method For a Fluent Learning Process - TEFL Blog
Tue, 10 Dec 2019 Federico Riva
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Flexibility of the ESA Method For a Fluent Learning Process
"Engage-Study-Activate" also known as ESA - is an effective teaching model designed by Jeremy Harmer. This methodology means, that for the best involvement of students in a learning process, the conditions of the lesson should be flexible and divided for different activities.
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ESA Components
Adjusting to a Particular Topic
Flexibility
Model "Straight Arrow" Lesson
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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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Useful Methods for Teaching Vocabulary - TEFL Blog
Fri, 07 Feb 2020 Elizaveta Pachina
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Useful Methods for Teaching Vocabulary
Teachers often encounter difficulties in various aspects of language teaching. The main task of every teacher is to motivate and engage a student in the process of language learning. In this regard, teachers try to set a learning environment in the classrooms to be able to demonstrate and make learners stay focused on the lessons. There are different methods and approaches to learning English, and it is not always easy to choose the best one to make a lesson effective and successful.
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Why work on vocabulary?
Challenges
So, how do we, teachers, teach the vocabulary?
ESA
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