Emily Hollister

Opportunities Teaching TEFL in USA Date posted:2008-07-24 | Writer: Kaplan Aspect | Email: [email protected] Are you a TEFL qualified teacher interested in other cultures and have prior experience teaching TOEFL? We would like you to join us in the instruction and sharing of American culture with international students as they prepare for university in the US! Teaching for Kaplan can be the first step toward many other career opportunities throughout the company. Kaplan teachers have gone on to mentor and train other teachers, create curriculum, and even run Kaplan centers. Many members of top Kaplan management started out in the classroom. In short, you can go as far as your experience, ambitions, and talents lead you. You can expect 15 hours of classroom teaching per week from...  [Read more]

TEFL in Culiacan, Mexico. Date posted:2005-04-29 | Writer: Tecnologico de Monterrey | Email: [email protected]  A successful candidate will teach at both our Preparatoria and Profesional levels (equiv. to high school and college respectively). Candidates should preferably have 3 to 5 years of experience teaching English to non-native speakers (preferably overseas). The Tec de Monterrey system places a high value on the ability of its instructors to work collaboratively within academic departments in order to ensure that there is consistency across sections and to provide input into program evaluation and development. Because of this emphasis on collaboration, instructors are expected to be on campus from 8 am to 1 pm and from 3 pm to 6 pm so that they will be able to fulfill both...  [Read more]

Wed, 13 Feb 2019 Jon ITTT Alumni Experiences Teaching ESL & Knowing Your Audience: Young Learners vs. Adults Whether speaking at a public event where thousands have gathered, or talking politics around a table with friends, this simple piece of advice is well-known to anyone who has ever done any public speaking. But, it is also critical advice for the aspiring teacher—whether those teaching English as a second language, or those teaching chemistry in high school. The more well-acquainted a teacher is with his or her classroom, the more successful he or she will be in engaging their minds in the topic at hand. Table of Contents Motivations of Young Learners Information Presentation Language Retention Take a TEFL course and start learning to be a better teacher! Listen to...  [Read more]

Wed, 29 Apr 2020 Elizaveta Pachina Teaching Ideas How Effective Classroom Management Establishes the Foundations for Successful Learning ESL teachers implement a variety of strategies to help students learn English as a second language. Even with a repertoire of methodologies, activities, and resources, however, teachers still find that some students fall short of reaching their academic goals. This is especially apparent with younger learners who may not have an intrinsic motivation for studying English. Many efforts on the parts of teachers may fail because learning is a process that fundamentally begins with effective classroom management: the connections between teachers and learners, the establishment and following of class rules, the use of daily routines, the strategies for...  [Read more]

Thu, 21 May 2020 Elizaveta Pachina Alumni Experiences Does Punishment Benefit Learning Discipline? All education and training incline to feature discipline, whether it is training for a pilot, or conveyance of social behavior in kindergarten, or higher education in social sciences, or guidance in a leisurely activity such as white water rafting. Further yet the toughest disciplining of people in every civilization has been in the military. Civilization coincides with the advent of discipline, by which men have been able to distinguish civilized from primitive people. The most authority believes in disciplining the subject by submerging it to a set of rules. If the subject does not subordinate to the given doctrines, authority threatens with punishment. Fear of losing control over...  [Read more]

Sat, 20 Nov 2021 Hadassah Roberts Destinations TEFL Information Top Tips for English Teachers for Dealing with Contentions between their Co-workers We are all human. Let's face it. Arguments, miscommunications, and considerations are inevitable. Unless we are going to go hide in the mountains forever to be alone, we are going to disagree with people and be disagreed with. Unless we forever stay by ourselves, we are going to have times when other people hurt us and when we hurt others. Table of Contents What is a learning conversation? How to have a learning conversation? Clearly identify the problem that needs solving. Think about the following: Go to the person Start off by telling them with no emotion Tell them your assumption. Let the person respond and explain. Then, after you...  [Read more]

Fri, 06 Mar 2020 Elizaveta Pachina Teaching Ideas Why is it Important for ESL Teachers to Focus on Building Confidence in Beginner Students? Learning a new language is an inherently challenging task. One important way for ESL teachers to help beginner students learn English is to focus not only on teaching language concepts but on building their confidence to experiment with the language and persist with their learning. This essay will firstly examine why building confidence is important in ESL teaching, and different strategies teachers can employ to do this, including how they interact with students and the content they choose for classes. Table of Contents Why might beginner students suffer from low confidence, and how can this interfere with their learning? Student-Teacher...  [Read more]