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J. Piaget’s “Four Stages” in ESL Teaching - TEFL Blog
Tue, 29 Oct 2019 Elizaveta Pachina
Alumni Experiences
J. Piaget’s “Four Stages” in ESL Teaching
Put simply, children think and learn differently than adults. Jean Piaget, as one of the leading psychologists to explore these differences, puts forth the four stages of cognitive development, unified by an overarching idea called constructivism. He specifically focuses on children rather than all learners and, further still, focuses on development rather than learning. His constructivism theory posits that children form an understanding of the world around them and modify that representation based on their experiences and shifting environments that either contradict or confirm what they have built. (1) Therefore, in working with young learners, teachers should be mindful of this... [Read more]
The Benefits and Drawbacks of Volunteer Teaching - TEFL Blog
Thu, 19 Sep 2019 Elizaveta Pachina
Alumni Experiences
The Benefits and Drawbacks of Volunteer Teaching
As both an individual tutor and group teacher of High Beginning Conversational English for the ESL division of Literacy New Jersey, I have become familiar with the benefits and drawbacks of volunteer teaching. While the drawbacks can be challenging, the rewards of volunteer teaching far outweigh any drawbacks that I have encountered.
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My Personal Experience
Benefits
Challenges
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Teaching English in Spain - Alumni Report by Julia E. - TEFL Blog
Fri, 01 Jun 2018 Julia Erbacher
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Teaching English in Spain - Alumni Report by Julia E.
TELL US ABOUT YOURSELF!
What is your nationality?
I am American.
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What is your nationality?
What city and state are you from?
How old are you?
What is your education level and background?
Have you traveled abroad in the past? If so, where have you been?
Where did you study?
What made you interested in going to teach English abroad?
What were some of your concerns before teaching abroad?
Why did you decide to get TEFL certified and choose ITTT?
Which TEFL certification course did you take?
How did you like the course?
How has your TEFL training helped you in your current teaching position?
Which city and country did you decide to teach English in and why?
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The Principal Differences Between The First and Second Language Acquisition - TEFL Blog
Tue, 15 Oct 2019 Elizaveta Pachina
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The Principal Differences Between The First and Second Language Acquisition
Second language acquisition is used to refer to any language other than the first language, so it refers to the acquisition of any language after the acquisition of the mother tongue.
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How do we learn languages?
Why does a person need to learn a second language?
What is assimilation?
What is developing during second language acquisition?
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How Can The Theory of Multiple Intelligences Help in Teaching Children? - TEFL Blog
Thu, 12 Mar 2020 Elizaveta Pachina
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How Can The Theory of Multiple Intelligences Help in Teaching Children?
Learning and teaching process requires awareness of types of intelligence and learning styles. Some people use a mnemonic device Method of loci, or memory palace, to recall information. This method is based on spatial memory to learn by heart names, numbers, or objects. Others may need to move or use the so-called Total Physical Response that helps them to start thinking. Every student is unique and uses different learning strategies. One of the reasons is the variety of intelligences. Multiple intelligences concept helps to develop the abilities of different students. For example, the focus is on children learning English as a foreign language. If a teacher... [Read more]
Top Tips For Creating An EFL Lesson Plan For Young Learners - TEFL Blog
Fri, 30 Aug 2019 Ramon Perez
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Top Tips For Creating An EFL Lesson Plan For Young Learners
With each passing day, we learn something new. We build upon the previously attained knowledge and expand our understanding of various subjects. As teachers, we have the responsibility of expanding our students' knowledge and abilities. As much as we would like to provide fun and innovative ways to present the information, it can be difficult to keep it fresh on a daily basis.
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WHAT IS A LESSON PLAN?
WHAT
WHEN
HOW
WHERE
WHY
WHAT DOES A LESSON PLAN CONSIST OF?
WARM-UP
REVIEW
NEW SUBJECT
GAME
WORKSHEET
FINAL TIPS
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Reasons Why You Can’t Avoid Teaching Grammar - TEFL Blog
Mon, 24 Feb 2020 Elizaveta Pachina
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Reasons Why You Can’t Avoid Teaching Grammar
In a world where communication is the most important thing and language - your own or a second (even third or fourth) - grammar seems to be overlooked by people as unimportant. But is that really so? And is this true for all areas of communication? And do we only tend to say this because grammar is challenging for both teachers and learners?
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Grammar-Translation Method
In Modern World
Definitions
So do we leave grammar out of our curricula?
Grammar in Communication
Different Approach
Real State of Grammar in Class
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The Best Thing I learned on The TEFL Course: Strategical Lesson Planning - TEFL Blog
Thu, 11 Jul 2019 Elizaveta Pachina
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The Best Thing I learned on The TEFL Course: Strategical Lesson Planning
In this summative task, I'll describe the best thing I've learned from my TEFL/TESOL course. Firstly I would like to state that the lesson planning learning was the best part of this course for me. For this task, I will include the methods of planning that I have learned about in this course such as materials, songs and movement, and also a short lesson plan I have come up with myself.
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Key Benefits of Lesson Planning
Teaching Strategies Best for Young Learners
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Implementing Music in an ESL Classroom - TEFL Blog
Fri, 24 Jan 2020 Elizaveta Pachina
Teaching Ideas
Implementing Music in an ESL Classroom
There are many reasons that using songs in the classroom is important. The first, music speeds up learning. The 1960s was the moment when scholars began to examine the possibility of increasing memory abilities with music.
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Research in the Field
In classroom
Other purposes to use music
Group work
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Research in the Field
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Classroom management seems to be an area where many teachers struggle to find balance. Some teachers are too lenient and the students take control. Other teachers may be too controlling and do not provide a fun learning environment for the students. However, for the teachers that find a balance with classroom management, the classroom can be safe, enjoyable, and rewarding. A classroom where... [Read more]
What Should an Effective Lesson Plan Include? - TEFL Blog
Thu, 16 Apr 2020 Elizaveta Pachina
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What Should an Effective Lesson Plan Include?
Over the last few years, Teaching English in a foreign country has become very popular for the younger generation in the United States of America and other countries where English is their primary language. The reason is that nowadays, many people want to travel the world to explore cultural differences, especially among the younger generation. However, not everyone could afford to travel the world due to daily expensiveness when traveling overseas. Many young people have chosen to teach English while they are traveling because it is a good and easy way to make a decent amount of money while they are traveling to different countries. Even though most of the teachers had completed the... [Read more]
The Significance of English Proficiency to Society - TEFL Blog
Tue, 04 Feb 2020 Elizaveta Pachina
Alumni Experiences
The Significance of English Proficiency to Society
A foreign language is a sector of linguistics that is region-based and as the name states are foreign to the country or the person. And this entails that language is part of the culture and personality of every person. As each language is unique and meaningful in its way and turn reflects the culture, values, and behavior. No region or country does not have its language, culture, and beliefs.
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What is ESL?
Drawbacks
Research in social fields
What is "Language"?
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My Favorite Teaching Approach - TEFL Blog
Fri, 09 Aug 2019 Elizaveta Pachina
Alumni Experiences
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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My Story
My Favorite Approach
What I Recommend to New Teachers?
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How to Understand Lesson Planning and Nail It - TEFL Blog
Fri, 26 Jun 2020 Elizaveta Pachina
Teaching Ideas
How to Understand Lesson Planning and Nail It
A lesson plan is a working document that serves as a reference point for teaching. A lesson plan is also a record; it can be referred to in any future lesson by the teacher. It also serves as a guide for a teacher who is covering an absent teacher. It helps the teacher to know how to carry out the lesson. This means that a lesson plan has to be simple and clear for another teacher to understand.
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A lesson plan consists of the date and time of the lesson.
A lesson plan has a learner objective as well as a teacher objective.
A lesson plan shows the procedure of the lesson.
Engage
Study
Activate
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Top 3 Key-Points to Help ESL Learners Cope-Up With Stress - TEFL Blog
Wed, 14 Apr 2021 Elizaveta Pachina
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Top 3 Key-Points to Help ESL Learners Cope-Up With Stress
Stress is a feeling that produces excellent worry caused by difficult situations. As people experience these quite often in life, it is essential to have the necessary power to cope. Stress occurs in various spheres of life, such as the personal, professional, and educational ones. Every beginning is challenging, and it brings anxiety and tension because people do not know what to expect from that new event. Considering this issue, it is vital to learn how to manage our well-being to feel comfortable with ourselves, stay healthy, happy, and transmit this positive state to the people surrounding us. In the context of the EFL education and... [Read more]
How I Constructed My First ESL Lesson Plan - TEFL Blog
Wed, 01 May 2019 Mark Crocker
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How I Constructed My First ESL Lesson Plan
When I had to design my first lesson plan I wanted it to be as coherent as possible as the purpose of every lesson plan is to guide the teacher in organizing her material and herself for the purpose of helping the students to attain the intended learning outcomes. When planning lessons, we need to think carefully about what stages a lesson will go through and how we will get from one stage to another. In this plan I stuck to the ESA (Engage, Study, Activate) Method that I learned about during my TEFL certification course.
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The Engage Stage of the Lesson
The Study Stage of the Lesson
The Activate Stage of the Lesson
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Teaching Practice: Great Privilege and Responsibility - TEFL Blog
Tue, 02 Jun 2020 Elizaveta Pachina
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Teaching Practice: Great Privilege and Responsibility
My friends and I live in a predominantly Indian neighborhood in a suburban Midwest town in the United States. Most of our neighbors are Indian nationals who are in the US temporarily on corporate-sponsored work visas, families where one or both parents work outside the home during the day while their children attend local American public schools. One of my friends, a high school math teacher, was asked by her neighbor to tutor two elementary school-aged children in English, her son in first grade, and her daughter in third grade.
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Individual Training
Engage Phase
Study Stage
Activate Stage
Reading For Pleasure
OTP Feedback
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TEFL Mexico - ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ University Tefl Position Available In Mexico
University TEFL Position Available in Mexico
Date posted:2017-08-16 | Writer: Universidad Tecnológica de la Mixteca | Email: [email protected]
Universidad Tecnológica de la Mixteca (UTM) has a full time TEFL position with attractive benefits starting in September 2017. Teachers teach 3-5 classes daily and have the opportunity to contribute to other areas of the faculty and the local community.
We are the flagship university in the SUNEO system of public universities in the state of Oaxaca, and are considered one of the leading institutions in southern Mexico. Our Language Institute is a vibrant, professional and supportive workplace comprised of language instructors of different nationalities and educational backgrounds.
Aside from providing quality instruction to students, the... [Read more]
The Dependence of Teaching on Students Motivation - TEFL Blog
Tue, 03 Sep 2019 Elizaveta Pachina
Teaching Ideas
The Dependence of Teaching on Students Motivation
A highly motivated student is one who is goal-oriented, driven by passion and focused. He/she does things from the bottom of the heart. Motivation can be viewed as an internal impulse that brings us to complete an action. Without motivation, there is no action. Motivation is what moves or inspires the learner to achieve set objectives. It's the motor that drives the student to achieve pedagogical objectives. Hence it's an essential tool to equip students with, so that whatever they do it effectively and with perfection.
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Behavior and Motivation
Efforts and Motivation
Get to Know Your Students
Get Your Students Involved
Vary Your Activities
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What is the best thing I have learned from my TEFL/TESOL course - TEFL Blog
Tue, 23 Apr 2019 Linda Dunsmore
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What is the best thing I have learned from my TEFL/TESOL course
The best thing I have learned from my TEFL course is the ESA method. I discovered this method in Lesson 2 of our course which, for me, is one of the best and useful lessons in the whole course.
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The Engage Phase
The Study Phase
The Activate Phase
ESA for the win!
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In my previous experience, I had learned most of the methodologies explained in Lesson 2, but I had never had the chance to know about this method before. ESA stands for Engage-Study-Activate, the three stages or phases of this method. This method... [Read more]
How can an instructor effectively use games with adult EFL students? - TEFL Blog
Tue, 30 Apr 2019 Elizaveta Pachina
Alumni Experiences
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]
Why Would Someone Want to Complete a TEFL Course? - TEFL Blog
Tue, 07 Apr 2020 Elizaveta Pachina
Alumni Experiences
Why Would Someone Want to Complete a TEFL Course?
There are many reasons why a person might be interested in becoming TEFL certified. Initially, I only really had one reason, is that it'd be an interesting way to start my career as a teacher and would determine if this was something I wanted to do with a big portion of my life. One of my major life goals is revamping the American education system and making it more efficient, especially on the public-school level. I've learned a decent amount about how education is handled in several countries outside of America and while no system is perfect, there are things we could be doing better. By finding a TEFL job in another country I'd be able to gain experience as a teacher as well as... [Read more]
Cultural Awareness and Inclusive Learning in ESL Teaching - TEFL Blog
Thu, 18 Feb 2021 Elizaveta Pachina
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Cultural Awareness and Inclusive Learning in ESL Teaching
Urban education can be described as a complicated topic for school reformists in America. With critical issues, such as inadequate funding, lack of resources, and uncertified teachers, the myriad of problems with public education has reached a new high. Many big-city public education systems have turned into melting pots by bringing together members of different racial, social, economic, and ethnic groups.
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The problem of Public Education
American Educational Scheme
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Effective ESL Education with Parental Help - TEFL Blog
Mon, 10 Feb 2020 Elizaveta Pachina
Teaching Ideas
Effective ESL Education with Parental Help
Family, in general, has a main role in affecting a child's early childhood, growth, development, and most importantly education. More specifically; the parent-child relationship is very important because the child spends most of his time with his parents, and while many factors affect the child's education, the learning environment at home and parents' attitude toward education contributes most to shaping his development. The child's learning process begins at home and the early years are a good opportunity for parents to build a solid educational phase that can lead to proper education.
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How Parents may Influence on Students?
Household Economics
How to Achieve Results?
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The Importance of Learning Different Dialects - TEFL Blog
Fri, 05 Jul 2019 Elizaveta Pachina
Teaching Ideas
The Importance of Learning Different Dialects
As with many languages, English has so many different dialects. When one travels to a different region of the United States, for example, one will likely encounter different accents, vocabulary and different meanings of the same words. This is also true for British English and American English. For the purpose of this assignment, we will look a little deeper into these.
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Easier to travel the world
Knowing some peculiarities in writing and speaking
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Secrets of Designing a Working Lesson Plan - TEFL Blog
Tue, 15 Oct 2019 Elizaveta Pachina
Alumni Experiences
Secrets of Designing a Working Lesson Plan
A lesson plan is one of the English teacher's most useful tools. A lesson plan makes a teacher think concretely about what they want the students to have learned by the end of the lesson, and the steps for making that possible within the allotted timeframe. It allows a teacher to estimate how long various activities will take, and to think about what students will ideally learn from each activity.
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What is a lesson plan for?
What materials to implement?
How long ahead should you plan?
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ESL Games as The Best Tool to Stimulate English Learning Process - TEFL Blog
Tue, 27 Apr 2021 Elizaveta Pachina
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ESL Games as The Best Tool to Stimulate English Learning Process
As teachers, one of our biggest goals while teaching English to a class or individual is to keep them engaged and motivated during the lesson while also making them feel comfortable and confident as they learn. There are three critical ways in which playing games in the classroom can help effectively promote speaking English. By playing "warming" games, students can become more comfortable around teachers and students, making them more likely to participate during lessons. They can also keep students motivated and play a significant role during the "Engage" and "Activate" phase of the ESA approach.
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7 Outstanding Game Ideas for Your English Lessons - TEFL Blog
Thu, 25 Mar 2021 Elizaveta Pachina
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7 Outstanding Game Ideas for Your English Lessons
We all know that exciting lessons make you learn things easier and faster. So how do we bring some life into the boring lesson? There are a lot of ways. Some teachers use songs and cartoons, which are great for kids. The others find class discussions and debates helpful. They are a good choice for older students. But what do all of us love? Of course, games! Both children and grown-ups enjoy playing games. They bring fun into the studying process and can be productive. Games can be used at every stage of the ESA lesson.
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Games for the Engage Stage
The Last Man is Standing
Hot and Cold
Twenty Questions
Games for the Study Phase
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Lesson Design: ESA in Practice - TEFL Blog
Thu, 11 Jul 2019 Elizaveta Pachina
Teaching Ideas
Lesson Design: ESA in Practice
For this task, I have selected the course structure. As a teacher, a lot goes into the daily operation of the classroom. They need to consider their classroom setup, their management style, and the students they will teach. However, one very important facet of teaching is lesson design and teaching students appropriate standards to help them in their English acquisition.
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Advantages of the ESA Methodology
Engage Phase
Activate Stage
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TEFL Peru - ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ Tefl Opportunities In Peru
TEFL Opportunities in Peru
Date posted:2018-05-17 | Writer: International Language Center | Email: [email protected]
International Language Center (ILC) is a dynamic and growing language school, teaching English, Spanish and other languages (French, Portuguese, Italian and German) to local people and foreigners, in the quaint city of Chachapoyas, in the Andean sierra of Peru. We are always looking for foreign teachers who want to work 4 to 6 hours a day with us, and get to know the real Andean culture, far away from the beaten tourist path. This is an ideal way to use your TEFL skills. We have also started schools and projects in other places of northern Peru: Bagua, Moyobamba, Chiclayo, Mancora.. We provide English-learning programs in smaller communities in the Amazonas... [Read more]