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5 Simple Ideas on Teaching Grammar - TEFL Blog
Fri, 02 Aug 2019 Elizaveta Pachina
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5 Simple Ideas on Teaching Grammar
I think of myself as having been fortunate enough to have had the opportunity to learn other languages at a young age. I was taught French in primary school and at home, I learned or acquired Spanish. At school, I remember my language teacher being very textbook-oriented and she focused and followed the book to the "T". I picked up easily on the grammar because I had already learned Spanish at home and I was also very keen to learn foreign languages, especially French. The grammar didn't seem difficult or boring to me at all because I had already been exposed to the language at a very early age. However, many students didn't feel the same way I did and had difficulty with the subject and therefore,... [Read more]
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U.B. - U.S.A. said:
Teaching (and Learning) VocabularyAs a mother of three I noticed that learning a foreign language at school very often means learning lists of vocabulary (the traditional way) : Memorizing them, then covering one side of the list and reproducing the ?partners? - a frustrating experience for all parties involved and perfect to destroy any interest in learning a foreign language.
There is a lot of information how to teach and also how to learn vocabulary. But the... [Read more]
What Makes a Good Motivator? - TEFL Blog
Fri, 16 Aug 2019 Elizaveta Pachina
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What Makes a Good Motivator?
Learners, whether children or adults, tend to lack attention in the classroom at some point. Certainly, this problem varies from one type of age-range to the other. Indeed, this issue may be due to different reasons: mature students may be tired from work, whereas youngsters may struggle to keep up with the content.
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Top Things a Teacher Needs to Focus on When Teaching Beginner Students - TEFL Blog
Sun, 12 May 2019 Elizaveta Pachina
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Top Things a Teacher Needs to Focus on When Teaching Beginner Students
When you select information to teach in your lesson, you need to think about what level the students are at and how well your lesson fits into what they already know and what they need to know. When you begin teaching it can be quite difficult to know what students are likely to comprehend at each level and few EFL teachers follow the same students from beginner to advanced level.
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Conseider the students' age
Grammar to cover includes:
Vocabulary to cover includes:
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3 Distinct Peculiarities of the English Language - TEFL Blog
Wed, 13 Mar 2019 Jon ITTT
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3 Distinct Peculiarities of the English Language
For the native English speaker, English is easy. It is only when learning another language do L1 English speakers begin to see peculiarities in their own language. It is then compounded when beginning to teach English as a foreign language. Although the English language has commonalities with other languages, especially since English is derived from other languages, there are plenty of unusual aspects of English that can cause difficulties when learning and teaching the language. For example, English spelling, grammar, and pronunciation all contain such peculiarities.
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Most Common Problems for English Learners in Spanish-Speaking Colombia - TEFL Blog
Thu, 16 Apr 2020 Elizaveta Pachina
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Most Common Problems for English Learners in Spanish-Speaking Colombia
For this assignment, I decided to research problems experienced by Colombian students learning English. I will be teaching English in Colombia and thought this subject would benefit me. My findings more generally reflect the difficulties of Spanish-speaking learners. The paper outlines the top ten difficulties for Spanish-speakers learning English (vocabulary, spelling/pronunciation, subject-verb-agreement, verb tense, dialects, subject omission, pronunciation, stress, slang, and literal translations) based on CCJK (2019). Where possible I relate this information to my experiences/examples and units in the TEFL course.
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Strategies On How To Learn A Language From Scratch: Tips For the English Teacher - TEFL Blog
Thu, 11 Nov 2021 Hadassah Roberts
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Strategies On How To Learn A Language From Scratch: Tips For the English Teacher
Learning a second language is something many English teachers need to undertake. Having good strategies to use is key to learning successfully.
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How to Learn a Second Language from Scratch
Start at the very beginning.
Ways to Learn Your First Vocabulary
Strategies On How to Learn to Use Vocabulary in Practical Ways
Final Steps in Learning A Language
Conclusion
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Peculiarities of English: How it Affects Our Understanding When Learning - TEFL Blog
Thu, 20 Jun 2019 Elizaveta Pachina
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Peculiarities of English: How it Affects Our Understanding When Learning
English as a spoken language has become the international standard for people as a first or second language, whether it be for business, science, or just recreationally. This, of course, means that a lot of people are learning the language as a second language. For anyone who knows English as a native language, you know that it has many difficult learning curves along the way to the true understanding that make for many difficulties in how new learners communicate. This essay will touch on a few examples that people undoubtedly run into when learning English, and why it's so difficult to master.
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Spoken English
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T.G. - U.S.A. said:
Peculiarities in the English Language Many native speakers do not realize the complexity of the language they speak until they really begin to study it more in-depth. This is most definitely true of the English language. English, like any other language, or perhaps even worse, is full of odd and interesting peculiarities.
One of the ways that English can be quite confusing to a new student is that it is full of words that are spelled the same but... [Read more]
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C.D. - U.S.A. said:
Pronunciation Problems for chinese SpeakersOne issue that TEFL instructors soon realize is that students of certain language backgrounds tend to face similar problems, one of which is pronunciation of certain syllables or phrases. Such is the case with native chinese speakers, though their problems are neither simpler nor more complex than any other language background.
The website TEFL Boot Camp offers tips for teaching pronunciation in general. They state... [Read more]
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C.G. - Thailand said:
Teaching slang and idioms Teaching slang and idioms is an important function when teaching English, especially in an English speaking country. To illustrate this I will use the example of my home country, New Zealand, which has developed much slang and idioms since its colonisation in the nineteenth century.
In New Zealand, the words sweet as and choice refer to something as ?being ok?, whereas bro and cuzzy are affectionately used to refer to a... [Read more]
The Best English Teacher’s Personal Qualities - TEFL Blog
Mon, 18 May 2020 Elizaveta Pachina
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The Best English Teacher’s Personal Qualities
Teaching is not an easy profession, to begin with. Furthermore, teaching English as a foreign language adds even more complications and considerations. Many different qualities contribute to the aptitude of an English teacher. For starters, one must have the aptitude for the language itself. English, like all other languages, is a difficult and complex language. To teach a language properly, the teacher must have a certain level of fluency in that language. Although this may seem obvious, it is an important requirement because teaching a student incorrectly is almost worse than not teaching them anything at all. Therefore, fluency in English is an important enough characteristic that I... [Read more]
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A.A. - Switzerland said:
Peculiarities of the English Language More than 375 million people speak English as their first language and this probably makes it the third largest language in the world. If we then add the number of non-native speakers, English makes it up to second, if not even first place on the list of the world?s most commonly spoken languages.
The estimated number of second language speakers varies between around 500 million to over a billion, depending on... [Read more]
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Advanced English Grammar for Non-Native ESL Teachers
Hey guys, nice to see you again. It's Liza here, I'm glad to welcome you to the weekly live session. If you can hear me and see me please let me know that everything is working smoothly, because just three minutes before the live session my home wi-fi connection cut off and I had to switch on the mobile internet. I'm scared that something might not work that well, so please let me know that it works. I really hope that this internet connection problem won't cause any troubles.
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Top 10 Cities in Europe with the Highest Demand for English Language Teachers - TEFL Blog
Tue, 10 Apr 2018 Linda Dunsmore
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Top 10 Cities in Europe with the Highest Demand for English Language Teachers
While many people wanting to teach English abroad move to countries in Asia or Latin America, Europe is also a popular destination that cannot be ignored. Despite stricter visa regulations and tougher job markets for teachers, there are still many places in all parts of Europe that have a need for foreign teachers. Here are the top 10 cities in Europe with the highest demand for English language teachers.
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Madrid - El Foro, The Forum of Spain
Prague - The City of a Hundred Spires
Rome - The Eternal City
London - The Royal City
Paris - The City of Love
Lisbon - City With a Future
Budapest - The Pearl of the Danube
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E.B - Japan said:
Problems for learners in JapanIn the present article I will offer an opinion about the origins of the difficulties that japanese learners face while studying English. The potential range of the topic is so broad that would require hundreds of pages to be discussed exhaustively. I will therefore concentrate my attention on three major issue: the impact of modern history on the japanese psychology, the introduction of English words in modern... [Read more]
The Top 8 Cities in France For Teaching English Abroad - TEFL Blog
Fri, 06 Jul 2018 Linda Dunsmore
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The Top 8 Cities in France For Teaching English Abroad
France is one of the most popular destinations for teaching English in Europe. While a lot of people settle in Paris to enjoy the Parisian lifestyle, there are a lot of other exciting cities in all parts of the country. Here are the top 8 places to teach English in France.
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Bordeaux
Grenoble
Lyon
Marseille
Nice
Paris
Rennes
Strasbourg
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Advanced English Grammar for Non-Native ESL Teachers - TEFL Blog
Tue, 04 May 2021 Federico Riva
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Advanced English Grammar for Non-Native ESL Teachers
Hey guys, nice to see you again. It's Liza here, I'm glad to welcome you to the weekly live session. If you can hear me and see me please let me know that everything is working smoothly, because just three minutes before the live session my home wi-fi connection cut off and I had to switch on the mobile internet. I'm scared that something might not work that well, so please let me know that it works. I really hope that this internet connection problem won't cause any troubles.
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Challenges for Vietnamese Students in American English Pronunciation - TEFL Blog
Wed, 29 Jan 2020 Elizaveta Pachina
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Challenges for Vietnamese Students in American English Pronunciation
Today, Vietnam is entering the world stage as a united and independent country, eager to learn English, but unable to meet its standards for EFL education. Vietnamese students are a victim of several unfortunate coincidences in pronunciation, and often complain that reading and writing are easy to learn but speaking and listening simply impossible. Two huge differences in the way these languages differentiate words have made English communication into a "black box" for the Vietnamese, more difficult for them to penetrate than for other Asian peoples. Among these differences are the very small number of shared sounds, as well as tonogenesis, a pitch-based method... [Read more]
The Problems Ukrainian Adult Students Face While Learning English - TEFL Blog
Mon, 20 Jan 2020 Elizaveta Pachina
Alumni Experiences
The Problems Ukrainian Adult Students Face While Learning English
We live in the age of technical progress and globalization. Both these trends require people to get together, unite, share ideas to come up with new inventions, discover other cultures. This is why thousands of people all over the world take up studying English every day. They turn to language schools, private teachers, speaking clubs or any other resources they can find, excited to start and be able to speak fluently in a year or so. However, reality shows that only half of those students get the result they wanted. So, possible obstacles and complications which face Ukrainian adult students while learning English will be discussed in this essay, possible... [Read more]
Why Games in the Classroom are Effective - TEFL Blog
Wed, 08 Apr 2020 Elizaveta Pachina
Teaching Ideas
Why Games in the Classroom are Effective
Teaching English as a foreign language with little to no experience is a daunting task and one that should be seriously considered. There are many aspects to teaching that I was expected to know and implement while teaching English in another country. I had to learn how to teach in about two weeks and although I learned many techniques and strategies, one of the most important tools and one of the most effective was including games in the classroom.
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Games as a tool for learning
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Where can I teach English without a TEFL certificate?
What qualities and qualifications do employers of ESL teachers look for? First we need to say that there are no hard and fast rules to answer this question. There are a huge range of requirements worldwide, depending on the country, type of school, nature of the job, type of contract and so forth. The information given here is therefore general.
There are a number of generally recognized requirements that employers are looking for from their teachers. You may need one, two, three or all of the following to get any particular job. It is unlikely you will find a job without any of these:
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Effective Classroom Management from Day One - TEFL Blog
Fri, 15 May 2020 Elizaveta Pachina
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Effective Classroom Management from Day One
Walking into a brand-new class, especially as a new teacher, can be very intimidating. Being prepared with the proper principles, tools, and attitude goes a long way when dealing with the first-class up through to the final exam.
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Principles of classroom management
Tools of classroom management
Rules for the class
Attitude for classroom management
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Problems For English Students in Thailand - TEFL Blog
Fri, 25 Oct 2019 Elizaveta Pachina
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Problems For English Students in Thailand
There exists an inadequate knowledge of the English language amongst the general populous in Thailand. The source of this problem lies within the educational system and can be seen to its fullest effect within Thai schools. This paper reflects my experiences that have been observed from years of teaching within Thai schools. The main aim of this paper is not to advocate conclusive solutions but rather to expand on, identify and confirm an existing problem which is… the criteria for English levels that are taught in Thai schools. The following is one of the numerous problems occurring within the Thai educational system.
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Where can I teach English without a TEFL certificate?
What qualities and qualifications do employers of ESL teachers look for? First we need to say that there are no hard and fast rules to answer this question. There are a huge range of requirements worldwide, depending on the country, type of school, nature of the job, type of contract and so forth. The information given here is therefore general.
There are a number of generally recognized requirements that employers are looking for from their teachers. You may need one, two, three or all of the following to get any particular job. It is unlikely you will find a job without any of these:
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The Benefits of Implementing Songs and Music in the ESL Classes - TEFL Blog
Wed, 17 Jun 2020 Elizaveta Pachina
Teaching Ideas
The Benefits of Implementing Songs and Music in the ESL Classes
For the summative task for this course, I decided to research the use of songs in the classroom. The use of songs interests me because it seems that this is a good medium to provide some variety in the classroom and develop interest. Songs and music can also be used with all age groups, although of course whereas singalongs may be more appropriate with very young learners, other activities such as lyric breakdown are still very useful for older learners.
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Motivation
The 9 Benefits by Lynch
Pronunciation Training
Developing Language Aspects
Using Songs with Older Students
6 Steps to Make a Song Accompany the Lesson Context
Songs for Adults
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What are EFL countries?
EFL stands for English as a Foreign Language, a term primarily used to depict scenarios where English is taught in countries where it isn't the dominant language. Within these countries, students often learn English for academic reasons, international travel, or personal interest, and their exposure to English might be limited mostly to classroom settings. A classic EFL example would be a classroom in Rome, where a British instructor teaches English to Italian students.
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What is the difference between EFL and ESL?
Which countries offer the most opportunities for EFL teaching?
EFL countries in Asia
EFL countries in Europe
EFL countries in Latin America
EFL countries in the Middle East
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5 Reasons Why Turkey is a Great Destination to Teach English
Gökhan Yilmaz
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Due to Turkey's huge tourism industry, English is widely spoken among locals, which also means that the opportunities for teaching English in Turkey are vast. Here are 5 reasons to teach English in Turkey.
You’ve finished your TEFL course - Now what?
Andrew Lynch
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Now that you’ve finished your TEFL course – what's next? With the coursework out of the way, now is the time to start putting together your plan for how you can use your new certificate. We’ve put together a list of essential things to do in order to make the most of your long-held ambitions.
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Classroom Management - What is it and how do I implement it? - TEFL Blog
Mon, 08 Apr 2019 Linda Dunsmore
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Classroom Management - What is it and how do I implement it?
Many texts on this subject begin primarily by defining the term 'classroom management'. I equally think it is not out of place to begin a discussion on classroom management from the same perspective. Classroom management refers to the variety of skills employed by which teachers and schools to curtail disruptive behavior of learners so as to create a congenial environment for teaching and learning. It is the case from the definition that the classroom setting may not always be as well-ordered and peaceful for teaching and learning as it should be and may require certain organizational skills and the ability to create of a friendly and disciplined atmosphere in order for... [Read more]