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Can your students guess these Christmas movies just by looking at emojis? Find out with this fun Christmas Movie Emoji Game. Answer key provided below.
1. A Christmas Story
2. Nightmare Before Christmas
3. Polar Express
4. Arthur Christmas
5. It's a Wonderful Life
6. Home Alone
7. Miracle on 34th Street
8. White Christmas
9. A Christmas Carol
10. Elf
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Roles a Teacher has to Possess to Help Students Love English - TEFL Blog
Elizaveta Pachina
Teaching Ideas
"A man doesn't learn to understand anything unless he loves it" Goethe
Accessor
Observer
Role model
Guide
Participant
Assistant and motivator
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The role of the teacher is very important in our lives. A good teacher provides us with knowledge, motivation, and encouragement while creating interest in his subject. He cares about his students and demonstrates patience. An experienced teacher knows what role or roles to take during his lesson. The most important role is the role of an organizer. The teacher instructs the class through daily activities. He may also split students into pairs for role-playing or encourage mill drill exercise, where students come to each other, ask... [Read more]
How Motivating Students Helps Them to Grow - TEFL Blog
Elizaveta Pachina
Teaching Ideas
I believe that motivating your students is a major part of teaching and is relevant to all students regardless of age or level. Keeping students motivated throughout a class has positives for both the learner and the teacher. It will result in the class running smoothly and effectively due to having an engaged class that is eager to learn, this will result in a productive lesson for both the teacher and the learners. I believe to motivate students you have to keep the lesson entertaining, positive and energetic. To build this kind of lesson atmosphere there are a lot of things you should consider when planning and carrying out your lesson.
Planning Your Class
Lesson Flow
Lesson Productivity
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How an English Teacher Can Help Their Students Increase their Level of Motivation - TEFL Blog
Linda Dunsmore
Alumni Experiences
Intrinsic motivation is the type of motivation that comes from within a person. An intrinsically motivated student who is highly motivated will always, all things being equal, outperform the less motivated one. These are the students who simply enjoy what they are doing. They just like learning English.
Create a learning environment
Have an upbeat, positive attitude
Increase verbal communication
Praise consistently
Group activities are key
Encourage classroom conversation
Create a fun class
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How can TEFL teachers help students improve their pronunciation skills? - ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ ITTT TEFL & TESOL
Pronunciation plays a crucial role in effective communication in the English language. Clear and accurate pronunciation helps students convey their message accurately and facilitates understanding by native speakers. Poor pronunciation can lead to misunderstandings and hinder effective communication. It is essential for TEFL teachers to emphasize the importance of pronunciation from the beginning of their teaching journey.
1. **Phonetic Awareness**: TEFL teachers should introduce students to phonetic symbols and the sounds they represent. By raising students' awareness of how sounds are produced and distinguishing between minimal pairs, teachers can help students improve their pronunciation.
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Parental Help in Students English Learning - TEFL Blog
Elizaveta Pachina
Teaching Ideas
In the Chinese area, English as a compulsory course in school has to be learned by students for years. Since the government has strengthened the importance of English in Gaokao (College Entrance Examination ) these days, every Chinese family wants their children to start on English learning as early as possible. There is no need to highlight the importance of English to a Chinese family at all.
Bilingual daily life
Create English surroundings
Apply for online English course
Find a foreign teacher
Be a good example
Regular reading
Communicate with teachers
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How can I help students improve their English speaking skills as a TEFL teacher? - ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ ITTT TEFL & TESOL
One of the key aspects of learning a language is the ability to communicate effectively through speaking. As a TEFL teacher, it is crucial to emphasize the importance of developing English speaking skills to your students. Speaking skills not only help students express themselves but also build their confidence in using the language in real-life situations. By focusing on improving speaking skills, students can enhance their fluency, pronunciation, vocabulary, and overall communication abilities.
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How can TEFL teachers help students build confidence in their English language abilities? - ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ ITTT TEFL & TESOL
Confidence plays a crucial role in language learning as it can greatly impact a student's willingness to communicate, take risks, and ultimately improve their language skills. When students lack confidence in their abilities, they may be hesitant to speak up in class, participate in activities, or engage with the language outside of the classroom. As a TEFL teacher, it is important to recognize the significance of confidence in language learning and to actively work towards helping students build and maintain confidence in their English language abilities.
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Our trainees learn how to create fun and interactive lessons where the students are the focus of the class. During the training course in Surabaya, Indonesia, all trainees have the chance to teach local students to gain valuable practical teaching experience.
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The Ways Parents Help Students in Learning Languages - TEFL Blog
Elizaveta Pachina
Alumni Experiences
It is a truth acknowledge in all cultures that our parents are our first teachers. What the adage means is very simple but profound. Learning begins at home. Learning is bolstered also at the home. The success of a child's educational endeavor later in life also owes a lot to the home.
First Steps
Home Reading Activities
Supporting in Formal Learning
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Simple Rules Which Help to Keep Students Motivated - TEFL Blog
Elizaveta Pachina
Alumni Experiences
Emphasize the most critical concepts continuously. Reiterate these concepts in lectures and assignments throughout the course. Include questions relating to these critical subjects on every exam, thus rewarding students for learning, retaining, and, hopefully, applying this knowledge in a variety of contexts.
1. Use visual aid
2. Organize in-class activities
3. Show that the content is related
4. Show the importance of the vocabulary
5. Praise
6. Challenge
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Parents’ Help in ESL Considering Students’ Language Level - TEFL Blog
Elizaveta Pachina
Teaching Ideas
Learning English is a continues process and it starts right after the birth of a baby. Parents are the first teachers to the kids. So they must need to understand the importance of the English language. Children are adept at picking up on the family's' attitudes. If they realize that in their family it isn't important they won't give importance to it. So it's the parents' who's responsible for making the environment at home and let this skill nourish and nurture the kid.
Parents can divide this learning cycle into different stages.
1. Beginner/Pre-kindergarten level
2. Mover/Kindergarten level
3. Elementary/Primary school level
4. Intermediate
5. Upper-intermediate
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Tips on How to Help Students Cope With Stress - TEFL Blog
Elizaveta Pachina
Teaching Ideas
As an English Speaking Person, I have had the stress of learning French as a Second Language, so I understand fully how difficult and stressful it can be to learn another language. I am here today to give successful ways to help overcome stress when students are learning English as a second language.
Personal Qualities
Teaching Approach
Let's look at some different age groups and what can help them with stress.
Pre-Teens to Teenagers
Business Class
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6 Ways to Help Chinese Students to Master Pronunciation - TEFL Blog
Elizaveta Pachina
Teaching Ideas
The Chinese language is a tonal language can make learning English a real challenge for my students. The one thing I have on my side though is the fact that they are brought up to be dedicated at anything they do and hardworking. Although it's been mentioned that pronunciation is not the most important aspect of TEFL, it is to The Chinese Government. It's something we've been told we need to cover deeply along with reading and comprehension.
1. Repetition
2. Engaging activities
3. Small sentence drilling
4. Bright materials
5. New correction techniques
6. Reading to correct pronunciation
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How can developmental psycholinguistic research help foreign English students? - TEFL Blog
Joanna Dineva
Alumni Experiences Teaching Ideas
Undeniably animals communicate in a variety of ways: bee dance for honeybees, bird song for aviary species, pheromones for ants, etc. However human language remains unique in its complexity and variety. Human language has the unique characteristic of being able to describe abstract concepts such as love and belief and temporal displacements such as past events or future plans. Even our closest evolutionary relatives are not able to acquire such complex language structures.
Language is a Uniquely Human Cognitive Skill
L1 Language Acquisition and Selective Hearing for the Sounds of Our Native Tongue
Teaching Old Dogs New Sounds
Practicing Production Skills of Unfamiliar Foreign Language Sounds
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How Can Parents Help an ESL Teacher? - TEFL Blog
Federico Riva
TEFL Information Alumni Experiences
Parental involvement plays a pivotal role in the success of learning English as a second language (ESL) education. When parents actively participate in their child's language learning journey, they become valuable partners with ESL teachers contributing to the overall effectiveness of the educational process. This essay explores various ways in which parents can assist and support ESL teachers in fostering English language proficiency among their children.
Creating a Supportive Home Environment
Encouraging Reading and Language Practice
Collaboration with Teachers
Consistency and Practice for Language Acquisition
The Crucial Role of Parents in ESL Teaching
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4 Ways How Parents Can Help Students to Learn English - TEFL Blog
Elizaveta Pachina
Teaching Ideas
Teachers' role in the educational process is very important, but so as parents'. Teachers' work can't be successful if the student focuses on English only in classes. Only working together as team teachers and parents can create a good studying environment.
1. The Importance of Lessons
School Preparation
3. Parent-Teacher Communication
4. Learn Together
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8 Personality Types to Help You Understand Your Students’ Needs - TEFL Blog
Jon ITTT
Alumni Experiences
Each of us have our preferred way of communicating and being communicated to. A teacher who is skilled in personality profiling can understand the preferred communication style of each individual learner and immediately adjust his or her communication approach. According to the Myers-Briggs Type indicators the following Personality profiles exist.
Introverts and extroverts
Sensors and intuitives
Thinkers and feelers
Judgers and perceivers
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How Games Help Students to Learn in an ESL Classroom - TEFL Blog
Elizaveta Pachina
Teaching Ideas
Games play an essential role in students' language acquisition regardless of other numerous sources they can be exposed to. Other sources include pictures, stories, poems, flashcards, videos and so on and so forth. Flashcards, for example, serve the purpose of a visual stimulus and aim to help visual learners in particular. The visual learning style often refers to a way of learning in which a person acquires language when information is associated with images. What about other learning styles? This essay aims to emphasize the importance of games in the classroom context and how beneficial they are for language acquisition.
The Importance of Games
Example Game: Pictionary
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Why a Teacher Must Motivate Students - TEFL Blog
Elizaveta Pachina
Teaching Ideas
As a teacher, keeping students motivated in the classroom is the most important thing in teaching any subject. A motivated student is a positive student and a positive attitude from everyone in the classroom, including the teacher, can change the entire learning experience and ease quite a bit of tension for everybody. Keeping students motivated can be extremely tough for everyone, not just the teacher but the students as well. The teacher also has to understand your students' level, their interests, and their reason for learning English to keep them motivated.
Students Learning Experience
Giving a Helping Hand
Students as a Person
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How to Help Chinese Native Speaking Students in Their ESL Practice - TEFL Blog
Elizaveta Pachina
Teaching Ideas
China is one of the leading countries in the world that has been in the search and quest to learn the English language. In recent years the demand to learn English has been on a rise. Every school tries to have a teacher who can teach the language to the learners. However, in this process of learning, many learners encounter a series of problems which make the language learning process not an easy task both for teachers and students. However, we are going to be looking at very common problems students learning English as a foreign language face in China.
First Language
Lack of Interest
Pronunciation Difficulties
Ways to Solve The Abovementioned Problems
1. Speak English to Students Only
2. Work on Building Students' Confidence
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3 Stress Relief Strategies to Help Students in the ESL Classroom - TEFL Blog
Elizaveta Pachina
Teaching Ideas
Like many other subjects, learning a foreign language is a cumulative process. What you learn during one lesson or study session will build upon what you learned previously. Learning a new language especially English is not easy. A lot of students struggle to face the confusion and difficulty of English. English being particularly popular can be hard at times for several reasons. This essay discusses the way teachers should do to help their students get rid of the pressure of learning English.
1. Encouragement
2. Homework Reduction
3. Appealing Materials
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Several Ways Parents Can Help TEFL Teachers - TEFL Blog
Elizaveta Pachina
Teaching Ideas
Often times, when one thinks about teaching English as a Second Language (henceforth 'ESL'), the predominant thought is that of, "[w]hat can I as a teacher do to help my students improve?" For the most part, the reflection is introspective, rarely moving out of these bounds. However, one is of the opinion that parents play a large factor in the child's learning of a foreign language. Canvassed below are some of the reasons why one is of this opinion.
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Non-English Speaking Community
Multilingual Education
Activities
Discipline
Collaborative work
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10 Tips to Help Your Students Follow Directions When Teaching English Abroad - TEFL Blog
Linda Dunsmore
Teaching Ideas
Giving directions as a teacher to non-native English speakers in an EFL classroom often requires a set of techniques to ensure the students truly understand the directions and can follow them how you want them to. The following 10 tips to help your students follow directions when teaching English abroad work for students of all ages and levels but are especially useful for English learners of young ages or low levels.
1. Ask for Their Attention
2. Minimize Distractions
3. Speak Quietly
4. Break Down Instructions
5. Number Your Directions
6. Be Precise
7. Wait Before Repeating
8. Don't Ask "Do You Understand?"
9. Rephrase Questions
10. Use Visual Reminders
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3 Easy Tips to Help Students Get More Inspired in The Classroom - TEFL Blog
Elizaveta Pachina
Teaching Ideas
As teachers, it is our duty to bring out the best in our students. One way of doing that is inspiring confidence in them. I have listed three simple tips you can incorporate in your class, whether it's online or offline, to achieve that.
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1. Coping With Stressful Situations
2. Working on the Teacher-Student Relationships
3. Giving a Positive Feedback
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How to Teach Slang and Help Students Incorporate Them in Their Speach? - TEFL Blog
Elizaveta Pachina
Teaching Ideas
What do you normally hear when you walk into a convenience store? Do you hear a man tell you, "Hello, how are you doing today?" or "Good morning?". The answer is likely no. More often than not you hear someone say "Sup, dude!" or "What's happening?" or some other kind of non-conventional English that would normally not find its home in the ESL classroom. Therefore, it is vital to teaching the students slang and idioms so that when they get into a real conversation outside of the classroom, they aren't thrown off or left in the dust by a few turns of phrase.
The English Language Fluidity
One Example
Slang in the Classroom
Part of the Program
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How Will My Personal Teaching Experiences as a Russian Teacher Help Me as an English Teacher? - TEFL Blog
Federico Riva
TEFL Information Alumni Experiences Teaching Ideas
You have to put the emphasis on the right syllable," I said, finishing my demonstration.
Challenges in the Second Class: Timing and Assumptions
Learning from Mistakes: Lessons for Effective Language Teaching
Apology and Humility: A Turning Point
Valuable Lessons for Language Instructors
Carrying Lessons Forward: Teaching English with Confidence
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Teachers Part in Students Learning Path - TEFL Blog
Elizaveta Pachina
Teaching Ideas
Teachers are treated as role models in modern-day society. These professionals have got a great significance in the life of students. The academic life of students can be directed in the correct direction by expert teachers. Students can get proper academic guidance from teachers on the basis of which the ultimate career goal is fixed.
Future Goals
Life Skills
Social Skills
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How Self-Analysis and Reflection Can Help a Teacher Improve - TEFL Blog
Elizaveta Pachina
Teaching Ideas
The CEO of a multi-million-dollar company I worked for once told me, "Change or change will change you." This motto has stuck with me since the day I heard him say it. It's part of the reason why I decided that I want to be a teacher. I know it's going to bring me out of my comfort zone and force me to do things that I otherwise would never do. A teacher can never stop learning; one has to constantly improve. Otherwise, what's the point? Some of the most important ways to ensure that one improves as a teacher are to self-analyze and reflect. It's fine to use these tactics at one's own pace and discretion, but they are of utmost importance.
Revision and Goals
Challenges Analysis
Saving Good Ideas for Future
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TEFL ONLINE - page 5 - ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ TEFL Jobs online
There are students of English all over the world who prefer to learn English online rather than by physical attendance at a school or language academy. Qualified TEFL teachers are therefore hired by a number of different organisations to teach English online.
Here are some online teaching positions:
English Language Instructor | (Date posted:2024-04-25)
Date posted:2024-04-25 | Writer: MyES - My English School France | Email: [email protected]
My English School is looking for qualified, passionate English language Teachers to teach courses online over Zoom. Positions would initially be freelance, part-time roles, but with the opportunity for future growth. Full training in our teaching style provided, and materials provided for all classes.The ideal candidate will be:Native-level... [Read more]
