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Top 5 Free Resources for ESL Teachers - TEFL Blog
Fri, 25 Aug 2023 Federico Riva
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Top 5 Free Resources for ESL Teachers
Even experienced teachers have difficulty sometimes thinking of new ways to plan and deliver their lessons. The following list gives a set of 'go to' resources, for new and experienced teacher alike, to use for ideas and activities. These examples have been chosen on the basis that they are actually useful, saving teacher time when looking for lesson ideas and materials at all levels and in a wide variety of teaching situationsEach of the websites indicated were correct for the time of writing. You may need to find alternatives if domain names have changed. Also be aware that over time, popular free website resources are sometimes later monetized, either partly or in full.
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Top 5 ESL Teacher Strategies for Your Online Classes - TEFL Blog
Fri, 20 Jan 2023 Federico Riva
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Top 5 ESL Teacher Strategies for Your Online Classes
In this blog post, we will look at five strategies you can use t boost your effectiveness within the class and also as a general way of increasing your online business. Ideas covered include the use of gamification and individualization.
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Top 5 Mistakes ESL Teachers Make And How to Avoid Them
In this article, we share the most common teaching mistakes that even experienced teachers do in their everyday work. Read what are they and how to avoid them.
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1. Unlimited Teacher Talking Time
2. Unclear Instructions
3. Echoing
4. Asking "Do you understand?"
5. Not letting students finish
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insightful uh in my tips and tricks uh so today we will discuss
uh five useful uh things you could apply to your online teaching classes
in 2022 so this new year is coming and it is really
important to make sure you can enhance your english classes somehow and
i am here to share several tips that uh you can actually utilize
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