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Who is an ESL Teacher and What is Their Role? - TEFL Blog
Fri, 26 Feb 2021 Elizaveta Pachina
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Who is an ESL Teacher and What is Their Role?
Although a teacher's role seems like a simple topic to discuss, it's far more complicated than most people credit for. The role of a teacher is pivotal to the students for a myriad of reasons. Based on how the teacher holds themselves in the classroom, it will directly correlate with the amount each student learns and the amount of respect each student has for the teacher.
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Teacher's responsibilities
Relationships within the classroom
Personal teaching experience
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What is an ESL teacher? - ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ TEFL FAQs
What is an ESL teacher?
Globalization and the increasing demand for English speaking professionals all over the world, especially in emerging regions, has brought about a new, steadily growing sector: English as a Second Language (ESL). An ESL teacher is, therefore, an educator who works with English Language Learners (ELLs) whose native language is not English. The goal of the ESL teacher is to help the students reach a certain level of fluency in English, on both a spoken and written level.
How is an ESL teacher different for a foreign language teacher?
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What is an ESL teacher? - ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ TEFL FAQs
What is an ESL teacher?
In the wake of globalization and a rising demand for English proficiency worldwide, ESL (English as a Second Language) teachers emerge as vital educators. They instruct English Language Learners (ELLs), individuals whose first language isn't English, aiming to elevate their spoken and written English fluency to specific standards.
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How is an ESL teacher different from a foreign language teacher?
What age groups do ESL teachers work with?
Where do ESL teachers work?
How do I become an ESL teacher?
What are the benefits of being an ESL teacher?
How do I get my first job as an ESL teacher?
How is an ESL teacher different from a foreign language teacher?
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What is Peer Learning and Why is it Good for ESL Classes? - TEFL Blog
Thu, 09 Jul 2020 Elizaveta Pachina
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What is Peer Learning and Why is it Good for ESL Classes?
Understanding the main purpose of any language usage as a means of exchanging, obtaining information, rendering our emotions, feelings, desires, states, or transmitting ideas inevitably involves this process, other people. In other words, we use language to communicate with other language speakers. So why not use this peculiarity in the process of language studying? Thereby using peer learning techniques in an ESA classroom becomes an essential and inherent part of it.
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Where implementing Peer-to-Peer learning?
Benefits
Ideas for outside the classroom activities
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What is ESP in Relation to ESL Teaching? - TEFL Blog
Fri, 27 Oct 2023 Federico Riva
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What is ESP in Relation to ESL Teaching?
English for Specific Purposes (ESP) is a niche within the realm of English language teaching that offers a unique and tailored approach. While many English teachers focus on general language proficiency, ESP educators direct their attention to students with specialized needs, whether it be in medical, aviation, business, or various other professions.
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What is ESP?
What language level are ESP students?
What age are ESP students?
How does ESP differ from general ESL teaching?
What resources are available to teach ESP classes?
In summary:
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What is The Difference Between Teaching ESL and EFL? - TEFL Blog
Tue, 02 Jun 2020 Elizaveta Pachina
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What is The Difference Between Teaching ESL and EFL?
While English is a popular language used globally, people learn and use the language differently, a feature that informs the techniques employed in teaching the language. A Chinese immigrant living in the United States with his parents, for example, will learn English as a Second Language (ESL). Such a learner would learn in an environment where English is the primary language for interaction. The case is different with a French boy learning English in a school in Paris. The boy in this context learns English but is likely to continue using his French mother tongue while out of class. As such, he learns English as a Foreign Language (EFL). The two learners in this hypothetical... [Read more]
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What is the difference between EFL and ESL?
Given the widespread use of English in global media, government, and business, it is no surprise that hundreds of millions of people are learning English worldwide. Catering to this immense demand are countless teachers, both native and non-native English speakers, instructing in schools, language centers, private firms, colleges, universities, and online classrooms globally. Although these teachers often have a robust understanding of the English language, they may not necessarily be familiar with the multitude of acronyms used within the industry, including EFL, ESL, TEFL, TESL, TESOL, ELT, and more.
What do EFL and ESL actually stand for?
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What is the difference between EFL and ESL?
ESL (English as a Second Language) pertains to students learning English while living in an English-speaking environment. In contrast, EFL (English as a Foreign Language) is for students learning English in a country where it isn't the primary language. Essentially, the distinction lies in the learning context: ESL learners are surrounded by the language daily, while EFL learners study English in settings where the primary language isn't English.
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What do EFL and ESL actually stand for?
What are the main differences between EFL and ESL?
Teaching strategies for English as a second language
Teaching strategies for English as a foreign language
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What is The Role of The Teacher in an ESL Classroom? - TEFL Blog
Tue, 14 Jan 2020 Elizaveta Pachina
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What is The Role of The Teacher in an ESL Classroom?
Teachers play an essential role in educating their students. While teachers are known for this, they also serve many other roles. Teachers set healthy environments for the classroom, motivate students to perform well, can provide cultural expertise outside of the student's traditions, and have a greater understanding of the general difficulty in learning English as a second language. The role of the teacher is to guide the student, allowing them to perform to the best of their ability.
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Environment Organization
Motivating Practice
Cultural Clarification
Rapport Building
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What is Grammar and How to Teach it to ESL Students? - TEFL Blog
Wed, 26 Feb 2020 Elizaveta Pachina
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What is Grammar and How to Teach it to ESL Students?
Grammar plays a very important role in learning and teaching a foreign language. What is grammar? Crystal describes grammar as "the business of taking a language to pieces, to see how it works" (as cited in Bentsen, 2017).
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Definition of Grammar
Explicit Grammar Teaching
Williams believes that meaning-focused instruction
Communicative Approach
Nunan defines communicative language teaching as
Larsen-Freeman's recommended that grammar teaching
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What is Classroom Management and How Does it Affect the ESL Classroom? - TEFL Blog
Tue, 23 Apr 2019 Mark Crocker
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What is Classroom Management and How Does it Affect the ESL Classroom?
Classroom management can be defined as the ability or skill to organize the class. This will involve the use of the eyes, the voice, and different gestures. Classroom management will also involve group arrangements which can consist of the whole class, individuals or pair work. The use of student's names, desk arrangements, use of the board, giving individual attention, and teacher talk time also fall under the label of classroom management.
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The Basic Teaching Tools
Student Arrangements in the Classroom
Other Important Factors of Classroom Management
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What is Motivation and How to Increase it in the ESL Class? - TEFL Blog
Thu, 07 May 2020 Elizaveta Pachina
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What is Motivation and How to Increase it in the ESL Class?
I think being a teacher it is not only to study. This profession includes so many roles such as being a friend, parent, psychologist, etc. It depends on many factors like age, nationality, size of the group of students, or individual student. One more very important factor is motivation. To find out why motivation plays a key role in building rapport between teacher and student first we need to define the meaning of it.
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Definition
OBSERVE
REVISE
INVOLVE
ENCOURAGE
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TEACHING METHODOLOGY: What is CLIL, and how to apply it in online ESL classes?
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Why Building Confidence in Students is Important and What Techniques ESL/EFL Teachers Can Use - TEFL Blog
Thu, 20 Feb 2020 Elizaveta Pachina
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Why Building Confidence in Students is Important and What Techniques ESL/EFL Teachers Can Use
Confidence is a feeling of self-assurance from believing in one's own abilities or qualities. It is indispensable if we want to succeed in doing anything, and learning English is no exception. Confidence enhances performance, making learning less stressful and remembering what is learned a lot easier. It gives English learners the courage to explore and discover the language with or without teachers. Confident learners are not afraid of making mistakes or challenging themselves. All these lead to success eventually, not only for the learners but also for the teachers. Therefore, ESL/EFL teachers (teachers) need to build confidence in... [Read more]
Coursebooks and Materials - Authentic and Created Materials - TEFL Blog
Mon, 28 Feb 2022 Federico Riva
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Coursebooks and Materials - Authentic and Created Materials
Two classifications of ESL materials are Authentic and Non-Authentic (or created). What is the difference between what are called authentic and created materials?
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Authentic Materials
Created Materials
Selection of authentic materials
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Authentic and Non-Authentic Materials: Their Strengths and Weaknesses - TEFL Blog
Wed, 27 May 2020 Elizaveta Pachina
Teaching Ideas
Authentic and Non-Authentic Materials: Their Strengths and Weaknesses
Imagine you are in a language class and the teacher has given you a task. You are excited. The last time you completed an assignment like this one you gained a greater sense of confidence in the target language. After completing the last assignment the confidence gained from it gave you the courage to strike up a conversation with the waiter at the restaurant where you were dining. He was from the country of your target language. You said "hello" and also read the menu and ordered it in the TL. Why? Where did this confidence come from? I do not want to oversimplify the answer because learning a language takes time and effort, it is a compilation of many things, but... [Read more]
How Do We Teach English as a Second Language or English as a Foreign Language? - TEFL Blog
Wed, 26 Aug 2020 Elizaveta Pachina
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How Do We Teach English as a Second Language or English as a Foreign Language?
Language as a second language or as a foreign language consists of classroom course material and student-teacher components that require a certain educational environment to be taught. Language acquisition starts from early childhood to the critical age of 13 years. Born into a natural language environment, the child begins to process the language pragmatically thanks to its sound, environment, and natural language skills.
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Education System
Personal Experience
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The Overview of Teacher’s Personal Qualities Playing a Significant Role in the Classroom - TEFL Blog
Wed, 01 Apr 2020 Elizaveta Pachina
Teaching Ideas
The Overview of Teacher’s Personal Qualities Playing a Significant Role in the Classroom
I have always looked up to teachers regardless of the subject they master. Since we are kids, teachers become part of our lives at school. We become familiar with this role since we start attending school till we reach university and as students, we were all at some point in front of different styles of teaching methods and personalities. Whether we feel or not comfortable with a teacher, they are there to educate and to share their knowledge. The role of a teacher has significantly changed over the years and as a result of the role of the students also has been affected in some way. Teachers are part of our growth and development process which... [Read more]
Teaching is not All About the Content: Building Rapport and Managing a Classroom - TEFL Blog
Fri, 17 Apr 2020 Elizaveta Pachina
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Teaching is not All About the Content: Building Rapport and Managing a Classroom
Anyone could learn a syllabus and regurgitate it to a group of people, however, teaching involves more than just the transference of information. Teachers must learn to be able to engage their students with the content, while also building a rapport with the students and managing the classroom as a whole.
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First Steps in Teaching
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Lingos are of significant interest to linguists because they exist within the subsets of linguistics, by observing the significance of individual words or sentences through semantics and their meaning in a broader social context through pragmatics.In this scenario, the subject is in a particular group of lingos. They are a repeating phenomenon, and, as such, they are referred to as being in a "limbo."
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The History of The ESA Approach - TEFL Blog
Tue, 14 Apr 2020 Elizaveta Pachina
Teaching Ideas
The History of The ESA Approach
My first exposure to learning a foreign language was back in the 1950s watching French lessons on the National Education Network, the predecessor of PBS. The only thing I can remember from the experience was the word Ecoute, listen, which I did little of. Latin classes in Junior High, followed by Spanish courses in High School and College did little to help me as an adult. The teaching methods used were both classical, grammar-translation and Audio- bilingualism, both tried and true relics of the past, and in some cases the present.
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What is ESA?
ESA Structure
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How Parents Can Help in ESL Practice - TEFL Blog
Tue, 29 Oct 2019 Elizaveta Pachina
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How Parents Can Help in ESL Practice
How can a parent help an ESL teacher to facilitate the quality of English learning of their children, which was always debatable, has now become more controversial? Some people assert that parents should give their children enough space or even leave them alone to have them develop without restriction, as they believe children need their room to grow up and experience something new. However, from my perspective, parents' involvements are considerably crucial for ESL children's development. To better articulate my reasoning, the relevant arguments will be elaborated as follow.
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The Importance of English
Support
Guidance
Help in Preparation
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Christmas/Winter ESL Writing
This is a fun ESL writing exercise about Christmas/winter. Students take a look at the picture and describe what they see.
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This is a fun worksheet about food and drinks for ESL students. The students write about what they like and don't like.
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Lucky Little Leprechauns Writing Sheet
This free ESL worksheet is perfect for practicing writing skills with your ESL students. Discuss St. Patrick's Day and ask your students what they would wish for if they had one wish.
Simply print out the sheet, hand it out to your students and have them write down what they would wish for if they had one wish.
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I'm Grateful For - Thanksgiving Activity
This is a fun Thanksgiving ESL activity for your students. Have them think about what and who they are grateful for this Thanksgiving.
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Classroom Management Skills and Strategies - TEFL Blog
Mon, 30 Mar 2020 Elizaveta Pachina
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Classroom Management Skills and Strategies
Managing classes are very important to be a good teacher. Classroom management is the skill of organizing and managing class, having a friendly, relaxed manner and maintaining discipline. If the teacher has a good managing class, the student will learn effectively and the atmosphere of the class will better. How to have good managing class skillS? Below are some problems and solutions.
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Classroom activities and instructions being conducted correctly.
The teacher needs to provide clear instructions to students.
Creating comfortable and happy students.
The teacher needs to prepare lesson planning.
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How to Apply Positive Discipline in The Classroom - TEFL Blog
Mon, 03 Aug 2020 Elizaveta Pachina
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How to Apply Positive Discipline in The Classroom
David Brooks once said, "The point of being a teacher is to do more than impart facts, it's to shape the way students perceive the world, to help a student absorb the rules of discipline. The teachers who do that get remembered." In my experience as a teacher, I have had students from different backgrounds enter my classroom. I have come to acknowledge that each one is an individual who has needs and a personality shaped by external factors such as their family life, social interactions, and beliefs. Nevertheless, I have also discovered that positive discipline in the classroom creates a healthy environment which not only promotes learning but gives each student an equal opportunity... [Read more]
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What are an English Teacher’s Responsibilities and Roles? | ITTT | TEFL Blog
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