Here are a few quick tips for TEFL teachers on using your blackboard, glassboard, whiteboard or interactive whiteboard in class. Face the Class Don’t stand with your back to the class! Doing this is an opportunity for them to tune out and start talking. While you are writing on the […]
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The Ideal TEFL Classroom
The Ideal TEFL Classroom is the best possible place where you can give your lessons. And remember that since it’s probably the most important room in your professional life so it’s worthwhile getting it right! In the world of TEFL it’s not easy to predict exactly what your next classroom […]
Continue ReadingThe 7 Commandments of Effective TEFL Teaching
TEFL Commandments are simply basic teaching rules which TEFL teachers follow in the classroom. Some call them maxims, others call them aphorisms, others still call them sayings. But whatever you call them, they are useful to read over and think about every so often and can help both new and […]
Continue ReadingTESOL – Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages
TESOL is an acronym standing for Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages. Generally speaking it is the same as TESL or TEFL and it is used as an umbrella term primarily in the USA. TESOL refers to the teaching of the English language to students whose mother tongue (MT) […]
Continue ReadingTEFL to Blind & Visually Impaired Students
This article looks at a few ideas you should bear in mind if you have blind or visually impaired students in your TEFL class. Over the years we at IWeb TEFL have had a number of blind and visually impaired teacher trainees taking our course and we have worked with […]
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