The Needs Analysis is a simple concept and an extremely important one at the same time. It is the cornerstone of teaching English and its importance cannot be underestimated. Essentially it is the process of assessing the needs of your students (or student if you are doing this for a […]
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Multiple-Choice Questions are a tried and tested method of checking how much your students know. This article looks at the practical side of things for TEFL teachers: writing a good question and preparing your students for multiple-choice questions in exams. Before going on, a couple of items: the first part […]
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Generally speaking, we can divide language classrooms into two types: monolingual and multilingual. In a monolingual TEFL class all the students speak the same mother tongue and are learning English. In a multilingual TEFL class, however, the students speak a variety of different languages and the only thing they may […]
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This is an excellent tip for teachers concerned about classroom discipline. It is best for Day 1 of your new class. With slightly noisy classes it’s often a good idea to move the disruptive students away from each other or to the front of the class. However, if you try […]
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As a TEFL teacher, you will be faced with one of two types of classroom: Monolingual or Multilingual. In a monolingual classroom, all the students speak the same first language and they are all learning English. This type of classroom is typical in countries like South Korea, Spain and Brazil […]
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