English for Academic Purposes (or EAP) is usually concerned with teaching English to students who are involved in higher education at an English speaking university or college. EAP students are usually current higher education students or they are hoping to go on to higher education after their EAP course. They […]
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Drilling is a simple technique used in EFL and ESL classrooms to practice English. Practice, as they say, makes perfect. And drilling is certainly practice. Essentially it is Repetition; the teacher says something and the students repeat it all together. Then the teacher says something else and the students all […]
Continue ReadingDOs and DON’Ts for TEFL Teachers
This is a common sense list of DOs and DON’Ts for Teachers. It is especially relevant to teachers working overseas. DO be punctual, consistent and fair dress well – most countries put far more store in this than the UK and USA; conservative is good (see the links below for […]
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Dogme language teaching is a methodology (and also sometimes thought of as a movement) for teaching English which encourages teaching through conversation and without textbooks in a naturalistic fashion. It aims to take language teaching back to its roots and was initiated by Scott G. Thornbury in an article for […]
Continue ReadingDiscipline in your TEFL Class
Unfortunately TEFL is not just about teaching English, the issue of Discipline also arises and needs to be covered and dealt with effectively. Whilst discipline in language schools is not normally as much of a problem as it is in regular state schools, as a teacher you will likely come […]
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