As a trainee or novice ESL teacher, developing a rapport with your students should, initially, be your paramount goal: your ability to form a relationship between you and your students founded on mutual respect, liking, understanding and concern will contribute greatly to the students’ learning experience and motivation to learn.
So, you’ve done your TEFL course and found a job in London. Now this is when the fun starts.
Taking students out of the classroom is a great way to break the monotony of your lessons and breathe some fresh air into your routine. It’s also a nice way for your students to learn more about the city they have chosen to live in.
Brighton is such a fun city it seems a shame to sit in a classroom all day. Why not take your lessons outside and enjoy some sunshine and add a bit of fun into your usual lessons?
As a trainee or novice ESL teacher, you might not have given much thought to figurative language. In fact, a few of you may not really know what is meant by this term: this might be especially true for those coming into ESL teaching from non-humanities-based disciplines or professions.
As a trainee or novice ESL teacher, you could very early on find yourself invigilating an ESL examination. Here’s some information about what is involved in exam invigilation. Once the venue has been decided by your director of studies, your duties will normally be as follows:
As a trainee or novice ESL teacher, you will eventually have to develop a basic understanding of statistics for the purpose of analysing your students’ examination/test results. One very important aspect of statistics that you should become familiar with is Z-scores.
As a trainee or novice ESL teacher, sooner or later, you will find yourself having to chaperone a school trip. Here are some useful tips to help you with chaperoning students.
As a trainee or novice ESL teacher, you will soon learn that in teaching there are certain required standards of professionalism which have to be maintained. Apart from the obvious qualities of punctuality, politeness and patience, the novice ESL teacher should also try to do the following ten things.
As a trainee or novice ESL teacher, you will soon learn that in teaching there are certain required standards of professionalism which have to be maintained. Apart from the obvious prohibitions against drunkenness, drug-taking, dating students, criminality and profanity, the novice ESL teacher should also avoid doing the following ten things.
Stress is something that is experienced in all professions, and ESL teaching is no exception. Being a trainee or novice ESL teacher may be quite a stressful experience, but with time stress will lessen as you become more experienced and accustomed to ESL teaching.
This short article is aimed at defining and explaining important acronyms and initialisms that the trainee or novice teacher will be required to know.
As a trainee or novice ESL teacher you will no doubt have some cherished beliefs and ideas on how children learn a second language (L2). This article looks briefly and simplistically at five myths/misconceptions (which could also be some of your cherished beliefs and ideas) about how children learn an L2.
The trainee or novice ESL teacher will probably be more than a little surprised to discover that a basic knowledge of statistics is a desirable asset for TEFL; indeed, nowadays, this does not apply just to TEFL but to almost any discipline which the trainee or novice ESL teacher may choose to consider.
As a trainee or novice ESL teacher you probably pay little or no attention to your classroom layout. You tacitly accept that the arrangement of the classroom furniture is as it should be – traditional rows. Unfortunately, ‘traditional rows’ is not always the best type of classroom layout.
As a trainee or novice ESL teacher, you may think that teaching ESL is just another job, but if you read on you’ll find that the right to an ESL education is something that shouldn’t always be taken for granted, and that the ESL teacher can end up providing an indispenable social service: the Aspira Consent Decree is a case in point.
As a trainee or novice ESL teacher, developing a rapport with your students should, initially, be your paramount goal: your ability to form a relationship between you and your students founded on mutual respect, liking, understanding and concern will contribute greatly to the students’ learning experience and motivation to learn.
So, you’ve done your TEFL course and found a job in London. Now this is when the fun starts.
Taking students out of the classroom is a great way to break the monotony of your lessons and breathe some fresh air into your routine. It’s also a nice way for your students to learn more about the city they have chosen to live in.
Brighton is such a fun city it seems a shame to sit in a classroom all day. Why not take your lessons outside and enjoy some sunshine and add a bit of fun into your usual lessons?
As a trainee or novice ESL teacher, you might not have given much thought to figurative language. In fact, a few of you may not really know what is meant by this term: this might be especially true for those coming into ESL teaching from non-humanities-based disciplines or professions.
As a trainee or novice ESL teacher, you could very early on find yourself invigilating an ESL examination. Here’s some information about what is involved in exam invigilation. Once the venue has been decided by your director of studies, your duties will normally be as follows:
As a trainee or novice ESL teacher, you will eventually have to develop a basic understanding of statistics for the purpose of analysing your students’ examination/test results. One very important aspect of statistics that you should become familiar with is Z-scores.
As a trainee or novice ESL teacher, sooner or later, you will find yourself having to chaperone a school trip. Here are some useful tips to help you with chaperoning students.
As a trainee or novice ESL teacher, you will soon learn that in teaching there are certain required standards of professionalism which have to be maintained. Apart from the obvious qualities of punctuality, politeness and patience, the novice ESL teacher should also try to do the following ten things.
As a trainee or novice ESL teacher, you will soon learn that in teaching there are certain required standards of professionalism which have to be maintained. Apart from the obvious prohibitions against drunkenness, drug-taking, dating students, criminality and profanity, the novice ESL teacher should also avoid doing the following ten things.
Stress is something that is experienced in all professions, and ESL teaching is no exception. Being a trainee or novice ESL teacher may be quite a stressful experience, but with time stress will lessen as you become more experienced and accustomed to ESL teaching.
This short article is aimed at defining and explaining important acronyms and initialisms that the trainee or novice teacher will be required to know.
As a trainee or novice ESL teacher you will no doubt have some cherished beliefs and ideas on how children learn a second language (L2). This article looks briefly and simplistically at five myths/misconceptions (which could also be some of your cherished beliefs and ideas) about how children learn an L2.
The trainee or novice ESL teacher will probably be more than a little surprised to discover that a basic knowledge of statistics is a desirable asset for TEFL; indeed, nowadays, this does not apply just to TEFL but to almost any discipline which the trainee or novice ESL teacher may choose to consider.
As a trainee or novice ESL teacher you probably pay little or no attention to your classroom layout. You tacitly accept that the arrangement of the classroom furniture is as it should be – traditional rows. Unfortunately, ‘traditional rows’ is not always the best type of classroom layout.
As a trainee or novice ESL teacher, you may think that teaching ESL is just another job, but if you read on you’ll find that the right to an ESL education is something that shouldn’t always be taken for granted, and that the ESL teacher can end up providing an indispenable social service: the Aspira Consent Decree is a case in point.
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