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Monthly Archives: June 2008
Teaching English to Children
TEFL never fails to surprise. You can be teaching the alphabet to toddlers one day, and advanced grammar to business people the next. This variety of ages and abilities of students confounds some and appeals to others. To be a … Read More
Tagged: children, english teaching, materials
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Are They Really Learning English?
Perhaps one of the most common issues raised by TEFL teachers is the need/challenge to make learning English a fun experience for the students. Do lessons even need to be fun?! Surely the students are there to learn, not to … Read More
TEFL Career Development: DELTA
So you’ve done the Trinity CERT TESOL/Cambridge CELTA qualification, you’ve got six years experience under your belt… what next? Progressing your career as a teacher of English as a foreign language isn’t a simple thing. But perhaps the best starting … Read More
Tagged: career, DELTA
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Is a TEFL qualification necessary?
This is a question that surfaces a lot. If you want to get a job in TEFL how important is it to posses a teaching qualification? Doesn’t being fluent in the language qualify you to teach it in itself? Certainly, … Read More
Tagged: qualifications, TEFL
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TEFL Country Profile: China
Not only one of the biggest countries in the world in terms of land mass, population and economy, China is perhaps the number one employer of TEFL instructors worldwide. Its business development has grown so rapidly that the demand for … Read More
Tagged: China, Jobseeking
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The Joys of TEFL in Japan
I thought I would celebrate my 7th blog entry (crack open the champagne!) with a slightly off-topic post. I`m going to tell you about my city. I live in Kyoto, Japan. Kyoto is a city that, to me, typifies everything … Read More
TEFL Business English
Can you speak English? That question might be more complicated than you think. Can you teach English? That`s even more complicated. Without getting too philosophical, what is `English`? Ok, so it`s an Indo-European, West Germanic language spoken in the U.S., … Read More
Tagged: Business English, teaching methods, trade
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