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Monthly Archives: March 2009
Teaching English to Absolute Beginners (2)
Last Monday we published part 1 of Joan Taber’s guest blog entry. Here in part 2, Joan continues discussing how to teach absolute beginners, and how to avoid using textbooks.
Tagged: basics, Guest Blog, joan taber
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TEFL and the Credit Crunch
I’ve been hearing conflicting reports about the effect of the current economic problems on the TEFL industry. Some people are telling us that wages are criminally low while others are saying that TEFL is your way out of money problems.
Tagged: economic, wages
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Teaching English to Absolute Beginners
Today’s blog is a guest entry by Joan Taber, a highly experienced educator, and someone with a lot of worthwhile things to say. Have a look at her entertaining and informative blog here. Joan also maintains a fascinating series of … Read More
Tagged: basics, esl, Guest Blog, joan taber
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English Writing Activities
In the history of unfortunate names of foreigners, mine runs pretty high. Ben in Japanese means bowel movement (or ‘call of nature’). The character for ‘Ben’ in Japanese is 便, which is the first character in the word ‘benjo’, meaning … Read More
Tagged: japanese, writing
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TEFL Lesson Plans: Top Tips
Creating quality lesson plans is a key part of being a good teacher. Here are some tips to making effective lesson plans.
Tagged: lesson tips, objectives, planning
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How to Teach Vocabulary
Teaching vocabulary is important because the more words your students know, the better they can express themselves and the more they can understand. How, then, do you go about teaching vocabulary?
Tagged: pronunciation, techniques, vocabiulary
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EFL Teachers, "Be Ambitious!"
William Smith Clark is a rather famous figure in Japan, or more specifically, in Hokkaido – Japan’s northernmost major island. Who was he? Not a famous name to western ears, admittedly, Clark was a schoolmaster who was asked to go … Read More
Tagged: efl, hokkaido, teaching
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