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Tag Archives: teaching
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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Top Tips: Using the Internet to teach TEFL
Online English lesson have become rather popular recently. Even I have started using Skype to teach. It is a very different beast to classroom teaching, though, and it takes some getting used to. Here are my top 10 tips to … Read More
TEFL Job Interviews
Job interviews have been covered in many articles here at jobs.ac.uk. You can see our top ten tips here. Also, Melanie Allen wrote an insightful article on interviews here. Today, however, I want to write specifically about TEFL job interviews.
Tagged: job interview, teaching, TEFL
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Funny English
You wouldn’t believe how many students request that I teach them ‘funny English’. What is that?! I’m not there to run a comedy club – I can’t teach them how to be funny (I need someone to teach me that). … Read More
Tagged: comedy, funny English, teaching
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Teaching Grammar
The very word ‘grammar’ may send your students to sleep. However, it’s an important part of language and for teachers of English, who are sometimes noticeably slack on this front, it is something to go about carefully. Why we use … Read More
Tagged: grammar, teaching
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Use The Board
As I mostly teach at student’s homes or places of business, I don’t have access to the typical classroom equipment. However, I recently conducted lesson in a business meeting room which was equipped with a white board.
Tagged: board, methods, teaching
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Teaching is Just Getting Easier
Maybe I’m just not trying as hard, or maybe I’m getting used to TEFL, but lesson planning and teaching is getting easier and easier lately. As with any job, the first few months have quite a steep learning curve and, … Read More
Tagged: tasks, teaching, vocabulary
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