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Teaching English in Brazil

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English Teaching Jobs in Brazil Brazil is a very large country, stretching from the Amazon Basin in the north to vineyards and massive Iguaçu Falls in the south. Rio de Janeiro is famous for its busy Copacabana and Ipanema beaches as well as its enormous, raucous Carnaval festival, featuring parade floats, flamboyant costumes and samba…

Chile
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Teaching English in Chile

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English Teaching Jobs in Chile Chile stretches along South America’s western edge, with a very large Pacific Ocean coastline. Santiago is the capital of Chile and is located in a valley surrounded by the Andes and Chilean Coast Range mountains. The city’s palm-lined Plaza de Armas contains the neoclassical cathedral and the National History Museum.…

Cambodia
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Teaching English in Cambodia

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English Teaching Jobs in Cambodia Cambodia’s landscape spans low-lying plains, the Mekong Delta, mountains and the Gulf of Thailand coastline. Phnom Penh is the capital of Cambodia and is home to the art deco Central Market, glittering Royal Palace and the National Museum’s historical and archaeological exhibits. In the country’s northwest are the ruins of…

China
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Teaching English in China

February 12, 2017January 9, 2020 TEFL Employment Articles, , , , , , , , , , ,

English Teaching Jobs in China China is a populous nation whose vast landscape encompasses grassland, desert, mountains, lakes, rivers and coastline. Beijing is the capital and mixes modern architecture with historic sites such as the Forbidden City Palace and Tiananmen Square. Shanghai is a skyscraper-filled financial centre. The Great Wall of China runs east-west across…

Perfect Functions
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Grammar: Perfect Functions

February 12, 2017September 30, 2021 Grammar for TEFL Teachers, , , , , , , , ,

Perfect Functions The present perfect is the most commonly used perfect tense construction in the English language. Although it has many functions we will deal primarily with just four perfect functions. A. It describes a state, event or habit that started in the past, and continues to the present and may continue into the future. For example:…

Future Functions
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Grammar: Future Functions

February 12, 2017January 9, 2020 Grammar for TEFL Teachers, , , , , , , ,

Future Functions Look at these functions of the Future Simple tense (will + bare infinitive) 1. A command or order: * Will you sit down and listen! 2. A future possibility or prediction: * It’ll probably be too late to do anything by then. * I think the weather will improve tomorrow. 3. An offer…

Present Continuous
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Grammar: Continuous Functions

February 12, 2017January 9, 2020 Grammar for TEFL Teachers, , , , , , ,

Present Continuous  The present continuous (sometimes referred to as the present progressive) uses the –ing form of the verb and is often used to describe something that is temporary. For example: It’s raining That is, it’s raining now, but it is temporary. The past continuous (sometimes referred to as the past progressive), which also uses…

Present and Past Simple
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Grammar: Present and Past Simple Tense Functions

February 12, 2017September 30, 2021 Grammar for TEFL Teachers, , , , , , ,

Present and Past Simple Tense Functions In addition to referring to different times, sentences that use the same tense can have quite different functions (present and past simple). Look at the following four sentences. All of them use the present simple tense construction yet they all have different functions. These sentences express a scientific or general truth: Tadpoles turn into frogs.…

Conditional Forms
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Grammar: The Conditional Forms

February 12, 2017September 30, 2021 Grammar for TEFL Teachers, , , , , , , ,

The Conditional Forms We are going to look at structures called conditional forms. There are two clauses in these structures. These clauses are usually called the conditional clause or if-clause (the cause) and the main clause (the effect). Sometimes they are called the if-conditionals or if-structures because the sentences contain the word if. There are basically four conditionals that will be dealt with. The Zero Conditional…

Active and Passive Voices
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Grammar: The Active and Passive Voices

February 12, 2017January 9, 2020 Grammar for TEFL Teachers, , , , , , , , , ,

The Active and Passive Voices Aside from having different tenses, verb phrases have two voices. These are the active and passive voices. When we use the active voice, the ‘doer’ of the action is the subject of the sentence. The ‘doer’ of the action is sometimes called the agent. For example: Manchester University employs people. (Present simple tense) People in India export cars. (Present simple…