Best EFL Websites For Teaching Materials Like any field of proficiency, being a teacher and teaching requires a whole lot of learning experience, and a teacher must be constantly learning so as to be updated with the new trends and provide what is needed in the education sector. As an EFL teacher, the mandate to…
Three Best Paying TEFL Destinations Teaching English abroad is actually fun. As an English language teacher, there are many opportunities to explore when you decide to go abroad and make teaching English as a foreign language your profession. This article will discuss the best-paying destinations to teach English as a foreign language. While teaching English…
Six Tips For Teaching English Abroad With A Partner People considering teaching English abroad sometimes ask if they can teach with their partner, spouse or with a friend. The answer is definitely Yes! Teaching English as a foreign language is one of the most common jobs abroad for married couples. Additionally, teaching as a couple…
Levelling & Placement Testing When a new student arrives to join the school, the school will need to test his English ability to better understand which group would be best suited for him/her. To do this, the school normally starts by giving the student a grammar test. It’s known as placement testing. The test covers…
Seating, Communication & Control in the Classroom Most seating arrangements designed for the TEFL classroom have two clear objectives – to help support communication and to help the teacher maintain control. Objective 1- supporting communication At the end of the day, we learn a language to be able to communicate in that language. Whether that is…
Making Corrections Don’t be fooled, making corrections is a fundamental part of being a teacher. The essence of a TEFL teacher is to be able to teach new stuff as well as to practise the stuff they should know and to make sure they are using it and saying it correctly. The first thing you…
Listening Lessons & Resources Listening lessons have advanced drastically over the last few years. The idea has finally taken hold that what students need isn’t standard English, the Queen’s English or simple English. What is most important is that they hear natural English. That means giving them the opportunity to listen to the variety of…
Reading Resources There are no limits to the resources you could use for your reading lessons. Just always remember to apply a little common sense when deciding what is suitable. The hardest thing to start with is that, as new teachers, you are not yet fully up to speed with being able to look at…
Checking student understanding in the TEFL Classroom Checking student understanding is important so that the students understand what we want from them. Naturally, we want to simply ask the question Bad example: “Do you understand?” but the problem is that many students feel that they are to blame or are embarrassed if they don’t understand so…
Introducing new material through drilling Drilling is a fundamental part of introducing new material, especially when teaching students who are of a lower level. Drilling is the process of getting the students to repeat the word until you are satisfied they can pronounce it correctly and they understand it. Students of higher levels may not…