Joseph D. Mapue  |  English Language Teaching (ELT)  |  0 comments  |  68 views  |  Read Full

 

According to Franz Boas, the socio-cultural context within which a speech community thrives and upon which its collective preferences and linguistic prejudices are established should be considered only as a "secondary rationalization" and should be relegated below the more important aspect of studying the inherent dynamics of the language itself. In the process, Boas developed an alternative linguistic model where race, language, and culture may be separated from-and can function independently of-each other.

Kevin Stein  |  English Language Teaching (ELT)  |  0 comments  |  121 views  |  Read Full

 

A short paper on how Japanese learners of English face particular problems when it comes to the act of listening and some ideas for how to overcome these obstacles. This paper might be useful for anyone who is teaching beginning level English students in Japan

Tim B. Cornwall  |  English Language Teaching (ELT)  |  0 comments  |  85 views  |  Read Full

 

Students need a role play in which answers are unknown to their conversation partner, regardless of how well they might know each other. The problem, however, is that a role play often takes too much time to create, set up, explain and initiate in class.

Chris A. Harmen  |  English Language Teaching (ELT)  |  0 comments  |  127 views  |  Read Full

 

Countless teaching and school administration professionals dream of traveling overseas to offer their skills and expertise to help make the world a better place. Teaching overseas is a perfect example. Economic growth and a commitment to education mean that the demand for qualified education professionals continues to rise.

Chris Westergaard  |  English Language Teaching (ELT)  |  0 comments  |  219 views  |  Read Full

 

Challenging higher education in education. Educators in ELT and other fields need to return to skill based training programs.

Guest  |  English Language Teaching (ELT)  |  0 comments  |  256 views  |  Read Full

 

CELTA is one of two internationally recognised TEFL(teaching English as a foreign language – link) certificates (the other being Trinity Cert. TESOL - link) . It is the ideal qualification for anyone looking to start teaching English as a foreign language. CELTA is also good for people looking to change career or build up their C.V.

Karlee Demierre  |  English Language Teaching (ELT)  |  0 comments  |  456 views  |  Read Full

 

Teaching English as a second language can seem daunting, but it's not really if you follow the simple logic of: what would a kid like most. Chose your English teaching materials keeping this in mind and you cannot fail to keep kids interested and learning.

Bruce Deitrick Price  |  English Language Teaching (ELT)  |  0 comments  |  1407 views  |  Read Full

 

How should English be taught? Every teacher needs to know the complex issues behind the Reading Wars.

Adrian McDonald  |  English Language Teaching (ELT)  |  0 comments  |  472 views  |  Read Full

 

International schools are looking for NQTs who are trained in the UK to teach core subjects abroad. Teaching jobs in Europe are on the rise according to inquiries and interest. They have noted a significant rise in requests and job postings for UK trained teachers and currently cannot meet the demands from international schools.

Andy De Ronda  |  English Language Teaching (ELT)  |  0 comments  |  551 views  |  Read Full

 

Teaching English in Spain can be a lot easier than other countries, the students have often studied English for many years but lack the confidence to speak. Offering practical English speaking lessons can be very rewarding for teacher and student. Teaching is an easy way to make friends, and students are highly motivated.