Kelly Blackwell  |  English Language Teaching (ELT)  |  0 comments  |  832 views  |  Read Full

 

Considering the recent unprecedented growth in the number of international schools in the world on top of the abundance already operating worldwide, it is no wonder you might be reeling from the thought of choosing the ‘right’ school for you.

Michele Louwerse  |  English Language Teaching (ELT)  |  0 comments  |  819 views  |  Read Full

 

This article will show how an activity can be modified to encourage the four kinds of classroom language (requests, choices, leadership, and manners and values) described in part 1.

Michele Louwerse  |  English Language Teaching (ELT)  |  0 comments  |  1369 views  |  Read Full

 

Classroom language is that collection of phrases used for communication among teacher and students, from "Open your books to page fifteen" to "May I go to the bathroom?" While emphasis is usually placed primarily on the target language, classroom language, too, can be an invaluable way of promoting English as real communication, student involvement in the lesson, and active language learning skills.

Helene Jarmol Uchida  |  English Language Teaching (ELT)  |  0 comments  |  1262 views  |  Read Full

 

Since I have been a music lover all my life, it is only natural for me to bring English songs into the EFL classroom. I believe music fills a room up with warmth as strong as rays of sunshine filtering through a window.

Hassan Asghari  |  English Language Teaching (ELT)  |  0 comments  |  3399 views  |  Read Full

 

In this paper an attempt will be made to briefly deal with the notion of communication, communicative language teaching, its implications for teaching reading. To achieve this goal, we shall look at the reading process from a communicative angle within the framework of discourse.

Ron Edwards  |  English Language Teaching (ELT)  |  0 comments  |  811 views  |  Read Full

 

So you believe you have what it takes to be one of the many English language teachers around? You should know that English language teachers are not all of one type – there are differences between English language teachers (just like in other occupations.)

Kevin Burns  |  English Language Teaching (ELT)  |  0 comments  |  957 views  |  Read Full

 

I have one of the greatest jobs in the world. I get paid to do what I love doing. I teach English in Japan. I have always enjoyed meeting and conversing with interesting people, only now I get paid for it.

Jonathon Hardcastle  |  English Language Teaching (ELT)  |  0 comments  |  734 views  |  Read Full

 

How do developing countries handle education amid the more pressing everyday challenges imposed by economic pressures and threats to security, law and order? Certainly, there are more serious problems to face, but it is significant to note that education is not forgotten.

Ethan Allen  |  English Language Teaching (ELT)  |  0 comments  |  678 views  |  Read Full

 

ALT stands for Assistant Language Teacher. ALT's are the guys and gals that go into the public schools and teach English along with a Japanese teacher. For teachers in Japan, ALT work is one option for employment. Your experience as an ALT depends a lot on what school you get sent to. Here's a little bit of what you can expect when you teach abroad as an ALT.

Kate Marie Ryan  |  English Language Teaching (ELT)  |  0 comments  |  930 views  |  Read Full

 

JOURNAL ENTRY 2 "A giant leap into the past - observational reflections in the classroom" - I was hit with a familiar sense of dejavu when walking through the gates of Glendowie College. I had been here before but in a different time. Passing the school corridors I passed a photo of myself taken by my first boyfriend for bursary photography in 1994.