Jonathon Hardcastle  |  English Language Teaching (ELT)  |  0 comments  |  731 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.

Linda Correli  |  Teaching  |  0 comments  |  1102 views  |  Read Full

 

Teachers are all at sea: despite a great deal of effort over the past 20 years, academic achievement among high school students continues to lag behind. In their attempt to improve school results, the educators are trying to find roots of poor academic achievement of high school students.

Tracey Wilen  |  Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (T  |  0 comments  |  1256 views  |  Read Full

 

Cultures differ in how they communicate, how they use their time, and how they view themselves in terms of empowerment and decision making. The main variables we will discuss are selected from the research of Edward Hall, Florence Kluckhohn, F.L. Strodtbeck, and Geert Hofestede.

Brian Haley  |  Classroom Management  |  0 comments  |  1108 views  |  Read Full

 

When developing classroom plans and teaching methods, many teachers use collaborative learning techniques. This generally involves intergroup learning and the use of verbal interaction. Where the teacher is not just teaching, rather giving the students an opportunity to learn through interpersonal interaction.

Christine Dugan  |  Classroom Management  |  0 comments  |  2014 views  |  Read Full

 

The following are step-by-step instructions for a token economy that you could implement in your elementary classroom to increase on-task behavior during reading lessons. This token economy is targeted to reduce behaviors you have may have difficulty with in class, such as socializing and wandering around the room.

Rajesh Kanoi  |  English as a Foreign Language (EFL)  |  0 comments  |  888 views  |  Read Full

 

Billy, a former student has come to visit me in Huainan from Hefei, a two-hour ride by bus and a little less by train. He is accompanied by a university classmate, Danny who wants to take Billy's lead in setting up an English training centre in Anqing city. Billy has already launched his business with some success in Bozhou, the city he comes from.

J.C. Cronin  |  English as a Foreign Language (EFL)  |  0 comments  |  851 views  |  Read Full

 

There are so many jobs in Korea. There are only a few requirements that you must meet in order to work there as an English teacher. There are a number of different kinds of jobs that you can choose from and a few different ways that you can go about landing one of these jobs. Here are some of the options that are most commonly available.

Naraginti Reddy  |  Young Learners  |  0 comments  |  588 views  |  Read Full

 

House is the first learning environment for the child and parents are the first teachers. They not only guide the child in its progressive path but also demonstrate the appropriate behaviour by their actions. Normally we come across three categories of parents.

Ethan Allen  |  English Language Teaching (ELT)  |  0 comments  |  675 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.

Kelly Blackwell  |  Teaching English as a Foreign Language (TEFL)  |  1 comments  |  803 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.