J. Reese Cermak  |  English as a Second Language (ESL)  |  0 comments  |  205 views  |  Read Full

 

As an ESL teacher, you have a keen interest in helping your students to advance their English language skills. You already have your training, talent and experience and, now, you're looking for a few helpful hints and resources that you can draw upon to make the most of your ESL training programs. Here is a list of helpful tips on how to succeed as an ESL teacher. Give yourself a check mark for each of the following things that you are already doing.

Jo Karabasz  |  Lesson Planning  |  0 comments  |  126 views  |  Read Full

 

Remember, I teach English. If you are required to cite standards for every lesson, you may have to do some adapting for standards in other subject areas. Rules Lesson Plan Subject Area: Language Arts

Jo Karabasz  |  Classroom Management  |  0 comments  |  139 views  |  Read Full

 

I need quiet to work. I am made nervous and irritable when there are disruptions when I am speaking. Knowing that about myself I needed to create a quiet room. It turns out my students are also more relaxed and pleasant in a quiet place - even though they would NEVER admit that!

Jo Karabasz  |  Classroom Management  |  0 comments  |  137 views  |  Read Full

 

Students who arrive in high school reading at a second grade level are, more than anything else, SCARED. They've had six years or so of spending seven hours a day on one thing - hiding the fact that they can't read. They've been hurt in school in a thousand ways a million times before. Their fear reveals itself in many forms, of course, ranging from truculence to silence to disruption.

M. G. Hines  |  Teaching Methodology  |  0 comments  |  347 views  |  Read Full

 

Teaching English as a second or foreign language entails the use of both traditional teaching methods as well as instructional techniques that are unique to the study and learning of language. Based on the teaching experiences of educators around the world, different techniques should be deployed depending on the instructional purpose, the subject matter, and the students' level of competency, cognitive ability and enthusiasm.

Al Steuart, Ph.D.  |  Learning Methodology  |  0 comments  |  245 views  |  Read Full

 

This article is written with the intent of fostering more effective written and verbal communication. Are you reflecting (thinking) right now about the degree of validity and accuracy of the pattern of thinking shared in the first sentence? If so, then you are engaged in critical thinking!

Krystalina Soash  |  English Language Learning (ELL)  |  0 comments  |  120 views  |  Read Full

 

Have you ever read a note or letter that contained words, words, and more words but no punctuation? Well, I'm glad to say that I have, and I'm certain I used to before I learned English Grammar and Punctuation. While working with an English Language Learner (ELL) student some years back I remember asking the student to write a paragraph in English, the handwriting was beautiful and legible, however, there was not a single punctuation mark.

Krystalina Soash  |  English Language Learning (ELL)  |  0 comments  |  130 views  |  Read Full

 

As an adult English language Learner, one of the greatest teaching tools my teachers used in helping me understand the language was with the use of examples. In this article I'd like to share the reasons examples are used and the benefits examples provide when learning the English Language.

Connie H Deutsch  |  Other  |  0 comments  |  106 views  |  Read Full

 

Are we deliberately trying to set ourselves up as the country that is becoming a nation of morons? I just read a very disturbing article written by a teenager who says, "According to guidelines endorsed by the National Education Association (NEA), a student should be assigned no more than 10 minutes per grade level per night. To say that I read this article with my jaw hanging open is probably the understatement of the century.

Chris A. Harmen  |  Teaching English as a Foreign Language (TEFL)  |  0 comments  |  183 views  |  Read Full

 

Teaching overseas is a rewarding experience, no matter which country you're in. Although many teachers have great success working in Asian and European countries, many others prefer the culture that comes with finding teaching jobs in the Middle East. While this region is thought to be full of strife and tension, companies that hire teachers to teach English typically work in safe cities that are friendly to foreigners.