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Where Can I Find Teaching Materials For Homeschooling?

by James Masterson

Oct 29, 2008 Tutoring/Home School 2466 Views

How do you successfully determine what method of teaching, what lessons to teach and at what speed? Having decided to educate your kids at home for the purpose of giving your children the needed attention they require, do you still follow the school's standards of what subjects to cover and take up and when?
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Do Students Hear What You Want Them to Hear?

by Dr. Robert Taylor

Oct 29, 2008 English Language Learning (ELL) 4676 Views

_notregistered/art_493_a11037996c~.jpg Many teachers assume that when they say something to their class, the students hear what was said. Unfortunately this is not always the case and can lead to misunderstandings such as "...but s/he never told us that!" Over the years, I have heard many cases where a student says something was on a test that wasn't taught and the teacher says it was taught but the student could not have been paying attention.
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What Do All the ESL Acronyms Mean?

by Dr. Robert W. F. Taylor

Oct 29, 2008 English as a Second Language (ESL) 5226 Views

_notregistered/art_494_6576a35bcd~.jpg Every industry has its acronyms and Teaching English is no exception. If you are new to the world of language teaching, you may very well find these a tad confusing. Let me run through most of the acronyms you are likely to come across in ads for teachers and education articles:
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Why Don\\\'t Asian Students Ask Questions in Class?

by Dr. Robert Taylor

Oct 30, 2008 English Language Learning (ELL) 3984 Views

_notregistered/art_499_5fcb827ae6~.jpg When I was about to embark on my first teaching assignment in Asia, a colleague with lots of overseas teaching experience there told me to take lots of lesson material. When I asked why, he said, "Because Asian students don't ask questions". In Canada, the US or other Western country it is normal to have a question and answer period at the end of a lesson. In Asia, forget it!
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If I Have a Degree, Do I Still Need a TESOL Certificate to Teach Overs

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Oct 30, 2008 Career Development 2821 Views

_notregistered/art_500_bc586b9a20~.jpg Depending on the country and the urgency of their need, there are many schools that will hire you to teach English if you have a degree from a recognized college or university. It generally does not matter in what discipline you earned your degree, but the preference is education or arts/humanities. Having said that, you will find that more and more, schools are asking for a TESOL or other ESL teaching qualification in addition to a degree.
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Teaching English As a Second Language

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Oct 30, 2008 Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (T 12280 Views

_notregistered/art_501_82946c5c78~.jpg Grew up in an English speaking country? Or your Mum and Dad taught you to speak English? Or both? Congratulations! You have a talent that is in huge demand and that can take you just about anywhere in the world. Teaching English as a second or foreign language.
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