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Identifying similarities and differences can play out in many ways in the classroom. Students can be engaged in tasks that involve comparisons, classifications, metaphors and analogies. In addition, these tasks can either more teacher directed or student directed.

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Spanish is the most common second language in the world and the most popular language taught in the United States schools. One reason it seems Spanish is the most popular second language, is over 20 countries claim it as their first language and over 400 million people speak it. More people on earth today speak two or more languages. With numbers like that it seems we all should learn a little bit of this popular language.
In high school I spent time in France after completing my required classes in French. Once I returned home I rarely ever spoke it again. I regret that I have lost that language. My son does attend preschool Spanish, but I will push to keep him exposed to the Spanish culture and language as he gets older so that doesn't happen to him.
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That is a group of words we all like to see when speaking our children's education. Research shows that it is best to start a child in Spanish or any type of language class at age ...

Effectively Engaging Teachers - 5 Strategies For Successful Staff Development I really enjoy working with teachers. They are creative, and most teachers absolutely love to learn.

The classroom environment today is completely different from the traditional classroom we're all used to years ago. The introduction of new technologies, such as document cameras, interactive whiteboards and classroom response systems, have added not only excitement but student engagement and true interactivity within the classroom.

Teaching someone to spell can be rather difficult and challenging. Traditionally vocabulary quizzes and memorization were the methods many educators chose. Today, with increased technology and access to spell check, people have shied away from these more conventional ways.

Many have experienced grand achievement with TEFL and many are on the edge of experiencing it. If one is fascinated to become a fruitful teacher to teach English as a foreign language then Asia could be a main choice. There are a number of internationally renowned institutions available offering internationally certified TEFL course which can contour EFL teaching career big time. On the other hand as the developing countries are trying to take part in the global market and the country is actually keen to come across as one of the most significant destinations in industry and tourism, which plays a huge role in the country’s economy, the call for learning English is huge in this current time. 
The main TEFL job destination is Asia. With the increasing demand of learning English in Asia, it has produced huge chance for the EFL teachers. The salary structure for TEFL jobs is great in Asia which is one more important issue for making huge interest amongst aspiring and employed teachers. ...

There are companies out there who are busy working on new technologies because they want to make life easier for the teacher. You can argue until you are blue in the face about whether this should be done, but this is something that is going to have with innovative technologies.
Now, lets take a trip down memory lane, a trip to when you were at school. The year is 1990 and a teacher's job is very hard. Let's look at the day from their point of view.
They go into the classroom and manually take the register. Now, the class begins. They are on their feet all day because they have to work at the chalkboard. They have to write endlessly on the board because they have to stop and change for different classes. They might have to do the same lesson over and over again for different students and this will mean drawing and writing the same thing over and over again.
Their life is very monotonous. Their legs and arms are probably aching. But, their workday doesn't end there. They will have to ...

Thoughts on the shadow side of teaching EFL abroad.

Why do parents send their children to school? Why are you reading this now? Why does the government spend tax payers money in funding public education? Why does the teacher teach principles, concepts, facts, etc? Is school learning relevant to real life situations?
These questions are focusing on the usefulness of education and learning to the learner and to the society. This is the subject of transfer of learning.
Parents send their children to school because they believe the school can transmit desirable attitudes, skills, knowledge, behaviors and attitudes to the children. The government funds public schools because it hopes that by so doing the society will have citizens that are productive and self reliant; that have a positive attitude to fellow citizens, public and private property, that will shun crime and live peacefully with others, and that can bring social progress.
Thus, parents, governments, teachers and citizens all believe that learning gained in school should be ...

First, a child is not in the least interested in language for its own sake. In fact, a young child never focuses his attention upon language at all. He is too interested in his toys, in his playmates, and in the things that he can find that are not to be played with. Language is always of secondary importance, and all of his early language learning is peripheral learning. To a child, the value of language is measured by its ability to help him better enjoy his primary interests.