The vast majority of TEFL jobs are about teaching English to children and young learners. If you love kids, you can choose between thousands of jobs in language centers or public schools. But teaching a gang of little rascals can be… at least challenging. This article will aid you in understanding what it takes to…
What’s the most important thing that will keep your students coming back for more lessons? Is it your well designed grammar exercises? Your refined pronunciation drills? Or maybe your charisma? These are all great, but unless you build lessons that are relevant to your students, you will eventually lose them. In this article you will…
How can you build effective lessons and feel in control of the class? Lesson plans are essential to planning and ultimately giving great ESL lessons. But isn’t making lesson plans long and arduous? Well… not if you do things the right way! In this article, you will learn to make a lesson plan for teaching…
A good teacher should try to say as much as possible in a lesson to give as much information as possible… right? WRONG! In this article we will look at why limiting teacher talk time in a class is a good thing. You will also find 15 essential tips on how to start limiting your…
How often do your students say they struggle with pronunciation… It’s a lot, right? English can be really tough in this area and mastering how to teach it will really step up your game as a teacher. By the end of this article, you will know the pronunciation fundamentals that every teacher needs to know….
Grammar… how do we teach it? Is it just reciting monotonously from a textbook and hoping that the students are on board? Can we make it more interactive and dare I say, even fun? Read on and find out yourself! Whether you’re new to teaching English (ESL) or are just looking for new ways to…