There are 3 approximate (and overlapping) groups when it comes to TEFL: adults, teenagers, and young learners. This article is all about teaching English to Teenagers, possibly the most likely scenario for new teachers and arguably the most difficult... but also quite...
Tax for TEFL/TESOL Teachers Unless you have a lot of money, tax is unavoidable. This article discusses the tax situation for teachers working abroad. Please note that information here, whilst true to the best of our knowledge, is not legal advice and when dealing with...
Uzbekistan is a landlocked country in central Asia bordering with Afghanistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Turkmenistan. Since gaining independence from the Soviet Union in 1991, Uzbekistan has worked towards strengthening its economic relations with...
Exams are big business and a great number of students work towards one of the major English exams; many more work towards local exams.This means that preparing students for exams is also big business and many teachers either take this on with classes approaching and...
Eliciting is when a teacher gets the students to provide information rather than telling them directly. For example, in an EFL beginners' class a teacher could hold up a ball and say, "Ball. This is a ball. Ball." Alternatively, the teacher could hold up the ball...
Study Skills are those skills useful for students at university, college, and suchlike to increase their ability to study and pass exams. They range from organizing and retaining information to understanding assessments; from effective reading to concentration...
A salutation is a greeting used in a letter or other text (email, SMS, etc). Salutations can be formal or informal. The most common form of salutation in a letter is Dear followed by the recipient's given name or titles. For each style of salutation there is an...
A Placement Test is simply a test of English which a student will take to determine their learner level. They are often used during a needs analysis and when a new student joins a school. The result of the test will give the school a good indication of which class...
Quite simply, a TEFL Lesson is a set period of time where you - as a TEFL teacher - work with your class in learning English. It is part of the hierarchy of learning English where the yearly syllabus is divided into short periods: English > Syllabus > Lesson...
Role Plays or Simulations are an extremely valuable method for learning and practicing the English in your TEFL/TESOL classroom. Essentially the students are placed in a certain fictitious situation where they must use English. It allows creativity on the part of the...
