In this video, Katherine Tate states confidently that she can help out in an awkward situation because, "I did TEFL in my Gap Year."
TEFL in my Gap Year (TEFAL)
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Production in TEFL
Production, in TEFL terms, is simply producing language; in other words, speaking or writing. It is taking the raw material (language) and forming it into coherent utterances and sentences for others to hear or read. Language learning often follows this pattern: INPUT...
Should Of
The following are errors in English: * I should of known better. * They could of beaten us. * He must of left by now. * an asterisk in front of a sentence denotes an ungrammatical sentence. In good, grammatical English we say instead: I should have known better. They...
Instant Messaging & Chatrooms for English Teaching
Instant Messaging (also IM or Chat) and Chatrooms are a way of sending messages online and having a real-time text conversation. Instant Messaging is usually one-to-one while Chatrooms are usually with large groups of people. For the TEFL teacher, the goal of IM/Chat...
Teaching English in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bosnia (or to give it its full name, Bosnia and Herzegovina) is a relatively new country in the Balkans in South-East Europe which, by all recent accounts, is looking for TEFL teachers as the demand for English grows. Although situated in Europe, Bosnia is not part of...
LGBT and TEFL
There are a couple of main areas of concern regarding LGBT (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender) people and issues in TEFL (teaching English as a foreign language). being LGBT in different countries being an LGBT teacher LGBT materials This article looks into each of...
Teaching English in India
TEFL/TESOL in India India is the largest democratic republic in the world with a population of just over 1.2 billion people. The official language of India is Hindi with the second official language being English. However, there are a many regional languages...
Recreational Drugs & TEFL Teachers
By drugs we are referring to so-called recreational drugs such as cannabis and alcohol etc. This article looks at traveling with drugs and using them while you are living in a foreign country as a teacher of English. Note that this article does not discuss the moral...
Masters Degrees for Teachers of English
The usual qualifications for newcomers to TEFL are a BA degree and a TEFL certificate such as the ICAL TEFL Certificate. However, after a few years experience, some teachers will want to go for further study. The two main options here are a TEFL Diploma or a...
Vietnamese vs English
If you are teaching English in Vietnam, or teaching English to Vietnamese speakers, you may well face a few problems when your students use English. Let's take a simple example. Your Vietnamese students may well say things like this: * Yesterday he go school. *...