Malaysia offers many employment opportunities to English teachers. The capital of Malaysia is Kuala Lumpur and this is where the majority of jobs are. The Malaysian government have recently set up a number of new initiatives to raise the overall standard of English...
Teaching English in Romania
TEFL/TESOL in Romania Romania is a stunningly beautiful country and has a reputation for giving a warm and friendly reception to foreigners. Since the fall the USSR and Romania entering the European Union, English has taken over as the predominant language taught in...
Teaching English in South Africa
The Republic of South Africa is located at the southern tip of Africa. South Africa is the only country in the world with three capital cities. Cape Town, the largest of the three, is the legislative capital; Pretoria is the administrative capital; and Bloemfontein is...
What is a Lexeme?
LEXEME is the term used in Linguistics to refer to a word (a minimal unit of language) with a distinctive meaning (a semantic value) and often a specific cultural concept attached to it. banana, love, animal, run These are all lexemes. Lexemes can be seen as the...
Pearson ESL
Pearson is an educational publishing house with a comprehensive range of educational programs, in all subjects, for every age and level of student, from preK-12 through higher education and on into professional life. Pearson's businesses and brands include: Prentice...
Teaching English in Canada
TEFL/TESOL in Canada There are a vast number of ESL schools in Canada that attract many students from abroad. Students can choose to learn English against the backdrop of an incredible and diverse country. Needless to say, competition amongst schools pushes the...
The Grammar Book (book)
Author: Marianne Celce-Murcia ; Diane Larsen-Freeman Publisher: Cengage ELT Details: Hardcover; 854 pages; 2nd Ed. Pub.1998 ISBN: 0838447252 The Grammar Book is a course book for future ESL/EFL teachers. It presents grammar and activities in a way that helps...
Teaching English in Cuba
English jobs are available in Cuba but with the current state of the economy, preference for jobs is often given to Cubans. One way to overcome this is to be qualified and a native speaker; jobs then, can be found. One possibility is going to Cuba with a volunteer...
Second Language
When a student learns English in order to live and work in an English speaking country we say they are learning English as a Second Language. For example, these kinds of people learn English as a second language: an Afghan refugee resettled in Australia a Russian...
Teaching English in Portugal
Portugal is a modern, developed democracy with a distinguished history. It is the westernmost country of Europe bordered on the one side by Spain and the other by the Atlantic Ocean with a pleasant Mediterranean climate. It has a population of about 10 million with a...