Many TEFL teachers rely on private lessons to supplement their income. They often pay more than regular lessons and qualified teachers who offer a professional service can earn a great deal this way. Some, in fact, will stop teaching at a regular school all together...
A Podcast is a series of audio or video files distributed over the internet (in the same way as a broadcast in traditional media). Podcasts can be accessed either live or transferred onto a local PC or iPod to access later. Podcasts in Education Podcasts can be...
TEFL Volunteering is working as an English teacher in a school without being paid; often this is wrapped up as a Gap Year experience where you can go abroad to some exotic location and spend a few hours each day in the classroom and then lie in the sun. Some...
A Mixed Ability Class is a class where the students have different levels and abilities in English. To a certain extent, all classes are mixed ability and you will find stronger and weaker students in every group. However many schools, due to financial reasons, find...
Skimming and Scanning are two skills which are often talked about in TEFL when it comes to reading. In fact, some teachers swear by them; every reading lesson (they maintain) should include practice with these skills because they feel their students will benefit...
Author: Albert S. Hornby Publisher: Oxford University Press Details: Paperback; 1780 pages; Pub. 2005 ISBN: 0194001067 Now in its seventh edition the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary with Compass CD-ROM gives instant access to the Oxford Advanced Learner's...
Popularly known as ‘the land of a thousand hills’, Rwanda is a landlocked country in Africa with lush vegetation, a wide variety of wildlife, endless mountains and stunning scenery which includes six volcanoes, twenty-three lakes and numerous rivers, some forming the...
Billed as a practical handbook for trainees and practicing teachers, it includes: classroom techniques covering all four skills; testing; problem classes; phonetics; and syllabus design. All the topics contain practice material such as exercises, activities, and...
Coordination and Subordination are the grammatical terms we use to talk about joining 2 clauses together. The usual pattern is this: {clause} + {conjunction} + {clause} Coordination If clauses which we combine are independent clauses (that is, if they can stand on...
If you are teaching English in Hungary or working with Hungarian native speakers who are learning English, you will find this article comparing Hungarian and English useful. It looks at various aspects of the Hungarian language and how they relate to English. These...
