At the beginning of my ESL teaching career, much of the time I spent preparing lesson plans was making sure that I thoroughly understood the English language concept I was going to teach. I studied numerous ESL grammar books and scoured the internet looking for help to understand the topics ...
the right beginning of the lesson always sets the right mood for the rest of it, doesn’t it? So recently I got a little tired of just informal chit-chat during the first minutes of my one-to-one lessons, and it got me thinking, what else can I do?
Teens are naturally very self-centred, which means their thoughts and actions relate directly to themselves. Take the time to get to know your students, their likes and interests – even if you do this through a very informal chat with them at the beginning of your lessons. This will help...
I’ve met a lot of such slogans, countless many times, from the beginning since I started studying on Duolingo more than two and a half years ago, then starting with German based on English. During that time I added several other courses I was interested in, depending also on availability...
You can find it at the beginning of Section 6 Unit 11 of the English-German course. What is the difference between this: “schreiben sie auf dass ich fünfhundert euro in der tasche hatte” and this: “Schreiben Sie auf, dass ich 500 Euro in der Tasche hatte.” The fact aside that ...
Do not be afraid in the beginning. Does it matter whether you’ve just been let off from a Chinese company or are now in the process of becoming an English language teacher? Because of the new rules, many Chinese companies’online English teachers risk losing the bulk of their students if...
the teaching of English in China's educational system has taken a back seat to other subjects in accordance with the country's increasingly protectionist economic stance. However, given that English is one of the primary courses taught at all educational levels, beginning with kindergarten and conti...
Teaching English in Grasse, France: How can teachers find teaching jobs in Grasse, France? Every school age student starting in 6eme, which is the beginning of middle school in France, is required to learn English at school but the majority of families do not speak any English at home. Th...
The purpose of this study was to investigate Ethiopian public primary school English teachers’ practice of teaching early grade reading. To this end, it used a descriptive research design of mixed methods approach. It attempted to answer basic research questions: a) To what extent are primary sc...
but I’ve increasingly come to believe that one can’t survive learning none of them either. In the beginning, one must be fed the lessons from a teacher in order grow. However, as the decades pass, one increasingly needs the space to learn one’s own lessons. If one lacks said space...