Articles tagged ‘Coursebooks’
Questions To Ask About The Curriculum, Or, Spotting A Scam Part 2
By Katie | September 13th, 2007 |
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It came up in a post on spotting scams that sometimes “scam schools” don’t even care what their teachers teach (or even know what they should teach) – they just want students to enroll and pay. So asking questions might give you some insight as to whether or not a potential school is on [...]
Free EFL Materials Anyone?
By Katie | August 20th, 2007 | Add a Comment »
While snooping around TEFLtastic territory, TEFL.net, I discovered an interesting opportunity for EFL teachers: make a commitment to write EFL material reviews and receive brand new materials - free - to try out in your class. Sometimes you even get them before they go on the market.
At the moment, they are looking for people [...]
Which Five TEFL Trends Will Still Be Around In Five Years’ Time?
By Katie | August 2nd, 2007 | 4 Comments »
The TEFL Logue is nearing its one year anniversary, which means over three hundred days of posting and nearly 850 posts full of my own unique variety of TEFL Logue cheer.
Had someone told me just over one year ago that today I would be a blogger with that many posts under my belt, [...]
Salvaging A Lesson That Isn’t Working (Or, Interview With Sean Banville of Breaking News English, Part 3)
By Katie | June 16th, 2007 | Add a Comment »
Sean Banville, the mind behind Breaking News English, took the time to do a TEFL Logue email interview (see the earlier portions in Part 1 and Part 2). Here, he describes what he has done in the past with those textbook lessons that just don’t seem to work…
“[When selecting topics for BNE] I try [...]
Online Resource: Cutting Edge Companion Website
By Katie | May 15th, 2007 | Add a Comment »
Via the Longman site, the Cutting Edge companion website allows teachers or students to select a level and find quizzes and other resources that fit with the theme in the book. You can find links romantic love letters on the web in Intermediate Module One, as well as links to time management tips on [...]
TEFL Logue Review: Oxford University Press Teachers’ Club
By Katie | May 13th, 2007 | Add a Comment »
I’ll admit it: sometimes I make fun of Headway. But I also sometimes teach from Headway – sometimes by choice – and it’s not a bad book. Following Sue’s comment on my post about tapescripts a few weeks ago, I decided to have a look around the Oxford University Press website – and [...]
“How Can You Teach Someone English If You Don’t Speak Their Language?”
By Katie | April 12th, 2007 | Add a Comment »
This is a wide question of course, and may show a lack of familiarity on the asker’s part with what’s involved in learning a language.
I’d explain it like this: learning a language is a process that happens over time. It’s not that one day you don’t know it and the next you do, [...]
Substitute Teaching: Covering Classes
By Katie | April 11th, 2007 | Add a Comment »
It’s bound to happen sooner or later: your colleague is sick and you have to teach his class on short notice.
In some larger schools (at least one that I worked at), full time teachers may even have time in their schedule where they are required to be on the premises in case someone is sick. [...]
What You Won’t See In The EFL Classroom
By Katie | February 16th, 2007 | Add a Comment »
If you expect TEFL to go like your high school English class, you may be in for a surprise. Following the TEFL Logue is one way to get a sense of the differences…and here are a few things you WON’T see in the EFL classroom.
Chalk. Dryerase whiteboards and red, green, blue and black [...]
