Articles tagged ‘TEFL Resources’
How To Scope Out A Potential Teachers’ Room
By Katie | October 6th, 2007 |
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If a school has answered a variety of questions to your satisfaction, you may proceed to the step of visiting. On that occasion, you’ll probably have the chance to view the teachers’ room, which is one more thing you can use to assess a school.
The teachers room is like a secret lair – [...]
Signs Of A Good School, Part 2
By Katie | May 15th, 2007 | Add a Comment »
Finding a non-dodgy school ranks high on the agenda of many TEFL job seekers. But how can you know if a school is “okay” or not? There’s general research – seeing what schools in a region tend to offer – and talking to past teachers – as well as just plain common [...]
Elementary Level E-book Available At Grammarman Comic
By Katie | April 30th, 2007 | Add a Comment »
If you’ve been lamenting the fact that you don’t live in one of the cities where Grammarman appears in the English language newspaper, and you’ve already checked out the episodes of Grammarman available online, there’s a new arrival: an e-book for elementary readers featuring Grammarman in yet another adventure: Dial G For Grammar. The [...]
Resource: Larry Ferlazzo’s “Website Of The Day” Blog
By Katie | April 21st, 2007 | 2 Comments »
Recently I stumbled across Larry Ferlazzo’s Website Of The Day For Teaching ELL, ESL & EFL and was impressed with the collection of resources available on his English for beginners/lower intermediate page.
As it’s a blog dedicated to “websites of the day”, the main component of it is obviously links to other sites; he points out [...]
Interview With “Podcasts In English” Creators
By Katie | April 20th, 2007 | Add a Comment »
Some time ago I came across Podcasts in English (pie) via Grammarmancomic.com, and posted a review of it here. Since then, new podcasts have been added – on topics from life in the land of Hello Kitty and kimonos (at level three) to teachers who wear different color uniforms depending on the day of [...]
Interview With Creators Of “Podcasts In English”, Part 2
By Katie | April 20th, 2007 | Add a Comment »
In Part 1, pie creators Richard Cain and Jackie McAvoy described how they got started with pie and the challenges and rewards it entails. Why and how – in their words – are podcasts beneficial to both learners and teachers?
“For anyone learning a language they need input – to read or listen to the [...]
Webquest At Grammarmancomic.com: Get Your EFL Students To Create Their Own Comics
By Katie | April 9th, 2007 | Add a Comment »
Do you need a project to keep your kids’ class busy til the term ends? My own experience teaching kids is rather limited, but it’s not hard to notice that kids everywhere like drawing and cartoons. Exploit this natural interest and use English in the process with the comic-creating Webquest: Awesome Comics activity from [...]
Breaking News English.com: Why I Still Love This Site
By Katie | March 22nd, 2007 | 2 Comments »
The TEFL Logue review of Breaking News English.com was one of the first TEFL Logue Reviews…I have to admit I don’t use a lot of online TEFL resources, but I’m still using Breaking News English. Here’s why this site is a keeper:
The topics are “discussable” – this is perhaps the (second biggest – first [...]
Cartoon Grammar
By Katie | March 19th, 2007 | Add a Comment »
Can’t get enough of comics like Grammarman? Or conversely, comics per se are not really up your (or your students’) alley? How about some classic cartoons - featuring Road Runner and Wyle E. Coyote - to practice first present continuous and then past simple?
The same mind that created Grammarman has also found a [...]
What NOT To Bring
By Katie | March 17th, 2007 | Add a Comment »
Eric at the Adventure Logue had a great post on things he wishes he didn’t have in his pack…so naturally I thought of applying it to TEFL. What should you NOT bring?
Keep in mind this is a general list and there may be exceptions where it does make sense to bring these things…but most often [...]
