Part of the series: Stuff All EFL Teachers Should Know I fell into the world of academic publishing a bit accidentally. After finishing my MA in TEFL/TESL I was interested in maintaining familiarity with what I had learned and was worried that if I didn’t actively maintain my participation in the discourse of the profession, [...]
Posts from ‘February, 2010’
How to integrate blogging in EFL teaching (by Christina Markoulaki)
Part of the series: Stuff All EFL Teachers Should Know I am pretty confident that a vast majority of EFL teachers relish blogging, but each one employs this practice in his/her teaching differently. I am therefore taking the initiative to write this post to ask and give an answer to this question: Have you ever [...]
Do It Your Way (by Janet Bianchini)
Part of the series: Stuff All EFL Teachers Should Know A very good friend, Ehrhard, a retired teacher from the former GDR, recently wrote a letter to me, which made me truly reflect. He told me that he was so happy that he had taught English “his way” successfully for many years, even though his [...]
I know that I know nothing (by Anita Kwiatkowska)
Part of the series: Stuff All EFL Teachers Should Know Graduating from University felt awesome and life was beautiful. Full of enthusiasm and open for fresh perspectives I was ready to walk the new path as a fully qualified EFL teacher. I had taught before graduation – most students did. I already had my favourite [...]
Multicultural Activities in Class (by Vicky Loras)
Part of the series: Stuff All EFL Teachers Should Know I lived in Canada the first eight years of my life, which means that my schooling was only for three years. However, the great educational system left me with many good memories which I have incorporated in my teaching the ten years I have been [...]
New Friends (by Hadley Ferguson)
Part of the series: Stuff All EFL Teachers Should Know “That is so cool!” “How did you do that?” “What are all the red dots about? They are awesome. Look there’s one in Japan.” “And one on New Zealand!”
Mind Mapping: Learning and Teaching with Both Sides of the Brain (by Hobie Swan)
Part of the series: Stuff All EFL Teachers Should Know Introduction One of the more undiscovered or, in some cases, underutilized teaching methods is the use of mind maps. While the exact origin of this approach to learning is lost in the mists of time, mind mapping has for decades been a regular feature of [...]



