Part of the series: Stuff All EFL Teachers Should Know
“Feelings of worth can flourish only in an atmosphere where individual differences are appreciated, mistakes are tolerated, communication is open, and rules are flexible – the kind of atmosphere that is found in a nurturing family”
Virginia Satir, author and psychotherapist (1916-1988)
My experience as a teacher of [...]
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Individual Differences Count (by Mike Harrison)
Whatever gets them through the door (by Daniel T. Kirk)
Part of the series: Stuff All EFL Teachers Should Know
Over the last twenty-three years, I have taught English to people in every demographic category other than homeless people. Over that time, the issue that continues to pique my interest is their motivation for carrying their feet across the threshold of my classroom. [...]
Moving Your Kindergarten into Web 2.0 with 5 Different Tools (by Ozge Karaoglu)
Part of the series: Stuff All EFL Teachers Should Know
“If we teach today as we taught yesterday, we rob our children of tomorrow” John Dewey
Kindergarten has always been the place to make friends, paint pictures, tell stories, play games and have fun while learning. Wooden blocks and legos have always been favorites in kindergarten [...]
How to create video activities on a teacher’s blog (by Christina Markoulaki)
Part of the series: Stuff All EFL Teachers Should Know
The focal point of my previous post on this blog were the potential ways teachers can help their students to organize and practice their knowledge by setting up a blog especially for them. Since video activities on a teacher’s blog seem to be the most appealing [...]
Flap Books: A Simple Secret for Student Support! (by Lesley Ito)
Part of the series: Stuff All EFL Teachers Should Know
I think what every teacher needs to know is this simple secret to successful ESL/EFL classes: Students can accomplish so much more if the lesson has proper support. It is very difficult for students, particularly at the EFL level, to stand up in front of the [...]
An invitation to participate in academic publication (by Theron Muller)
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, then [...]
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 games and [...]
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 in [...]
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