Posts Tagged ‘Turkey’

30 teachers from 16 countries (and counting!)

Apr 19th, 2010

Earlier this month, I awoke to a lovely message telling me that Teaching Village was the TEFL Site of the Month. While always thrilled to get an award of any kind, I’m a bit embarrassed to admit that I wasn’t sure what this award was for (I’m still sort of new to this blogging business). [...]

Children are Always Cute (by Esra Girgin Akiskali)

Apr 3rd, 2010

by EsraGirginAkiskali.

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Part of the series: Stuff All EFL Teachers Should Know “A hundred years from now it will not matter what my bank account was, the sort of house I lived in, or the kind of car I drove…but the world may be different because I was important in the life of a child.” Forest E. [...]

Sometimes Less is More (by Anita Kwiatkowska)

Mar 13th, 2010

by Barbara.

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Part of the series: Lessons Learned from Students I can still remember my first Christmas lesson seven years ago. My 3rd graders were making little Santas from red paper and we were chatting about the presents they expected to get that year. Foolish as I was back then, I suddenly asked ‘Of course you no [...]

Moving Your Kindergarten into Web 2.0 with 5 Different Tools (by Özge Karaoğlu)

Mar 9th, 2010

by ozge.

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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 [...]

I know that I know nothing (by Anita Kwiatkowska)

Feb 18th, 2010

by Barbara.

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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 [...]

Being an EFL teacher (by Eva Büyüksimkeşyan)

Feb 8th, 2010

by evabuyuksimkesyan.

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Part of the series: Stuff All EFL Teachers Should Know When I sat down to write this post, the only thing came to my mind was, ”At the moment I’m where I’ve always wanted to be and this is because I’m an EFL teacher.” Being an EFL teacher helped me become who I am now. [...]

Text Your Knowledge (by Nick Jaworski)

Feb 7th, 2010

by Barbara.

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Part of the series: Stuff All EFL Teachers Should Know As a manager I interview a lot of teachers. One question I always ask is about reading texts. If you have a short reading text, what are some different ways in which it can be used? I am constantly surprised by the lack of responses [...]

What I’ve Learned from My PLN (November 14, 2009)

Nov 15th, 2009

by Barbara.

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(Note: If this is the first post you’ve read in this series, and you’re mystified by the PLN acronym, start with What’s a PLN, anyway?) The seven guest authors for the “Front Lines of EFL” series have been the members of my personal learning network I’ve shared with most intensively in the past few weeks, [...]

Teaching Kindergarteners in Turkey:Enjoying Every Minute of It (by Özge Karaoğlu)

Oct 1st, 2009

by ozge.

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Part of the series: Stories from the Front Lines of EFL “To teach is to touch lives forever.” Ever since I was a little girl, I wanted to be an English teacher! It was because my mum was my kindergarten teacher. She was so creative, engaging and inspiring that I wanted to be a teacher [...]