Guest Author

Would you like to write a guest post for Teaching Village?

I’m always happy to find EFL teachers who would like to guest blog for Teaching Village. Currently, I’m looking for teachers interested in writing for any of these series:

Stories from the Front Lines of EFL

This series features EFL teachers sharing their personal teaching stories–where and how you teach, who your students are, why you became a teacher, anything that will help readers understand what English as a Foreign Language classes for young learners are like in your part of the world. You can read other posts in this series for ideas.

Stuff All EFL Teachers Should Know

I’d like teachers to share one thing they think all EFL teachers–and especially teachers of young learners–should know. This can be big stuff, like a teaching methodology or technique, or small stuff, like a sure-fire activity or an online resource–anything you feel will help EFL teachers be better language teachers. You can read other posts in this series for ideas.

Lessons Learned from Students

Often, the most powerful lessons we learn as teachers are the lessons we learn from students. What have you learned from your students? You can read other posts in this series for ideas.

High Tech Ideas for Low Tech Classrooms

How can we take high tech tools and make them work in low tech classrooms? How can teachers, perhaps with a computer and Internet at home, take advantage of the tools that are available online? Please share ideas, explaining how teachers can use a web-based tool to enhance learning in a low tech classroom. You can read other posts in this series for ideas.

Game Makeovers for EFL

Teachers recognize the value of games in EFL–as effective substitutes for drills, as authentic tasks for children, for the joy they bring into class, and as a simple way to introduce culture to students. Have you adapted a traditional game (from your own country or another) to use as a language practice activity? Please share a little background information about the original game, and tell us how you changed it for use in your class. You can read other posts in this series for ideas.

A few general guidelines, to keep your writing in line with the “flavor” of Teaching Village:

1.       Please avoid technical language. Acronyms and educational jargon are not universally understood.

2.      Please try to keep your post at 1000 words or less.

3.       You are welcome to include links to your school website, or your own website, but please avoid using your post to directly advertise a for-profit product.

4.       Please include a little information and a picture of yourself to be included in a short “bio” at the end of your post. Feel free to include a link to your own blog or Twitter page, if you have one.

5.       If appropriate, I would love for you to include photos of your classroom or students. However, please be careful of their safety and privacy (i.e., No last names).

So, would you like to be a guest author on Teaching Village? I look forward to hearing from you!