Teaching in a Small Village in Poland (by Anita Kwiatkowska)
In September 2003 I got a phone call from my former primary school teacher offering me a part time job in the old primary school I started my education in. I felt extremely excited!...
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EFL Teacher’s Kit for Surviving Kids (by Shelly Sanchez Terrell)
When I first began teaching very young English language learners in Germany, I went a bit insane! Kids climbed the walls literally and flew the paper airplanes I had actually thought would be a...
I’ll Show You Mine if You Show Me Yours (by Steven Herder)
Committed to Learning After 20 years in the EFL classroom, I still learn new things all the time. Certainly, here in Japan, the students are completely different than they were back in 1989; in...
Bring Language to Life in Your Classroom (by Karen Frazier-Tsai)
Whenever I teach, I do all I can to present language so that it comes to life for the students. As an English teacher, I instantly become an actor in order to convey meaning...
Tools for 21st Century Teachers (by Nour Alkhalidy)
Living in a complex, rapid, digital environment, and having a digital-savvy generation that has grown up in this environment, requires us as educators to be aware of changes and challenges and to bring new...
A Global Classroom is Born (by Deb Frazier)
A Global Classroom Is Born! Will your class be a member? Our Beginnings The Global Classroom was born in the minds of Deb Frazier’s (@frazierde) young students: Our first grade class [in Ohio, USA]...
Teaching High Level Kids (by Randy Poehlman)
Teaching high-level children can be a challenging endeavor, fraught with various drawbacks and difficulties for a teacher. Students who are returning from an English speaking country, who have become bilingual through intensive children’s language...
The Treasures of Teaching (by Joanne Sato)
Hi. I’m a British woman who has been living and teaching in Japan for thirteen years. I have lived in Fukushima (yes, THAT Fukushima) city for the last ten of those and work at...
Choice in the EFL Classroom (by Vicky Saumell)
I have been teaching teens for 20 years and finding effective strategies to motivate them is something that I have always been interested in since it has really helped me with my teen classes....
The Blasted Oak (by Torn Halves)
This is the story of a sensitive soul who decided to teach English as a foreign language. Like other such souls she was acutely aware that the world is not as it ought to...
