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| Teaching English in Japan is becoming a huge industry. In Japanese high schools and universities, a second language is a prerequisite- and English is the single most taught language in the country. As Japanese businesses interact more and more with the rest of the corporate world, the skill of speaking English is becoming vitally important to the Japanese people...read more |
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Teaching English as a Second Language Who doesn't love the idea of travel? Who doesn't dream about a job that could take them anywhere in the world? If you're interested in teaching English as a second language, you've chosen one of the most popular careers for those with a true sense of adventure...read more Almost everyone dreams about traveling and seeing the world. What better way to do it than with a rewarding career? If you're considering teaching English abroad, chances are good you've got the wanderlust... and little fear of being gone for a good period of time...read more We all dream of traveling the world, but it takes a certain kind of person to be interested in a lifelong career in a foreign country. If you've decided to teach English overseas, you should be proud of yourself--you've chosen an extremely challenging and rewarding-career...read more |
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| Teaching English abroad is a unique experience in any country, but perhaps no more so than in Vietnam. The Vietnamese people live a life that is very much influenced by the past. The beauty of the countryside combined with the rich heritage of the culture will surely result in an extraordinary experience...read more If you're in the market for an exotic job locale, what better place to start than Spain? Teaching English in Spain is a fulfilling, challenging, and exciting career option meant only for those with a true sense of adventure...read more At some point in all of our lives, we've most likely dreamed of traveling. For some of us, the description of an ideal job is one where we can combine getting paid with seeing the world. For those truly interested in a job that requires travel, teaching English in a foreign country can seem a viable option...read more Are you interested in teaching English abroad? Are you considering teaching English in Germany? If so, you may find the path ahead of you surprisingly easy...read more Are you interested in a job teaching English in France? You might be surprised to learn that it's surprisingly easy to find a position...read more As of today, there are thousands of Americans living in Europe. The majority of them are there for job purposes, and one of the main jobs they hold is teaching English. Teaching English in Europe will always be a source of employment for those wishing to live abroad, since the value placed on native-speaking teachers in Europe is extremely high...read more Teaching English in Costa Rica In Costa Rica, the skill of speaking English is an excellent way to advance a career. As Costa Rica interacts more and more with the Western world in terms of business communication, knowing how to speak English is becoming a priority among businessmen and students alike...read more As the largest country in South America, Brazil is big on business. Their geographical proximity to the United States, as well as their trade agreement with North America, makes speaking English a very important asset for Brazilian citizens. English is taught to all levels of Brazilian students, from childhood on up. Some Brazilian companies will hire English teachers to train their employees to make foreign communication easier...read more Teaching English in a foreign country can be an incredible challenge... and it can also be one of the most fulfilling experiences you'll ever have. Living abroad, absorbing the culture of another people, and using your native English knowledge to enlighten your students are all wonderful aspects of this rewarding career...read more In Israel, the need for English speaking citizens has recently risen to epic proportions. With this increase in demand, finding a job teaching English in Israel is easier than ever for foreigners who wish to head abroad...read more All over the world, English is the accepted language for many forms of international communication. From business transactions to air traffic control, English has taken over as the language of choice. Choosing to teach English abroad puts you into a fast-moving, high-demand job that can take you almost anywhere...read more For those who dream of teaching abroad, Italy is often the first country that comes to mind. Beautiful, historical, and surrounded by a sense of romance, Italy is a dream for most Westerners who plan on traveling for a career...read more Speaking
English is an absolute requirement for Mexican citizens who
wish to advance in a professional field. Because of close ties
with the United States, many Mexican companies conduct a certain
amount of their business in English. So, if you've decided to
teach English in Mexico for a living, you can rest assured that
you've chosen a profession that's high in demand...read
more Speaking English is a major priority for the people of Hong Kong. The business world is always moving quickly, and global communication is vitally important. In order to compete effectively, Hong Kong emphasizes English education for everyone from childhood on up...read more There's a high demand in Taiwan for teachers of English as a second language. If you're considering traveling abroad to teach English as a career, Taiwan may be one of the main places you'll want to check out...read more If you're interested in teaching English in another country, give some serious thought to teaching in Korea. The fact is that at this moment, demand for English teachers in Korea is disproportionately high. This gives you an excellent chance of securing a job, as well as a higher paycheck than you could expect in other countries...read more The demand for English teachers all over the world is growing quickly. As more countries interact with each other through business and other types of communication, the need for English speakers in foreign lands is growing. And nowhere is this need greater than in China...read more Professional Development - It's Easy To Stay Informed... As teachers, it's critical that we keep up-to-date on the current trends in teaching. But some of us are far away from universities or other places where ESL teaching is a common topic of conversation. But that doesn’t mean that we have to miss out on any professional developments or ideas. If you have an Internet connection, you can read some great publications that are...read more Workplace Issues - Are You Too Old To Teach ESL? There have been many questions asked on my blog about teaching ESL at an older age, and I'd like to take this opportunity to address them. Many came from experienced teachers looking for an experience teaching outside of the U.S, while others came from non-experienced 'seniors' who were looking for a second career...read more Living on a Budget - How To Create One... We all
know that teachers need to live on a budget. The problem is
that most of us try to keep a 'running tab' in our heads, and
then call it a budget. Guess what? It doesn't work! Dream Teaching Location - Sushi Anyone? If you are looking for a serious cultural experience, you might want to give Japan a try. While it's true that you won't get to spend your free time on the beach, you will get to experience a culture so different than anything you've likely known, that the memories are sure to last a lifetime...read more ESL Activity - Listening and Predicting... We all know that being able to predict what comes next in a story is a major part of listening and comprehension when learning a foreign language. And unfortunately, this is what many ESL students seem to have the greatest trouble with. I use this great method to get my entire class involved in the process. But be aware! Even your shyest students will pipe in with this one...read more Have
you used the Internet in your classroom yet? If not, here are
some simple things you can do to incorporate it into your teaching.
Workplace Issues - Negotiate Your Salary... If you're like many teachers, you simply accept the salary that a school is offering, and promise yourself that next year, you’ll ask for a raise, or look for a position that pays better. But did you know that most ESL salaries are negotiable? That's right, those teachers who routinely ask...read more Professional Development - Dusting Off Your Resume... Keeping up with the latest trends in teaching, taking classes and attending seminars to improve your teaching skills are an important aspect of being a great teacher. But sometimes those great teachers can have a difficult time finding a job. Why? Because part of professional development is learning how to present...read more Living on a Budget - Traveling On A Teacher's Salary... It's
not a secret that the average ESL teacher’s salary isn't…well…how
should I say this? Decent? But we put up with it because we
love what we do-pure and simple. The truth is that, for many
of us, the salaries are just enough to keep up us fed, clothed,
and, for the most part, happy. But what does that leave for
travel? Dream Teaching Location - Towering Casas, Fanciful Buildings and Watermelon Drinks... Imagine walking through centro, sipping a cool, freshly juiced watermelon drink, stopping every now and then to investigate the brightly colored jewelry sold by the Mexican Indians who come into town every day and line the sidewalks of the old colonial city...read more Have you ever found yourself in a classroom with students who don't understand even the tiniest bit of English? Congratulations! You've most likely got a room full of motivated students who will give you their undivided attention...read more It’s spring in San Antonio. It’s warm, the leaves have sprouted, the flowers are blooming, and formations of ducklings trail after their mothers in the river. Another sight of spring this year is the flocks of ESL teachers that have landed in San Antonio for the 2005 International TESOL conference. On March 29th, 2005 approximately 9,000 of them converged on south Texas from all parts of the world. It was a linguistic buffet to say the least...read more Workplace Issues - Time Management... Are you a procrastinator? Do you find yourself rushing to prepare the lesson for your class an hour ahead of time? If this sounds like you, there is probably a lot of unnecessary stress in your life. Procrastination is something that a lot of us deal with, but did you know that with some quick behavioral changes, you can kick this habit? Just think-no more rushing to grade those papers at the last minute. No more getting your travel documents approved-with 2 minutes to spare...read more Professional Development - Networking... Despite today's negative attitude toward the term “networking,” this method is generally how most teachers land those great jobs! Networking is nothing more than being prepared when you do meet that person who could be influential in helping you land that dream job. So, what are the steps to being prepared...read more Living on a Budget - Living Accommodations... Quick! What's the number one reason that most ESL teachers decide to go to another country to teach? If you think that it's to experience another culture and see the world, you're right! But many teachers find that because of the low salaries offered in many countries, they can't travel as much as they had hoped to...read more Dream Teaching Location - Think Tiny, Flavorful Cups of Coffee... Think tiny, flavorful cups of coffee. Think seaside cafes, and passionate, friendly debates at every small, checkered-cloth covered table. Think of lazy afternoons where every place closes down for a good meal followed by an afternoon nap. Think History. Think small boat and ferry excursions which will take you to remote islands with little or no tourism...read more Teaching Tip - Troublesome Phrasal Verbs Do your students have a difficult time grasping the concept of phrasal verbs? If so, here's a great exercise to get them past that "mind block." I have found that my students hate the idea when I propose it, but are always thankful afterwards because they finally "get it!"...read more ESL & The Peace Corps - Training Within a month, most of us considered it pointless. With about a month to go, they told us training would finish with a two-week model school for local teenagers whose parents had been lured by newspaper advertisements offering professional lessons at a modest price. It was about this time that I realized if I was going to learn anything about teaching, I'd have to do it myself. Luckily I discovered Keep Talking by Peggy Ur. It taught enough structure, planning and methodology that the two weeks passed relatively easily. For me, it’s The Bible...read more ESL & The Peace Corps - Getting in One of the first questions they ask you when interviewing for the Peace Corps is, “Why do you want to be in the Peace Corps?” An honest answer would have been something like this: “Well, I’m coming to the end of my fourth and a half year of college, my graduation gown has been ordered, the invitations sent, and I’m leaving this institution without...read more LEARNER-BASED + TASK-BASED READING LESSON - by Andriy Ruzhynskiy 1. Talk
to your Sts for a couple of minutes to introduce the topic.
Discuss why we should understand original (authentic) materials,
how deep do we understand them, etc. SWBAT create personal interest
in original newspaper/magazines materials; get ready for working
with these materials. 2. Arrange your Sts into small groups and ask them to find the cuttings that are interesting for them and they would like...read more Who
Else Wants Their Phone Ringing Here's the one critical mistake 99 out of 100 job seekers make in their job search: They send a basic "cookie cutter" type of cover letter attached with their resume. Next, they wait and hope the phone will ring for that elusive job interview... it rarely does. You are about to discover the BIG 3 secrets 99% of all job seekers will never know...read more
Hello to all ESL teachers out there! The following is something I do in my kids classes in Japan to achieve my goal of empowering my kids/students to speak English and feel good about the process. What this will do for you, 1.Free you up from being on the hot seat all the time. 2.Give you time to think more about your class while you're in the class which is invaluable if you're always trying to improve...read more Watching
My Son Learn To Speak - Raymond Romanos Part
1 in a 2 Part Series - Teaching
ESL to children in Japan is easy with the right tools! - Craig
Desorcy Kids have the attention span of an ant! Why wouldn't they? They have everything they could ever want given to them in a New York second. Your biggest competition in keeping their attention is their GAMEBOY and GAMECUBE and that is some REAL competition. Not to worry because I got this down big time and I'm going to give it to you. The Key points I will share with you are GOLD so don't think because it's simple you can skip taking mental notes. This act could be fatal to your success in working with kids...read more Part 2 in a 2 Part Series - Teaching ESL to children in Japan is easy with the right tools! - Craig Desorcy Here are the key ingredients to remember in order to be successful working with kids...Every activity should have a goal/objective that contains an educational and entertaining element to it. Time-wasting, meaningless activities are for the weak and lazy. If you do this you are just another fly by night foreigner who will be found out and tossed out...read more Language is a Cycle - Torsten Daerr When you open a traditional language course book it usually starts with lesson 1 and goes down to lesson 10 or whatever the final lesson in the book might be. Naturally you follow this logical structure and when you have completed the first lesson you move on to the next. At least that's what the authors of the book recommend you to do. And it all makes perfect sense, doesn't it? A language course must have a beginning and an end. Now, let's think about this again. Is this really so?...read more How to learn English - Torsten DaerrThere are so many books that offer English language courses containing grammar rule explanations, vocabulary exercises, reading comprehension texts, pair work tasks and many other useful materials. The last thing we want to do is to bore you by repeating all this information here on our website. The purpose of our articles is this: In most of the EFL/ESL books some facts are missing that we consider vital for you to know if you want to master the English language or any other other language...read more Latin
America - The Job Interview - by Guy Courchesne Commenting on H.D. Browns Maxims of Teaching Methodology - Louisa Buckingham This is an inventory of maxims that was put together by a classic writer on teaching methodology, H. D. Brown, based on extensive research on what successful language learners actually do. Being aware of strategies that effective language learners tend to practise can help us shape our lessons and interact with our students in a manner that enhances their success. I would like to briefly comment on the fourteen observations with the aim of both contextualising them and offering a concrete example of what they would look like in the language classroom...read more Teaching ESL - Philip McAlary It is increasingly difficult to find qualified ESL teachers now more then ever before. As little as 8 years ago, many schools overseas were willing to take North American English born persons 'not' holding a degree or an ESL-type certification. If you had some post secondary education and experience in public relations or instruction, in practically any field, you were able to find employment teaching English in a foreign country...read more A TEFL Teacher's Winter Tales - Danielle Fodor Ah, turkey day. Time to stuff your face endlessly until the whole family passes out around the football screen. For those of you worried about lone little English teacher Danielle spending the holidays sad and lonely, fear no more. Hanoi rocks in the holiday season. All the fun of green and red everywhere, but none of the standard push to buy buy buy (unless you count the gum and Banh Mi vendors who seem to hound me at every corner). Thanksgiving was a different story, though, as a purely American holiday is sorely displaced in a city notably devoid of Americans...read more ESL Lesson Plans - Jaimie Scanlon Making
instructions clear for language learners can be a challenge. Unfortunately,
there is no magic formula for giving instructions that works for
all students in all situations. However, a variety of strategies
applied in combination will help teachers reach a wider range of
students and will serve to clarify and reinforce instructions for
students as well...read
more Using
music in your ESL/EFL classroom is a great way to motivate students
and generate enthusiasm for what they are learning. In this activity,
students learn about US American culture through a song. They develop
their vocabulary through practicing and singing the original song.
Students then personalize their learning as they write and share
their own simple lyrics to the same tune. Through this lesson, students
will have fun learning through music...read
more As
a teacher, I had to be continually aware of time, including class
preparation. My classes were set up in different time slots. 50
minutes, 1.5 hours, 2 hours, 2.5 hours, full mornings and afternoons.
Most English classes had a mandatory textbook provided by the school.
I was required to teach the contents of the book for exam purposes.
Teaching from an English textbook is somewhat dry: following the
book, writing on the board and explaining the definitions...read
more Start off with something concealed and ask the students to guess what it is. Give them questions that will help them to ask appropriate questions (i.e. What does it look like? and What can you do with it?) Make a mind map with each of these questions in the middle therefore collecting adjectives and verbs they can use later to describe other objects. Optional: elicit from the students the parts of speech--"adjectives" and "verbs")...read more |
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