A TEFL box of tricks
Paul Raine -
Props and accessories can be very useful in the TEFL classroom. Today, I’d like to share with you my “TEFL box of tricks” – the essential items I take to…
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Want to Blog for jobs.ac.uk?
Ben Davies -
Are you about to move abroad to TEFL? Or have you been there a while and think you could share your experience and tips with our audience? We would love…
How To Teach Unplugged – The Naked English Teacher
Ben Davies -
I remember teaching a short course some time ago for advanced English students. The first part of the course was fairly standard – vocabulary building, role-plays, some debates on artificial…
How to Teach Fluency in English – Part 2
Ben Davies -
Last week, I wrote about the 3 main elements on the way to fluency (practice, knowledge and confidence). Here I want to talk about the practicalities of becoming fluent.
How to save a bad lesson
Ben Davies -
Thankfully, I’ve had very few lessons that I would call ‘bad’. I’m sure my students would say I’ve had many bad lessons but I won’t bother asking them.
English as a Second Language and EFL Lesson Plans
Ben Davies -
Here are my top ten websites for free ESL/EFL lesson plans. If you’ve got any other sites to recommend, please leave a comment below!
How to Teach Vocabulary
Ben Davies -
Teaching vocabulary is important because the more words your students know, the better they can express themselves and the more they can understand. How, then, do you go about teaching…
Teaching Resources: Top Websites for TEFL
Ben Davies -
The internet is bursting with sites offering lesson plans, handouts and tips for TEFL. Here are some of the best sites I have come across while trawling Google’s pages.
Learn from Hollywood: Using DVDs in TEFL
Ben Davies -
Can Jackie Chan teach English? I like watching films – it’s one my favourite hobbies. I particularly love watching Japanese films, and I often watch them without English subtitles, which…
TEFL: The Importance of Writing
Ben Davies -
It might not be a popular opinion, but as I read more about TEFL it seems to me that there is a kind of ‘Go easy on them’ attitude permeating…
