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Board Game - Name it, Spell it - ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ ITTT
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With this fun board game, you can practice vocabulary and spelling in an enjoyable way with your ESL students.
The questions can be adapted to make it more challenging should it prove to be too easy. Make learning fun with this board game.
For higher-level learners, you can ask students to name 2 or 3 answer instead of just one.
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Is it Difficult to Teach Children Online? - TEFL Blog
Elizaveta Pachina
Teaching Ideas
Most would say it's an almost impossible task, one that requires a lot of patience and repetition. How are you supposed to keep their interest? How do you communicate to them efficiently despite not being physically present? Teaching children may not be an easy task, however, I believe it would be a most rewarding one. Teaching online is something that I have been keen on and would like to venture into after completing this course. We are moving into a digital world where we will all soon be connected over the internet. This is a wonderful opportunity to be able to reach and enrich the lives of children globally.
Is it a good choice?
Cultural exchange
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How do I apply for a student visa to legally teach English in Europe? - ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ TEFL FAQs
For non-EU citizens who want to teach English in Europe it can be a frustrating experience when it comes to getting a work visa. Due to this frustration, many teachers decide to work with only their initial tourist visa in their passport. Although this is technically illegal, it is a widespread practice in some of the most popular destinations such as France, Italy and Spain, and it rarely causes any problems. However, if this approach does not appeal to you, a student visa might be the answer. By enrolling in a local language course, you get to learn French, Italian or Spanish, while also being free to legally work as an EFL teacher for a certain number of hours each week.
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Countries of the World EFL Word Search - ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ ITTT
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Why Teaching Business English Isn’t As Difficult As It Seems - TEFL Blog
Elizaveta Pachina
Alumni Experiences
As a former teacher of English as a foreign language, I have some experience teaching business English. Majority of my classes were for general English conversation. However, as I continued teaching, my workload increased to include a few business-focused classes. At first, I was intimidated and nervous about teaching these students. Did I have enough knowledge about business to teach them? Would I have the information they needed? After a lot of preparation and a few lessons, I realized that business classes are not much different than regular English classes and I need not know much about business to be a successful business English teacher.
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The Struggles of Teaching Difficult English Language Patterns - TEFL Blog
Elizaveta Pachina
Teaching Ideas
There are many different types of peculiarities when concerning the English language, and this essay is aimed at the difficulties in teaching those peculiarities to learners that are not fluent in the English language. It can be difficult for native English speakers to progressively learn the subtle nuances as children graduating to young adults and navigating complexities of the language as adults; deciphering whether or not these peculiarities warrant further investigation or retention based on usage and context. These oddities of the English language can be exponentially more difficult for those attempting to learn the English language as a second language, having fully grasped the complexities of their own language only to have to navigate the... [Read more]
Why English Speaking is Difficult for Many Thai Learners - TEFL Blog
Elizaveta Pachina
Teaching Ideas
Thailand is famously known as " the land of smiles". In some situations, smiling is the way to save face or to avoid conflicts. This often includes the time when Thai people have to communicate with foreigners in English and have no idea what the other meant. They simply smile to get out of a situation instead of making the best out of it by practicing their English speaking skill. On the other hand, they build up a fear of making mistakes and avoid being in that particular circumstance in the future. As English today plays important roles in tourism and the Thai economy as a whole, still, Thai people struggle to communicate effectively. Here are some areas suggested why it is difficult for Thai learners to improve their speaking skills.
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Techniques to Transmit New and Difficult Concepts to Students - TEFL Blog
Ramon Perez
Teaching Ideas
Every day, we learn something new. It can happen on the street, at work, at school and even in our home. We can attain new skills and knowledge through our interactions with our surroundings. Utilizing our 5 senses and past experiences to make sense of what is going on, we can ascertain new concepts and make proper use of them in our daily lives. However, as a teacher, we are tasked with transmitting abstract concepts that become difficult to fully grasp through traditional methods. Consequently, some teachers rely on literal translations to bring the point across.
VISUAL AIDS
ACTING/ROLE PLAY
ENUNCIATION AND SPEECH
MIMING
CONCLUSION
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Great Ideas for Teaching Writing Skills in the ESL Classroom - TEFL Blog
Mark Crocker
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Think outside the box
Encourage creativity, not perfection
Encourage students to write about what interests them
Writing doesn't have to be a solo activity
Introduce multi-skilled lessons
Writing games
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Of all the language skills that are taught in the ESL classroom, teaching writing skills is often seen as one of the least popular. Some teachers consider these lessons to be a bit boring, hard to evaluate and somewhat limited in what you can incorporate into them. However, this doesn't have to be the case as teaching writing skills to your ESL students can actually be interesting, fun and productive. Take a look at these... [Read more]
Reasons Why Pronunciation is More Difficult for Adults than Children in El Salvador - TEFL Blog
Elizaveta Pachina
Alumni Experiences
Pronunciation problems in El Salvador is very common, as many know Spanish is the main Language in this country, people in El Salvador tend to speak their native Language all the time because this is what they feel more comfortable with, as there is not any other dialect, other than Spanish, they are taught English in school, English Is the only language taught in El Salvador in public schools, but only for those that can attend one, this is because there are many people that can't attend a school due to economic matter, family problems or due to the work that is done in their household many don't have time to study and there are kids that can't attend school because they have to work, but there are many that do go to school and take English classes.... [Read more]
EFL Animal Word Scramble - ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ ITTT
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Scotland Vocabulary EFL Word Scramble - ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ ITTT
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Sports EFL Word Scramble - ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ ITTT
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Here's a fun EFL word scramble with words related to sports.
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Europe Vocabulary EFL Word Search - ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ ITTT
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Here's a fun EFL word search with words related to Europe.
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Ireland Vocabulary EFL Word Scramble - ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ ITTT
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University Vocabulary EFL Word Search - ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ ITTT
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Wales Vocabulary EFL Word Scramble - ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ ITTT
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England Vocabulary EFL Word Scramble - ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ ITTT
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Fruits EFL Word Scramble - ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ ITTT
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Canada Day Word Scramble - ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ ITTT
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Furniture EFL Word Scramble - ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ ITTT
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At University Vocabulary EFL Word Scramble - ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ ITTT
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Halloween Vocabulary EFL Word Search - ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ ITTT
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Home Sweet Home EFL Word Scramble - ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ ITTT
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Here's a fun word scramble with words related to home and living.
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Summer Vacation Word Search - ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ ITTT
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Teach summer vocabulary with this word search. Review and discuss all the words in the word box before completing the word search. Discuss what sports the children are doing. What do you enjoy doing during summer?
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Thanksgiving Vocabulary EFL Word Search - ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ ITTT
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Weather Vocabulary EFL Word Search - ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ ITTT
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Camping Vocabulary EFL Word Search - ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ ITTT
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Vacation EFL Word Scramble - ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ ITTT
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Geography Vocabulary EFL Word Search - ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ ITTT
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