TEFL Reviews

Having lived in South Korea for almost 20 months, I've obviously had a lot of experience with the Korean language and Korean culture...

What is motivation and why is it important in an english as a Second Language Learners (esl) class? Some would say that without motivation in life, very little would be accomplished...

I've spent the majority of my life speaking english...

Volunteering is a meaningful and fulfilling way for individuals to share their time and talents with an organization, group of people or even an individual...

In any teaching environment, it is important to have all of one's materials ready and available...

“There is a common perception that all learning should be serious and solemn in nature, and that if one is having fun and there is hilarity and laughter, then it is not really learning...

One of the most important tools in teaching is the course materials...

The theory of multiple intelligences was created by psychologist Howard Gardner in 1983, as an alternative to the conventional view of intelligence as a single linear variable...

Phonetics and phonology are the names given to the two different areas in the study of linguistic sounds and sound patterns, produced when speaking in ones native tongue or language...

In this article I would like to take under consideration the main issues that an efl teacher could face when starting a new course with a student who holds a high position in an important Company...

“Music is the universal language of mankind (Longfellow)...

Teaching efl in a kindergarten – the thought strikes fear in some people and in others (such as myself) it screams life, fun, energy, excitement, games, joy and a rewarding job! In the following essay, I will draw on my personal work experience to argue the pros and cons of ‘Teaching efl in a Kindergarten...

In the past century, primarily because of the power english speaking countries hold in our world both economically and politically, english has become known as the “Global Language...

Phonetic reading has become the method du jour in the last two decades for teaching young students how to read...

tefl (Teaching english as a foreign language) I have lived in spain for 18 years now, and until my son was born, I was forced to speak more spanish than my own native language...

For teachers just beginning the profession, one of the scariest thoughts is the idea of getting up in front of a class of students and holding their attention for any length of time...

Discipline in the classroom is more than a set of rules or a code of conduct...

As I prepare for my first year of teaching in South Korea soon, this topic struck me as quite practical and useful as a teacher of esl to Koreans...

Reading is an essential skill that students need in order to be successful in life yet it is a skill that can be rather challenging for learners to master...

Motivation in the classroom is an essential factor for classroom effectiveness and school improvement that involves “RESOURCES/teacherS/STUDENTS' ABILITY” teacher motivation has to do with teachers' desire to participate in the education process by imparting knowledge to his/her students because he genuinely cares for his students...

Motivation is defined as the “desire or willingness to do something” (Oxford Dictionary)...

The objective in the classroom is for the students to successfully learn and the teacher to successfully teach...

Every student takes a foreign language class for a different reason...

Creating materials adds interest to lessons and helps teachers to think more creatively...

In the 1970's, classroom management was by definition separate from classroom instruction...

An Internet search for the phrase, “teach english abroad,” will undoubtedly produce hundreds of results, from recruitment organizations willing to help eager job seekers find placement, to providers of online and classroom-based teaching certificates such as International tesol teacher Training and the like, all claiming connections to a plethora of teaching jobs in nearly every non-english-speaking country...

An expert of english fluency must be able to command all the language's dimensions, including even the most defeating of oddities...

In this article I hope to clarify the meaning of ‘Classroom Management'...

The role of the teacher in the classroom is vitally important...

Confidence is one's belief in his/her abilities...

When teaching english to a monolingual class of German students in Germany, an efl instructor will be confronted with problems that can be divided into five main categories, which I will describe in detail in the following paragraphs: Spelling, pronunciation, word order, numbers and last but not least “false friends”...

The use of songs in the classroom, in my opinion, is a subject, which merits greater attention and investigation by teachers...

Phonology is the study of the sound patterns that occur within languages...

There are many different dialects of english spoken today, the two major groups being British english and American english...

Teaching styles is a broad and complex subject that is not easy to be specified and categorized...

Good teachers walk into their classrooms with a plan...

english is the third most spoken language in the world after Mandarin and spanish...

Travel the world, see fantastic places and things, and meet new and interesting people – Why in the world wouldn't you want to complete a tefl course! You would be opening yourself up to the wonderful world of tefl! In order to give the reader a little bit of background, this article first explains what “tefl” is and what a “tefl course” does, it then gives a few fantastic reasons why a person would definitely want to Complete a tefl course...

Nowadays it is very common to find multicultural groups and one of the biggest challenges for teachers is to modify or adapt the curriculum to satisfy the students' needs in relation to culture...

Though all students have problems learning a new language, regardless if it's with vocabulary, grammar or speaking it, there are always specific problems with different nationalities...