TEFL Reviews

Linguists have been unraveling the mysteries of first language acquisition for many years though research on second language acquisition is relatively recent...

One of the primary challenges facing teachers is encouraging students to participate...

In any job or profession, it is critical to step back from the work and review one's progress...

I have been teaching english to egyptian elementary students, for almost five years, from Pre-K to 2nd Grade...

The experience that a teacher can gain from volunteering is invaluable...

‘If education is always to be conceived along the same antiquated lines of a mere transmission of knowledge, there is little to be hoped from it in the bettering of man's future...

One of the key facts for students to have an efficient and effective learning is how much they are motivated...

As with all languages, english has straightforward and complex aspects...

This article will be based on my personal course experiences and my experience as a teacher...

Confidence or a lack thereof, is something that needs to be worked at constantly and improved in order to maximize learning potential...

First and second language acquisition are two different ways, in which humans develop competence in languages...

As I proceed through the tefl course, I re-learn many of those lessons used but long since forgotten in a formal sense...

When going into a tefl certification course, I believed that there were going to be lessons followed by a standard exercise...

I have chosen to write my final tefl assignment on teaching efl kindergarten...

In this ever evolving technological world we live in it´s not surprising that teachers can find more and more uses for technology in the classroom environment...

There are many reasons why someone would want to complete a tefl course...

The approach to teaching young children any subject should be to make it fun...

english is a fun, distinctive and worldwide spoken language...

Learning is a complicated process no matter what the age group...

Introduction This is a really interesting question that we need to consider because teaching young learners or adults are completely different jobs, requiring very different skills, approaches, attitudes and personalities...

There are ½ million British families permanently living in france, usually retired with spare time and possibly a need to supplement a pension...

For me the motivation for taking a tefl course started as a dream to be able to someday retire and take my wife back to her home country of cambodia...

No matter who you are or where you come from, you are one of a kind – unique...

Dealing with large classes, though intimidating to the inexperienced teacher, is not ultimately all that different from dealing with classes of a smaller size...

One challenge english teachers will face when teaching japanese students english, and in particular pronunciation, is the distinction between the r and l sound...

I once was given a class of children for a summer workshop...

Vocabulary is extremely useful to students, especially during the early stages when students are motivated to learn the basic words they need to get by with the english language...

It will be difficult to categorize non-native english speakers, some learn english as adults, and some studied english in formal academic settings, some through informal immersion after arriving in english Speaking countries...

“If it is accepted that games can provide intense and meaningful practice of language, then they must be regarded as central to a teacher's repertoire” (Wright, Betteridge, & Buckby, 1983, pI)...

Each year more and more people are seeking teaching jobs abroad, from those coming right out of college to others that would like to seek a career change later in life...

The playing of games as part of a lesson is a very effective tool in different ways: It helps students practice their english skills and it helps create a fun and relaxed learning atmosphere in the classroom...

I have chosen to write my article on the topic of motivating students...

In 1977, Tracy Terrell, a teacher of spanish in California, outlined "a proposal for a 'new' philosophy of language teaching which was called the Natural Approach" (Terrell 1977; 1982: 121)...

When I first signed up for the online tefl course, I was only teaching for a few months already...

Having sampled the TEFOL course, I was at first unsure as to what I would want my essay to focus on...

There are many reasons why a current or future teacher of english may complete a tefl course-- to become more a more effective teacher, to advance their career, and to build confidence are just a few...

Other than being an essential requirement in order to teach english as a foreign language, doing a tefl course teaches you a number of valuable skills...

For just about any tesol teacher, creating materials is an absolute must, even if working for a school with a rigid course book only policy...

For teachers of any kind, self-confidence is important...

Other than being an essential requirement in order to teach english as a foreign language, doing a tefl course teaches you a number of valuable skills...