Although it is ‘easier’ to teach individual students, it can be quite a challenge to keep things professional and not too personal as more often than not, teachers become a combination of tutor, friend and psychologist...
When I first came to Korea, I had this stereotype in my mind that Korean students were well-behaved, submissive, and quiet students because of the strict education system...
Around the beginning of the Twentieth Century, my grandparents left their old lives behind in Eastern Europe and sailed over a vast ocean, that, at the time, separated them all but irrevocably from the past...
teachers experience many difficulties when bridging the gap between ‘L1’ and ‘L2’ (ITTT unit 3 page 1) ranging from differences in alphabets to drastically different phonemes and grammar structures...
Language learning is a fascinating and often thrilling process for learners, although there is a lot of debate about the best way to go about doing it...
As a non-native english speaker who studied english in the thai schooling system and only came to study in australia in my late teens, I appreciate how hard it is to be on top of the english language...
The two varieties of english most widely found in print and taught around the world are British and American - it is therefore important for teachers to be aware of the major differences between the two...
While the international world of commerce and relations has many working languages, as it stands today english is the dominant international business language in many if not most parts of the world...
Which is better, British english or American english? Most Teaching english as a Foreign Language or tefl teachers were probably asked this question by their students...
There are many dialects of english that are spoken in several parts of the world but British english and American english are the two forms that are taught in most esl/efl programs...
During my experience teaching english in Korea, I have come to realize a drastic difference between the motivations of students in the early years of elementary school compared to the later years of elementary school...
This topic interests me as with the aim of teaching ESOL, is there a better english to use or does it not matter, and a blend of both should be taught?
Having travelled and taught in both the United Kingdom and north america, I am well versed in recognising the main differences in speech and spelling between the two regions...
The Total Physical Response (TPR) method of language instruction was developed by the American psycho-linguist, James J Asher after many years of research and study...