Thursday, 27 July 2017
Challenges in ELT: The non-native issue | Onestopenglish
Challenges in ELT: The non-native issue | Onestopenglish: Oxford TEFL Prague teacher trainer Karin Krummenacher tackles ‘Goliath’ - the issue of discrimination against non-native teachers in the ELT profession.
Native English Speaking Teachers
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Natural models
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Short-term (gap
year)
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Exotic
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CELTA/Trinity Cert
Qualified
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Less strict
correction/marking
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Making some money while travelling
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Poor language
awareness
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High ability to ‘wing it’
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Know slang, idioms,
collocations
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Non-Native English
Speaking Teachers
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Learned the target language themselves
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In it for the long run
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Share L1 with
students
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University
qualifications
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Locals
(cross-culture)
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Need to make a living from teaching
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High language
awareness
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Hard-working
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Interested in
teacher development
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Live from London: First impressions | Onestopenglish
Wednesday, 26 July 2017
Tuesday, 25 July 2017
Game of Thrones Accent Tutorial
You needn't have watched Game of Thrones (either dubbed or not) to enjoy this tutorial!!!
Thanks once more Tim!
Monday, 24 July 2017
Friday, 21 July 2017
Fancy some poetry?
www.favoritepoem.org - a site collecting America’s favourite poems. You can also read comments about why people like them and hear them being read aloud.
www.emule.com/poetry - an archive of classical poetry, easy to browse through by poet. Has a top ten list of favourite poems (chosen by visitors to the site) which makes an interesting starting point.
(from: Teaching materials: using literature in the EFL/ ESL classroom. By Lindsay Clandfield OneStopEnglish)
Do this activity if you want more ...
Do this activity if you want more ...
Thursday, 20 July 2017
Wednesday, 19 July 2017
Walk, tiptoe, stroll, ...
... amble, saunter, wander, ramble, mooch, meander, stride, dash, dart, scamper, sprint, jog, scurry, skip, lope, rush, hop, trip, hike, trek, paddle, wade ...
Tuesday, 18 July 2017
Language for ... weather | Onestopenglish
Monday, 17 July 2017
Friday, 14 July 2017
Reading Material
www.bookbrowse.com - a really great site which allows you to read an excerpt from a multitude of recently published books. You can search by author, book title or genre!
www.readersread.com - brings you the first chapter of many recently published books.
(from: Teaching materials: using literature in the EFL/ ESL classroom. By Lindsay Clandfield OneStopEnglish)
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Do this activity if you want more ...
Thursday, 13 July 2017
LIFE Advanced Wordlist
Wednesday, 12 July 2017
Want to lose weight? Eat off a crinkly plate
Had you ever thought of a crinkled plate to eat less???
Tuesday, 11 July 2017
Idioms That Make Our Skin Crawl
[If someone or something makes your skin crawl, you think they are very unpleasant or frightening]
Monday, 10 July 2017
Friday, 7 July 2017
5 ways for students to watch video more effectively at home
Movement verbs and verbs for walking
Learn the four verbs you didn't know and then move on to different ways of walking: You will have to learn more than 4!
