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When considering teaching English abroad, the requirements vary depending on the country, school, or program. While some countries and institutions may not require a TEFL (Teaching English as a Foreign Language) certificate, having one can significantly increase your chances of finding a job. Countries like South Korea, Japan, and the Middle East often have strict requirements for teachers, including a Bachelor's degree and a TEFL certificate. Having a TEFL certificate not only makes you a more competitive candidate but also equips you with essential skills and knowledge to excel in the classroom. A TEFL course covers lesson planning, classroom management, teaching methodologies, and language assessment, providing you with the necessary tools to effectively teach English to non-native...  [Read more]

To obtain a work visa to teach English abroad, you typically need a bachelor's degree from an accredited university. While a degree in Education or English is beneficial, it is not always a strict requirement. Some countries may accept degrees in related fields such as Linguistics or Literature. Additionally, having a TEFL (Teaching English as a Foreign Language) or TESOL (Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages) certification can significantly enhance your chances of securing a work visa. These certifications demonstrate your commitment to the field and your ability to effectively teach English as a second language. In addition to educational qualifications, many countries require a minimum amount of teaching experience to qualify for a work visa. This can vary depending on the...  [Read more]

TESOL stands for Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages. This certification is not always a strict requirement for teaching English in international exchange programs, but it is highly recommended and can greatly enhance your chances of securing a teaching position. TESOL certification equips you with the necessary skills and knowledge to effectively teach English as a foreign language to non-native speakers. It covers teaching methodologies, language acquisition theories, classroom management techniques, and practical teaching experience. While TESOL certification is not always mandatory, most reputable international exchange programs prefer candidates with some form of ESL certification. The specific requirements vary depending on the program and the country where you wish to...  [Read more]

TESOL (Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages) certification is highly valued in the field of English language teaching. It provides educators with the necessary skills and knowledge to effectively teach English to non-native speakers. TESOL certification programs cover a wide range of topics such as language acquisition theory, lesson planning, classroom management, and assessment techniques. Having a TESOL certificate not only demonstrates your commitment to professional development but also increases your job prospects in the competitive field of English language teaching. While TESOL certification is preferred, there are alternative qualifications that can qualify you to teach English. A bachelor's degree in English, education, linguistics, or a related field can be sufficient...  [Read more]

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  Our next consideration is going to be building and maintaining rapport. The importance of rapport is that within our communicative activities, we're asking the students to talk to each other. If they feel comfortable with each other and with us, then that interaction is much more likely to be useful. So how do we actually build and maintain rapport? Well, it's easiest if we consider two stages of the course itself. What we can do at the start of the course and what we can do throughout the course to help build and maintain that rapport. So at the start of the course, it's very useful if we ask the students to create a name card and to make that name card visible to everyone. Secondly we need to try to do some ice breaking activities that will allow the students to interact with...  [Read more]

Discipline in the Classroom Eight out of ten TESOL teachers who do not return after their first year of teaching drop out because they are unable to control their problem in the classroom. According to the researches, that have done recently, discipline ranked as the number one problem in the schools. What is discipline? According to the Webster’s dictionary discipline is the “training that corrects, molds, or perfect the mental faculties or moral character.” How can a teacher maintain discipline in a classroom? There will be many ideas to maintain discipline in the classroom. For sure those suggestions will be helpful, but first of all, teacher should know the main reasons for students’ misbehavior. The students have not learned the behaviors that are...  [Read more]

Slang and Teaching Idioms In TESOL education, idioms appear particularly daunting for students and teachers alike and for this reason they are often neglected in English courses. A brief overview of everyday slang reveals an intimidating array of idioms that could easily go unnoticed by the native speaker but prove confusing for the student of English. On Kenneth Lawrence’s website devoted solely to idioms, he has attempted, like many other books on idioms and websites that focus on them, to organize idioms into coherent categories. The categories are diverse; there are bird idioms, money idioms, and even arm, head and finger idioms. It is clear from the amount of idioms in existence and the limited activities used for teaching them that idioms are a subject for more advanced...  [Read more]

Foreign Language Experience I come from a country, which is with high cultural values and great diversity. There are different languages spoken and different customs and traditions followed all over India. When I was in school, which was English medium school, we had Marathi and Hindi as our second language, Hindi was introduced from grade 3 and Marathi from grade 4, both these languages have almost similar script but there is a difference in the way we speak the language thus the difference in these two languages. It was easy for me to learn to read and write Hindi. It was very difficult for me to learn Marathi, my struggle worsened as my mother too was not able to help me as being from south of India she had never heard or spoke Marathi .It was compulsory in school to score same amount...  [Read more]

Pronunciation Problems for Chinese Students of English As a global language, English has been popularly taught as the second language in China for quite a few years. Now there are more Chinese people learning English on various purposes, such as applying for a higher paid job, studying and living abroad, or establishing business with western countries. According to my experience of learning and teaching English, it is harder to master English pronunciation than English grammar for Chinese students. Chinese grammar may appear quite simple compared to that of many highly-inflected Western languages (e.g. Russian, Latin, etc.), or even the low-scale verb conjugations, for instance, of English (e.g. "swim, swam, swum") because of the lack of inflections. Even though there are similarities...  [Read more]

Should Students Be Allowed to Use Their Native Language in the Classroom When I first began teaching lessons during the TESOL Course I found myself almost automatically saying to the students, “English please,” after all it is an English class. However, I began to question myself about whether or not this was “correct” practice or if the students should in fact use their native language to assist them in the learning process. After doing some research I found the TESOL Law Code of Ethics. The Law of Ethics provided many vague and open-ended ideas. It suggested things along the lines of, “The foreign language teacher shall direct her whole professional effort to assist the students to develop his/her second language speaking ability.” It also mentions...  [Read more]

British english vs american English With English being recognised as the global language of choice, which one is considered the official language? So just how did American English diverge from British English in the first place? American English roots back to the early colonial days of the late 16th century, were a whole gamut of cultures converged into a single society. In some colonies English wasn’t even a spoken language and in those colonies that did speak English it was quite different from the English we know today. The Elizabethan English of the day consisted of many varieties of regional English dialects. All these different dialects, intermingled with a multitude of cultures formed one big boiling pot, of which over time, a new variant was produced – American...  [Read more]