TEFL Lesson Plans

The school i teach at in china are looking for another teacher ASAP... It's a great school situated in fenghua, in the province of Zhejiang, located in a valley just south of the city of Ningbo.  The views here are breath taking. The school is located in the towns library complex and has four classrooms and a auditorium for demo classes and presentation classes.  The owner is an excellent boss and i feel very lucky...

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Hello lovely TEFLONS,          I'm just writing my final piece of assessed work for my first year of my TEFL degree. I was wondering if anyone knew of any great TEFL books that discuss teaching methodology - lesson planning, classroom management etc. I know most of you are out in the exciting travelling world of TEFL, but I need to get this paper based bit done first unfortunately :( In the hope I'll be considered...

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We’re holding a live Q&A session on our i-to-i TEFL Facebook page at 10.30-11.30 GMT on Wednesday March 14th! It’s your opportunity to talk to real TEFLers who are either TEFLing right now, or have taught overseas previously. Here’s your lovely panel: Baz TEFL’d in: Ecuador, Thailand, Australia, Brazil and Spain Location right now: Seville, Spain Denise TEFL’d in: Chengdu, China Location right now: Staying put in China! Jess TEFL’d in: Thailand, Cambodia, Burma Location right...

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I came across this web page while searching for resources on teachign business English.  There is a lot of information on here for what ever you need, regardless of the age group being taught.  I hope it's helpful to you and in the event there is something on here that someone has tried and found it works really well, do leave a comment and let us know. http://www.eslgold.com/ Have a great day. eimi-chan

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Introducing….. Marcus! From Shrewsbury to Australia to Vietnam. We caught up with this i-to-i graduate as soon as he touched down in Asia and battled through ‘perhaps the worst jet-lag ever experienced.’Hi Marcus!                                Why did you decide to start teaching English? After living in Australia for a few years I returned to the UK to realize that my options were limited to say the least, and wanted to experience a lifestyle where everyday was...

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Most school teachers in the UK or Australia would kill for the students we TEFL teachers are lucky enough to have! That’s not saying all your students will be angels. Some classes will be hard to control (especially if there are 40 or 50 students!). You may have discipline problems. However, don’t let it get you down. Don’t feel negative towards your students – it may be, for example, they just get excited because they’ve...

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Sometimes getting your students to talk in the classroom is like pulling teeth. We want them to talk, we love seeing how they are developing, but we can’t get past the awkward silence stage… Fortunately it doesn’t have to be this way…there are tried and tested solutions that I’d love to share with you now. If your students haven’t had a warm up, chances are that they haven’t even spoken a word of English for...

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Hi everybdy.I'm very glad to join to this group.so I want to know chalkboard: what's it, its activities and more. Please explain me exactly my job. 

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So I have been here in Kyrgyzstan for six days now. I got to the school in the morning and two women were setting in the hall, I said hello and kept walking to my office. But they asked to talk with me, they wanted to pay me to come to a english club that they have. I am already teaching 9 classes per week. After talking for a short time they said it would...

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We often talk about all the positive things we can do to motivate and engage students, but it's also worth thinking about the things students don't like in class, so we can avoid them!Do you have any bad memories of language classes, or classes in general? The worst thing for me was being put on the spot by a teacher asking me something in German, and I had no idea what she was saying, and...

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