Teaching English

Teaching the English language to a non english speaking person can be exciting and interesting. If this is of interest to you, consider traveling to other countries to teach. It is generally preferred for the English teacher to be a native English speaker. Here are some common terms you should familiarize yourself with: Before you excitedly answer any employment ads you should learn the meaning of commonly used terms as well as recommendations for working locally or abroad.

Be aware of the 20,000 words you already know in each of the following languages; English, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian and French. Welcome to the world of Cognate Linguistics.

Other ways of becoming a successful English as a foreign language tutor are listed and explained below. As an efl tutor, this article not only helps you keep your job, it helps you improve while you are at it. The first part of this article dealt with the student aspect but this second part deals with improving on your tutorage from both the student and employer aspect.

You must have started teaching or at least plan to start teaching the English language as a foreign language or second language for this article to be very useful to you. Teaching students with a culture different from that of the tutor is much more challenging that teaching students from the same culture as you are. Asides from the language which may serve as the first barrier, you also have a lot of other tiny details which you as an efl tutor have to watch out for if you really want to succeed in your job.

Being an ESL tutor can get quite intimidating. While some get to become experts at teaching foreign students the English language, others just stumble from one job to another cursing their bad luck. Now come to think of it, the difference between the two sets of people above might not be that the latter are not good enough to teach, it is more like they have not yet pre-conditioned/prepared themselves to being an esl tutor. You may have all the necessary qualifications needed to teach foreign students but you still would not be able to get the message across successfully. Instead of cursing your bad luck at not been able to keep a teaching job with a school, why not read this article and transform yourself into one of the hottest esl tutors in town.

TEFL or Teaching English as a foreign language refers to teaching English to students for whom it is not their mother tongue. If you want to teach overseas and currently have a degree, bachelors or masters then you will not need a TEFL Certificate. However, if you only have a post-secondary diploma or high school diploma it is a good idea to get a TEFL Certificate which will secure you a good paying job and many options of where you would like to teach.

Good teaching game to share with you.

Good teaching game to share with you.

Good teaching game to share.

Humans learn and experience life through their five senses: touch, sight, sound, taste, and smell. They are all memory triggers, and can therefore be ways to communicate information. However, in a classroom setting the easiest ways to teach and learn is by auditory and visual methods. Though teachers should be aware of the main methods of learning, they should also incorporate teaching by means of touch, taste, and smell, if and when possible.