 TEFL Courses: important points.:
 Practical English Usage - A book review of Michael Swan's "Practical
English Usage" (OUP, 1980).
Talking
Teachers - Watch David Overton's video-article on Carefully
Controlled Teacher Talking Time. (CCTTT)
Approaches
and Methods - A book review by David Overton of Approaches and Methods in
Language Teaching (Cambridge Language Teaching Library) by Jack
C. Richards and
Theodore S. Rodgers.
Lexical
Approach - A book review of Michael Lewis' "A Lexical
Approach" (1993) Hove, Language Teaching Publications"
by David Overton (this book is for experienced teachers).
How
to Organize Yourself - How to organize yourself when you
first start teaching English.
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How to
Teach English - A book review of Jeremy Harmer's "How
to Teach English" (Longman - Pearson Education), 2005
(First published in 1998).
Error
Correction Techniques - In this video, I explain
some techniques commonly used when correcting students' errors.
Listening
- English teacher Kelley Piggot writes about how he approaches
teaching listening. Also, a Youtube video-chat by Steven Starry.
The
Times on English, Sports and Translations - Great article
on the kinds of difficulties non-native professionals (our students)
can have with the language.
Where
to do a TEFL Course - Article about the risks in doing TEFL
courses.
Lesson
plan template - Victoria Fontana shares her lesson
plan template with us.
Obstacles
to Learning English - In this video, I talk about
some of the obstacles that I've experienced with students'
learning English.
General Tenses - In this
video, I talk about the general tense system in English.
How
to Use an English Textbook - In this video, I talk
a little bit about using textbooks in classes.
Materials I use in
my classes - A 15 minute video-chat on how I organize myself
materials-wise - besides text books, which I don't talk about
in this chat, I use Hot English Magazine's Teachers' Pack and
the internet.
My personal links to sites I frequently use
Why
you need a program - The key to becoming a better
teacher and to getting and keeping your own company clients
/ students is to come up with your own programs.
DevelopingTeachers.com
- Of course, there are already some websites out there which
do what I'm just starting to do (in my own way) quite well.
Some
activities for teachers to use in their classes in Spain:
(All individual English teachers have
permission to use the activity in their own English classes
while the logo of MadridTeacher.com is kept "as is"
in plain sight.)
A
Typical Day - Present Simple - Elementary
Print the video-activity text in pdf format: Print
A Typical Day Lesson. Note that though the main focus is
the present simple, there are also a lot of other linking words
(until, so, so that, etc.) that some students might find a bit
overwhelming at an early stage in their "present simple"
education, also Victoria Fontana (In-company and Private ESL classes) speaks clearly in the video,
but a bit fast for beginners.
Right-click and select "save target as"
to download the video: Victoria's
Typical Day - 10 Mb and the MP3.
My
Spring Trip - Past Simple - Elementary - pre-int.
Print the video-activity text in pdf format: Print
My Spring Trip Lesson. Note that though the grammar in this
activity is simple enough, there is a lot of vocabulary.
My Spring Trip WMV video
45 Mb.
Mr.
Bean Goes to Church - Present Simple - Pre-int. plus.
This is a video-activity that I made that has worked really
well in every class that I've used it in, and there's not a
word of English spoken in it! The focus here is on the third
person, phrasal verbs and verbs plus prepositions. Insist on
your students telling the story using the phrases given so that
they can practice using this language.
Print the activity in pdf format:
Mr. Bean Goes to
Church.
Oh, and by the way, it's up to you to find the video. I have
a link to my personal bookmarks page above.
Last
Photographs - Narrative tenses - Advanced.
Print William Christison's (Companies in Madrid) article-activity in pdf format: Print
Last Photographs. Note that though the grammar in this activity
is intermediate level, there is an incredible amount of vocabulary.
(Right-click and select "save target as" to download: MP3)
Video-activity
- Past simple vs. Present Perfect - elem to PI
Print
Real English have done vs. did Lesson associated to this
video on Youtube.
RealEnglish.com
has a lot of other videos that are good for students to watch,
plus they do have a better pay version.
On
HeadsUpEnglish.com you'll find complete English lesson plans
and materials for upper-intermediate and advanced learners.
The materials are based on current events in the news - what
you tend to talk about with your English students: Heads
Up English.
Obviously, there’s a lot more to TEFL than this or I wouldn’t
even bother in the first place. What's more is that I'll vary
the topics depending on what inspires me at any particular time.
Finally, I don't pretend to re-invent the wheel with this and
whenever I see good things out there on the web or in print,
I'll certainly refer to them.
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