TEFL Reviews

Classroom ManagementTeachers constantly complain of disorderly classes...

Cultural Sensitivity in the ClassroomCultural sensitivity is one of the most important aspects of teaching in a foreign classroom or of teaching to a diverse class of students...

Building Confidence in StudentsBuilding confidence in your students is one of the most important things when you are a teacher...

Problems for Learners in ItalyOver the past year, I was fortunate enough to have lived, traveled, and taught across Italy...

Establishing rapportEach one of us has good or bad memories of our teachers...

Problems for learners in KoreaMany english learners in different countries face different obstacles while trying to learn english...

Dictionary TrainingI mentioned in an earlier lesson that I carry a dictionary with me wherever I go...

Classroom managementIn order to manage classrooms effectively, a teacher must be able to handle a range of variables...

Song in the ClassroomThe teachers of Hachigata elementary school recently spent an entire year studying the best ways to teach english to their students...

Motivation in the ClassroomThere are numerous articles, books and research papers to be found that deal with the topic of motivation as a contributing factor in the success of an EFL classroom...

Teaching Skills in the ClassroomAfter reading Unit 1 and Unit 3 of the course materials, as well as the article titled, "TESOL ARTICLES: Learning Teaching Skills," from www...

Foreign Language Experience Growing up in the Philippines, I have acquired three languages --- Filipino, english, and Bisaya fairly well...

Building Confidence In Students Having confidence is like having a new car...

Discipline in the classroomAs a teacher, one of the most interesting, yet challenging part of teaching is maintaining discipline in the classroom...

Things I wish I'd known before starting the courseThroughout my course, there were multiple things that I wish I'd known before starting...

Problems for learners in ItalyI have been living In Florence, Italy for about five years...

British english vs...

Common problems of learning english as a second language for native french speakers...

Discipline in the ClassroomMy personal weakness as a teacher is to be too relaxed in discipline especially at the beginning, so the class can get out of hand quickly...

Why Complete a TEFL CourseI am so glad that this question was an option for a research article as I found that I was asking myself this question, and others were asking me this question as well...

Motivating StudentsEven the best teacher has days when their students just won’t pay attention...

Teaching Slang and IdiomsTeaching slang and idiom is not only important to allow students to be able to communicate in a real world situation, but it can have a positive effect on motivation because students have a desire to communicate with native speakers and, as Lieb states, ‘…it offers both relevancy and authenticity…If students feel that what they are studying is relevant to their everyday lives, and usable when communicating with native speakers, they will be more motivated to study…Its more colourful and descriptive terminology…[and] engages minds through humour, sarcasm and cynicism...

Teaching slang and idiomsIf a teacher gives two hoots about making sure their students can have fluent conversations in english then they would be muppets if they overlooked the importance of idioms and slang...

Managing equipment and teaching aidsThere are so many factors that contribute to understanding and effective learning...

Teaching ESL versus EFLTeaching english as a Second language (ESL) and teaching english as a foreign language (EFL) are two distinctly different undertakings and should therefore involve slightly different teaching principles and practices...

Motivation in the classroomWhen a class is in progress, it is important that the teacher and the student are motivated...

Linguistic learning Have you ever wondered why the student sitting next to you can get all the word problems in math correct, or why some students are better at writing than others? Well, the most probable answer is that they are Linguistic learners...

Culturally Sensitive ClassroomIn Japan, it is the ultimate faux-pas to blow your nose in public...

Motivating studentsThere are many ways to motivate students to learn and participate in the classroom leading to increased students success...

Pronunciation Problems in BrazilThe purpose of this paper is to discuss some of the common difficulties native speakers of brazilian Portuguese have when learning to correctly speak english...

New Technology in the ClassroomAs I was throwing around ideas for this independent research article, I had some trouble coming up with a topic...

english as a Global LanguageAs years have passed english has become even more popular in countries throughout the world...

Teaching GroupsTeaching groups of students can be very rewarding and it brings certain sets of challenges...

Classroom managementClassroom management presents one of the most difficult challenges to teachers, and it becomes an even greater challenge when a foreign language is involved...

Teaching Beginner Students The teaching of beginner students can be very challenging but ultimately very rewarding...

British english vs American EnglishEnglish is the first language of over 375 million people, most of whom live in great britain (61 million) and America (215 million)...

Teaching Slang and IdiomsLearning english is challenging in and of itself, but learning a dictionary full of words is not enough to really understand it because native english speakers colour their speech with a myriad of slang words and idioms...

Differences when teaching one to one or groupsThere are so many differences when it comes to teaching private lessons to teaching groups...

Classes of Mixed AbilityIn an ESL/EFL classroom, it is often that a teacher will encounter students at varying levels...

Multiple IntelligenceThe theory of multiple intelligence was developed in the early 80s by Howard Gardner, a developmental psychologist and professor of Cognition and Education at Harvard University...