Whether it's a new year, a new term, a new week or a new class, we can always refresh our teaching screen and press reset on our classes. In this edition of The TEFLer we'll look at how to refresh and reset wherever we are in the year.
Whether it's a new year, a new term, a new week or a new class, we can always refresh our teaching screen and press reset on our classes. In this edition of The TEFLer we'll look at how to refresh and reset wherever we are in the year.
It really is beginning to look a lot like Christmas… actually it's pretty much here, we’re on holiday after this week for a bit of rest and recuperation and, and a good dollop of cheer too, I hope. Do you get time off now?
A silly Spanish-English joke; a play on words with the name Juan and the saying “there's always one”... funny, isn't it? Or maybe not, especially when it's explained. (Edit this?)
A language school leaders response to teachers' financial difficulties.
Many teachers are struggling to make ends meet. How far should we take responsibility and try to help? What could we do? We're feeling the pinch too. We live in uncertain times and, in many parts of the world, we in English language teaching are in a contracting market. What can we do to help our colleagues and, hopefully, ourselves too?
“Managing in TEFL” is a fortnightly companion for language school leaders. It is brought to you by Active Language Teacher Training, www.activelanguage.net, providers of Trinity Dip and CertTESOL and Teaching Younger Learners courses.
We love our jobs; we care for our students, we're passionate about teaching but is it enough? Financially things feel tougher than ever; many of us are struggling to get to the end of the month, and on top of that, Christmas is coming. Many TEFLers are in trouble. What can we do?
The TEFLer is a fortnightly companion for language teachers, written by Simon Pearlman and brought to you by Active Language Teacher Trainingwww.activelanguage.net
TEFLing is rarely well paid and we accept that. Until recently, most of us have received a living wage, meaning that we can live reasonably well on what we earn but there's never been much wiggle room, very few of us save at all. But now things feel tougher than ever. Why is that? Why do we feel poorer than ever?
Is time flying or is it more trudging along? The end is in sight on this term. Maybe now is a good time to stop and reflect. We might be tempted to reflect on how our school is doing, how our colleagues and our students are doing, and that's all important. But maybe now is a good time to think about ourselves, how are we doing? Like in the safety demos on aeroplanes, put on your oxygen mask before helping other people. If we don't look after ourselves, it's so much more difficult to take care of others.
The TEFLer is a fortnightly EFL teachers' companion, written by Simon Pearlman
How do you feel about your classes being observed? Does it make your stomach churn? Or maybe you're excited and interested in what might come out of it? So much depends on how it's presented to us and even the most experienced and confident teachers’ knees can turn to jelly at the mere thought of it.
