[ELTWeekly Volume 7, Issue 14 | July 13, 2015 | ISSN 0975-3036] What’s your top tip for teaching with video in the classroom? We’re currently running a competitionwhere the best…
[ELTWeekly Volume 7, Issue 14 | July 13, 2015 | ISSN 0975-3036]
Since winning our Unlock competition last year, in which we asked teachers to tell us how learning English had unlocked their potential, Anna Ostrovsky has found herself a new post, and is about to embark on her dream teaching job in the United Kingdom. Today, she offers some advice on how other non-native English speaker teachers can unlock their own potential, and overcome challenges to find a job.
1. Recognize and accept the fact that we are in a marketplace
Most of us non-native speaker language teachers want to pass their passion for the language on to their students. We know the value we bring into the classroom, and it can feel disheartening to see the evident favouritism of native-speaker teachers in the language teaching space. (more…)
[ELTWeekly Volume 7, Issue 14 | July 13, 2015 | ISSN 0975-3036]
In ELT we often regard our profession to be independent of teaching subjects like maths and science. That said, many of the approaches and materials we use are influenced by wider trends in education – from constructivist thinking in the 80’s that influenced the publication ofHeadway, to the recent “flipped learning” approach that’s inspiring some EFL teachers torethink blended learning.
In American mainstream education there is an increasing emphasis on a concept referred to as “21st Century Skills” – a collection of various competencies that are regarded as being important for success in life, such as critical thinking, collaboration, communication, digital literacy, creativity, problem solving, environmental awareness and self-expression. (more…)