[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] This webinar presented recent theories in Second Language Acquisition (SLA) which emphasize the dynamic nature of learning. We…
[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…)