Teaching English as a Foreign Language

20 Part I: Getting Started in TEFL Do I have to translate?...................................................................... ...

Chapter 2: Looking at What TEFL Teachers Actually Do 21 Can I teach without a degree and formal qualifi cations?................ ...

22 Part I: Getting Started in TEFL What kind of person makes an ideal TEFL teacher? A good EFL teacher enjoys meeting people and ...

Chapter 2: Looking at What TEFL Teachers Actually Do 23 Is it okay if I don’t ‘talk posh’? Yes, but you need to have good gramma ...

24 Part I: Getting Started in TEFL Picking up language this way is almost effortless. However, busy people want- ing to learn a ...

Chapter 2: Looking at What TEFL Teachers Actually Do 25 Figure 2-1: Starting off simply with props. Deeba! Deeba! Dum dim ‘deeba ...

26 Part I: Getting Started in TEFL Focusing on the most useful words In theory you can spend your whole life learning a new lang ...

Chapter 2: Looking at What TEFL Teachers Actually Do 27 mistakes. Speaking to a classmate in small groups or pairs and role play ...

28 Part I: Getting Started in TEFL From the moment a student turns up at the reception area of your school or makes contact with ...

Chapter 2: Looking at What TEFL Teachers Actually Do 29 always turn up with a pen and notebook because they want to make their o ...

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Chapter 3 Examining Courses, Qualifications and Jobs In This Chapter ▶ Deciding on your level of teaching ▶ Signing up to the ri ...

32 Part I: Getting Started in TEFL Finding your level In the world of TEFL there are four or five levels of ‘teacher’. Deciding ...

Chapter 3: Examining Courses, Qualifications and Jobs 33 If a school trains staff to use its own teaching methods, you’ve a bett ...

34 Part I: Getting Started in TEFL chances of finding work and you may find yourself feeling pigeonholed even after you’ve expan ...

Chapter 3: Examining Courses, Qualifications and Jobs 35 more planning, otherwise you’ll find yourself dependent on dodgy operat ...

36 Part I: Getting Started in TEFL In most cases, courses have a minimum age requirement of 17 or 18. To be honest, you need to ...

Chapter 3: Examining Courses, Qualifications and Jobs 37 ✓ Classroom techniques and activities: Very often the tutor treats you ...

38 Part I: Getting Started in TEFL Intensive TEFL courses last four or five weeks. Don’t try to keep up your part- time job or e ...

Chapter 3: Examining Courses, Qualifications and Jobs 39 ✓ To make sure that trainees can plan lessons with clear and achievable ...