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List of Esl Resources

Lesson planning.
What will get in your mind if somebody will tell you about teaching? Isn?t it lesson planning? Most of the teachers despise this job, why? Well, the hardwork of thinking in creating your own materials...
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Classroom management guidance for the inexperienced teacher
There are many different practices that could be used for good classroom management and as with all techniques these need to be adapted to your own classroom, taking into account the age, culture, and personality of the class as a whole, and of you as a teacher...
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The present and future roll of TEFL in Thailand
Britain is the home of high quality English language teaching and is joining forces in a new and enlarged professional association called English UK, backed by the British Council...
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Teacher self analysis
Whenever the discussion arises ?What makes a good teacher??, various theories and suggestions concerning a teacher?s personality and his/her relationship with pupils are laid on the table...
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Group dynamics
Humans have worked in groups since the beginnings of civilisation however it is only in the last century that research has focused on the dynamics that occur in group encounters and a deeper understanding of the way individuals behave in a group setting has emerged...
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Classroom management.
Classroom management requires a positive relationship between the teacher and the student...
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Teaching productive skills ? fine tuning speaking and writing skills
Acquiring the skills to effectively use a new language may involve traditional classroom learning lessons and controlled practice, but experience with the language and the opportunity for creative exploration are also important components in the learning process...
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The world according to English
If the addition of the ?one-millionth word? to the English language is any indication of its ever growing popularity and immense power, then it?s safe to say that this language has indeed come a long way from its modest inception to the burgeoning behemoth that it currently manifests itself in worldwide...
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Multiple Intelligences in the ESL Classroom
Gardner?s theory of Multiple Intelligences, in which he defines 7 different ways that people are intelligent, has become a driving force in educational theory in the English Speaking world...
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Motivation in Classroom
TEFL teachers often work in different countries and face different national students...
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A pre-requisite for communicative competence
Intent of the paperThe purpose of this paper is to examine what strategic competence is, the levels at which it functions and the utility value of such techniques to the development of an overall communicative competence...
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New Technology in the Classroom
On the subject of new technology in the classroom, I?d like to address a source of materials with which I?m extremely familiar...
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Slang and Idioms
What is slang? A simple online definition is, "The nonstandard vocabulary of a given culture or subculture, typicaly consisting of transitory coinages and figures of speech...
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