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List of Esl Resources

Teaching abroad
Most people who want to teach English overseas will eventually come to a point when they consider taking a TEFL training course...
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Motivation in the Classroom
I am writing about motivation in the classroom, for the purpose of addressing the problem for teachers and to give some strategies that can be used to assist the teacher to overcome the problems...
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Problems for Learners of ESL in Malawi
I have been living in Malawi for the past several years, and, though I am definitely far from being an expert on any of the subjects mentioned here, I would like to share a few of my observations on the difficulties that Malawian students of English as a second language may encounter...
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Preconceptions
Isn?t it funny how our preconceptions are often way off course? Certain things we?re preconditioned to think, be it because of cultural influences, peer/family influence or experiences, and, more often than not, we don?t question these; Tesco and Wal-Mart are Mecca?s; McDonald?s food tastes amazing; being quiet makes you a good student...
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Dictionary Training
One of the worst teaching experience is having a class come to an abrupt halt while someone searches a dictionary for a specific word, one usually not found in the end anyway...
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Teaching mixed ability classes
Students come from all walks of life, no person is the same whether it?s personality, ability or background...
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Teaching Grammar
?A recent study suggests that teaching grammar to schoolchildren has no discernible effect on their writing skills, so why should it be of any more use in the ELT classroom?? asks Luke Meddings in an article on Friday February 4, 2005 in the Guardian Unlimited...
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Teaching vocabulary
It is common knowledge that learning grammar can be a complex process...
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