Author: gustavorernesto

Common Mistakes Made by Teachers – Teachers, on the whole, are doing a great job. They’re consistent and faithful. They love children, pray for their students. and prepare their lessons well. They’re just pretty wonderful. But, often, teachers talk too much. And this “teacher talk” creates static in the classroom. With a little fine-tuning, teachers can remove the static and become even more effective as translators for the most important Message-Giver.

People enter the teaching profession because they want to make a positive difference in society. Even teachers with the purest intentions can inadvertently complicate their mission if they’re not careful.

However, new teachers (and even veterans sometimes!) will have to work hard to conscientiously avoid common pitfalls that can make the job even harder than it inherently is.

Think back to when you were in grade school. What did you think about your teachers? I’m going to take a wild guess here and say that you likely saw them as leaders. As trustworthy experts with valuable information to share. You believed what they said, and viewed them as the right people to be in their position.

No matter what you’re teaching, whether it’s high school English or beginner guitar lessons, it’s important that your students view you the same way. They need to trust you prior to beginning the first lesson. Does your website or teacher profile sufficiently explain your background and experience? What else are they reading about you that helps them view you as an authority?

It might be uncomfortable to boast about yourself. The truth is that students have many options for learning online. If you’re going to become a successful online teacher, they need to be confident that you are the right choice. If not, they either won’t sign up or won’t stick around for long.

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After reading “Common Mistakes Made by Teachers” you can check important issues for ESL teachers on the section PDFs, and visit my YouTube channel.

MONTREAL — Another Muslim teacher took the stand at the court challenge to Quebec’s secularism law on Tuesday, testifying that her hijab has no impact on her ability to teach.

“I do not see any conflict between my faith and the way I teach,” Bouchera Chelbi testified on Day 2 of the legal proceedings against Bill 21, the law that bans public sector workers in positions of authority — including teachers and judges — from wearing religious symbols on the job.

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After reading “Teacher Goes Outside The Classroom” you can check important issues for ESL teachers on the section PDFs, and visit my YouTube channel.

A Heartland woman and her sister are helping teach English to children in their home country.

Valentina Curbet taught her sister, Ecaterina Stepanuic, English while working on their farm in Moldova. Now, the sister duo teaches other children their second language.

“The name of the book is English with Val and Kate… Throughout the book your see a path of our life. Most of the text is based on our lives. It’s a living book,” said Stepaniuc.

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After reading “Teacher Goes Outside The Classroom” you can check important issues for ESL teachers on the section PDFs, and visit my YouTube channel.

Samuel Isaiah’s nomination as the top ten finalists for the 2020 Global Teacher Prize had my phone ringing over the past few days. I have been receiving calls and WhatApp messages asking me whether it was me.

The reason being I was a teacher too and more so because we share a second name that sounds similar and which is quite uncommon. His second name is Isaiah while mine is Yesuiah. Both are biblical names though. Learn more about this topic by reading on NewStraitsTimes.

“The ESL(English as a Second Language) Club was my first opportunity to realize that I could be like the other students. I also have opportunities, I just have to work harder for them,” Lopez said.

Kean’s ESL program administrators introduced Lopez the idea of creating the club as a space for students to interact. The ESL program at Kean assists students admitted to the university whose English is not their first language.

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After reading “Teacher Goes Outside The Classroom” you can check important issues for ESL teachers on the section PDFs, and visit my YouTube channel.

For seven months Sharifa has been at home with her family. The 18-year-old attends a Pittsburgh Public high school and like her peers, has been learning remotely since March, when the district moved online to slow the spread of the coronavirus. She’s learning English as a second language and says the disruption in her learning has been challenging and frustrating.

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After reading “Teacher Goes Outside The Classroom” you can check important issues for ESL teachers on the section PDFs, and visit my YouTube channel.

Once technology enters the classroom, it rarely leaves. These days, as online learning emerges as the next technology to find a home inside the classroom, we have an opportunity to look further into the future. This is a great time to consider the next digital horizon for education—specifically the emerging fields of augmented reality and virtual reality. Both technologies are already being experimented with for learning in general and language learning in particular. As our teaching practices continue to evolve, I want to explore what the technology looks like and what best practices could help us engage successfully in virtual language teaching.

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