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This year, I've had the opportunity to work as a monitor of English at the school I did my second practicum at the elementary level. I was paired up with 3 students. In the context of the classroom, those 3 students were not very good in English and did not participate a lot. However, when they were...

First, you should prepare activities that you think suit their level of English. You can pick activities from ESL/EFL books if you want to have a good idea of what to do. Second, I strongly recommend you to keep the first class to introduce yourself and evaluate your students on the speaking, listen...

Students having such disorders are very difficult to deal with. Some of them need personal attention to help them progress in the most normal way as possible. The worst cases are to be left to the psycho-educators... I remember when I was doing my second practicum, I had to teach to a 3rd grade clas...

Asian countries love native speakers but if you have an ESL or EFL degree, they don't really care as long as your English is good. For example, you can apply to the JET program to teach in Japan even if you're not a native speaker of English. The only requirement is to have a degree. If you make a s...

Situations where you don't have a degree but you have experience as a teacher are very frustrating. Curriculums ask teachers to teach in a specific way. Some methods are to be avoided and some others are to be used. Each curriculum is different and that is one of the reasons why schools ask for a de...