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http://www.onlineteflcourses.com now directs to tefl.org.uk as you said. This means that either: 1. The person who ran the course went out of business and/or sold the http://www.onlineteflcourses.com domain to tefl.org.uk. or: 2: The domain was owned by the same people that own tefl.org.uk in the fi...

For the first one, it's easier to see how "THAT" is a conjunction if we take a shorter sentence: I see that your face is red . In this sentence, "that your face is red" is a noun clause, introduced by the conjunction "that". Noun clauses act in exactly the same way as n...

Hi Mike First of all, not having any teaching experience is not a problem - there are many many schools who recruit newly qualified teachers - everyone has to start somewhere, right? Not having a university degree will prevent you from working legally in some countries due to requirements that forei...

Hi Sabrina

Have a look at this article, there are some useful ideas for motivating kids.

Hope this helps

Keith

Remember that "let your personality come through" means "show the audience your personality". In this context, you would make person-to-person contact with the audience by showing them your personality, rather than by making them feel your speech is interesting. So for me, the co...

In this context, the verb "to come through" means "to show" or "to be communicated". So, "Let your personality come through" means "Allow your personality to show or to be communicated". Imagine that you are going for a job interview, and someone is ...

Hi Hubert

Here's a couple of resources which might help:

http://sunzi1.lib.hku.hk/hkjo/view/32/3200035.pdf
http://www.btinternet.com/~ted.power/l1chinese.html

Keith

Long term TEFL contracts do exist, but they are quite rare until you have proved yourself to a school! The most common length of cntract is for one year. These are usually renewable if both parties agree - it is normally at this point, if you have impressed the school and they see you as an asset wh...

I think you have to weigh up the cost of studying a program (both financially and in terms of the investment of time) against your objectives and the benefit that the course will bring you. I think this applies to any training program. If, for example, you are planning on teaching for only a year, t...

Hi Phuong From what you've said it looks like you have a fair amount of time to prepare your students. You can achieve a lot in 25 weeks with 4 or 5 classes a week. So you have the time to do a fairly thorough preparation. Having said that, it is still very important to assess where your students ar...

Hi Cramey I think the biggest obstacle will be the fact that you are American (I'm assuming you're American?), as HenryTeach also suggested. Not many schools in the EU recruit non-EU citizens, simply because it is so much easier for them to recruit EU citizens, in terms of paperwork. That is not to ...

There's some good advice about teaching English and living in Mexico here.

Also, This Guy is Teaching Abroad has some comprehensive information. Have a look at the Categories on the right hand side of the page.

Good luck, Keith

I think cabsy83 is right. A quiet word with this student at the end of a class may be the answer. Interruptions from students like this often come from frustration and/or insecurity at not understanding, or falling behind the rest of the class. This may be the case. You may find that he is willing t...

Hi Students and the companies they work for often have unrealistic expectations about what can be achieved in a short space of time, and unfortunately, schools often promise that they will meet these unrealistic expectations, in order to get the contract with the company. The responsibility is then ...

Road signs are also good. Signs such as "Stop", "No overtaking", speed limit signs and many others are fairly universally recognised, and can be used for "You must stop here", "you mustn't pass other cars", etc etc. They're quick to prepare - you can draw them...

Hi El You are right that the CELTA will be recognised worldwide, regardless of whether you take it in India or Turkey. The advantage of taking it in the country where you want to teach is, as you thought, the possibility of developing local contacts, often through the CELTA course centre itself. All...

Hi Tofu I agree with Pete. The two most internationally recognised and accepted qualifications are the CELTA and the Trinity Cert TESOL. Most employers do not make a distinction between these two in terms of the qualifications they accept. There are many other good quality courses available of equiv...