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Welcome to the latest issue of TEFL Inspire. This month you'll learn how to be the first to know about job offers. Also in this issue, Lucy Pollard explores the benefits of teacher development, and in the TEFL Help Desk considers how to organize a summer camp. With 2007 promising to be a bumper hurricane year, Liz Regan has produced a highly topical lesson plan on the subject of wind; while Jesus Garcia Laborda reviews a new edition of a classic How to... book. As usual, you'll also find your regular quick quiz, the latest ESL jobs and schools for sale.
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TEFL Help Desk by Lucy
How do I organise a summer camp?Q: Dear Lucy: I am teaching conversational english to 14-15 year olds in Thailand. I
have been asked to run a 2 day English camp for one of the local
schools. This is only my first year teaching here, and I am not sure
how to set this up. I have plenty of games for them to play, and some
basic ideas on a short lesson before each game to prepare them. I am
not sure on how to set the whole thing up as an organized package
though. This is the first camp of its kind in the area. If I do well, I
can get more extra jobs like this to suppliment my income. Can you
recommend a basic 8 hour (4 hours each day) plan or outline to try and
follow, so I keep this activity running smoothly and efficiently? I
want the kids to learn, and to have fun, but I need to look sharp doing
it for the school also. Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks, MobiliartA: Dear Mobiliart:
There are two possibilities for organising your summer camp. You could
organise your classes around themes or make project work the centre of
your lessons. You could of course, do both. I agree with you that if
you have short preparation lessons and then games, it is difficult to
link everything into an organised package.
You could choose a theme for each day e.g. music, sports, families,
work, different cultures. Your choice will depend on the level of your
students, the materials you have available and the students' interests.
You can then choose activities that are linked to the theme; make sure
you cover listening (this could be songs and video), speaking,
vocabulary, grammar and pronunciation. Of course...
read on...
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This Month's ESL Lesson Plan 
Talking Point: What's in the Wind?With hurricane predictions at an all-time high this year the theme of
this worksheet couldn't be more relevant. Moving from topic-related
vocabulary to popular "wind" idioms and phrases, this worksheet will
catch your students' attention. Fluency is practised through discussion
questions which are both topic-related and personalised, such as: "Do
you know anyone who is a windbag?" download lesson plan...Talking Point worksheets are designed for pre-intermediate and above levels. They are printer-friendly and come with Teaching Suggestions and answers. |
Quick Quiz 
Which is the largest planet?
a) Jupiter
b) Saturn
c) Uranus
See end of newsletter for answer.
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Featured Article
TEFL Teacher Development
Benefits and techniques of teacher training and development
by Lucy Pollard This article will deal with issues of training. We will look at the
benefits of training for the organisation and the individual, issues to
be taken into account before starting a training programme and
different ways of developing staff. The article promotes a pro-active
approach whereby training is used to enhance a school's services,
motivate staff and address staff problems.
The
advantages of investing in training could be considered as self-evident
but I think it's worth outlining them briefly. The benefits are
twofold: to members of staff and to the school or organisation... read on... |
Book Review
How To Teach English
Jeremy Harmer
Publisher: Pearson Education
When I first saw that there was a new edition of How To Teach English two main thoughts came to my mind: "Would there be anything new?" and "Why another edition?" When I
opened the book I noticed that there was a DVD. That was something
extra that I was not expecting but I thought would certainly enhance
the already positive values of the book. The DVD was from a language
school in England and was about how the
classes were taught and how teachers managed themselves in the
classroom. But, can you imagine my surprise when I saw one of my own
students in the scenes recorded in class? Anecdotes apart, this DVD is
a great and welcome extra that will be addressed later in this review... read on...Reviewed by Jesus Garcia Laborda |
Latest ESL Jobs 
Find the latest job offers for teachers posted by schools around the world. Also in the Job Centre: - Free ESL JobAlert
- Frequently Asked Questions about ESL jobs
- Tips on writing your resume when applying for an ESL job
- Resumes bank where you can post your resume for employers to read
- Schools can post ESL vacancies
search esl jobs.. |
Schools for Sale 
- Spain: Profitable school
- Spain: School near Seville
- Italy: EFL School, Romagna
- Spain: English School, Madrid
- Spain: Language School
- Spain: EFL School, Valencia
- Spain: Language School, Mallorca
- France: Language School, Chamonix Mont-Blanc
- Spain: English Language School, Menorca
- Canada: English School and Testing Centre in BC
- Spain: Canarian Language School
- Thailand: Language School and TEFL Training Centre
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Answer to Quick Quiz
a) Jupiter This is a level 5 question and answer from Word Up, the ESL board game that's fun to play in class. |
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