Live question and answer session
On Wednesday 30th November at 3.30pm (UK time) we held our second live Q&A session, about grammar. You can watch the video of the session above, or you can find …
Course: Exploring the World of English Language Teaching
Challenges for learners with speaking
There are lots of reasons why learners might find speaking in a foreign language difficult. In the video, the teachers and students talk about some of these reasons. Task Watch …
Helping learners with listening and reading
In the previous step you suggested some ideas for how we can help learners with listening. Let’s see how your ideas match with ours. Watch the video of teachers talking …
Challenges learners have with listening
Now we’re going to hear what learners and teachers think about listening. What sort of challenges do you think learners face? Watch the video and make a list of the …
What do we do when we listen and read?
In the previous step we talked about how reading and listening to different things affects the way we read or listen. These different ways of reading and listening require different …
Receptive skills – reading and listening
Because of the different processes involved, we sometimes put reading and listening in one group and speaking and writing in another. Reading and listening involve receiving information and so they …
What are communication skills?
Watch the video of Monica and Marie Therese talking about communication skills and make some notes to answer these questions: What are the four communications skills? What different things did …
Video review of Week 1
In this video, the educators look back at some of the main talking points of this week made by you from all around the world. This week’s country profile is …
Terminology: TEFL or ELT?
There are lots of different terms and acronyms which people use when talking about English language teaching. For example, there’s TESL, TESOL, TEFL and ELT. A lot of the time …
Different types of motivation
Previously we heard learners’ different reasons for learning English. Some of these reasons were internal, such as enjoying communicating with friends. Others were motivated by external factors, such as needing …
Live question and answer session
On Wednesday 8 June we held a live question and answer session. Thank you to everyone who joined us to meet your educators and mentors and ask questions direct to …
I’ve never thought of teaching in …
You should already have a flavour of just how global the ELT profession is. Where are you thinking of working? You might be thinking of working in your own country …
Teaching around the world
The expression ‘the world is your oyster’ applies to English language teaching more than any other profession. You can choose to teach in your own country, or you can travel …
Why become an English Language Teacher?
Watch Monica, Marie Therese and other teachers talking about why they became English language teachers. Do any of their reasons match yours? Did any answers surprise you? Here are some …
Good to meet you!
English language teachers come from all over the world and travel all over the world too. We hope you’ll meet a lot of like-minded people on this course who are …
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Exploring the World of English Language Teaching