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Books on Second Language Teaching and Learning

These books will make you reflect upon your teaching practice and enhance your performance in the classroom.

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What makes a teacher great?

What makes a teacher great?

Be the best teacher you can be by taking into consideration the information on this video. Being a good teacher will not only deliver lessons but be present and will care about their students.

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Penny Ur – Books and Theories

Penny Ur – Books and Theories

Penny Ur’s book reviews. Penny Ur reveals how she got into teaching English. Learn more about this renowned author.

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TED presentations in ESL classroom

TED presentations in ESL classroom

You can use these presentations in your lessons! Play parts of it and leave a moment for discussion among students!

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Jeremy Harmer’s New Book – Essential Teacher Knowledge

Jeremy Harmer’s New Book – Essential Teacher Knowledge

Jeremy Harmer Introduces Essential Teacher Knowledge in a snippet video. Check it out!

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Teaching with Chopsticks by Jonathan Last

Teaching with Chopsticks by Jonathan Last

Looking to ‘do something totally random and out of character’, recent graduate Jonathan Last took his lack of classroom experience and wariness about children onto a plane heading for Sanbon, South Korea and into a job teaching English as a foreign language (TEFL).

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Learning Styles

Learning Styles

Your student will learn 5% if he listens; 10% if he sees; 50% if he sees and listens; 80% if he does. Learn about the different concepts of learning.

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The First Five minutes in an ESL lesson

The First Five minutes in an ESL lesson

Good fiction writers and film producers know that the first few pages of their novel set the tone for what it is to follow. The same is true for a lesson.

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The Best Strategies for Teaching English to kids

The Best Strategies for Teaching English to kids

Check out some tips on teaching English to little kids. Game ideas. Best links. Simple songs.

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Reading by Dr. Richard Day

Reading by Dr. Richard Day

Professor Richard Day will explain the benefits of extensive reading in language learning. Check videos and links.

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How to work with Newspapers in the classroom

Newspaper treasure hunt (20 questions or just 10 – make it a full lesson or just a fill in!) Collect enough newspapers to share one between two – free press papers are really good as articles are not long and are usually easy to read. Prior to the lesson go through the newspaper and come [...]

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Past Tense: Videos

Watch this ESL practice conversation explaining the regular and irregular verbs in the past tense. http://video.about.com/esl/Past-Tense-for-Beginners.htm Related articles Tense shifting (gradvi.wordpress.com) Which are three simple tenses (wiki.answers.com) What is the past perfect tense of cling (wiki.answers.com)

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