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I am a teacher in a teacher training college in Belgium. My students (trainee teachers) went on their first teaching practice period / internship and most of them faced problems using classroom English fluently.
Please can you help me in assessing an ESL teacher in action. What are the key features I should look for and observe while he is in action? I would appreciate some help.
I am a teacher in a teacher training college in Belgium. My students (trainee teachers) went on their first teaching practice period / internship and most of them faced problems using classroom English fluently.
I am a beginning ESL teacher who is also learning Spanish. At a recent conversation group at a Latin American cafe, I spoke to a native Spanish speaker for about 10 minutes after an hour of struggling to converse with other non-native speakers.
"There is a situation arising in China that is becoming more and more of a problem. It concerns the parents of children in our schools. No matter how hard we try to tell them what they can realistically
At the moment I am writing a paper about teacher competencies. I am gathering any opinions, suggestions about the possible ways of improving our skills in English teaching.
Hello. My name's Hay. Although I have been teaching English for nearly two years, I sometimes still feel nervous in front of the students. Is there anything I can do about this? Thank you