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Every new teacher worries about what will happen on the first day of teaching. "What if my class activities are over too quickly and I have extra time?" "What if my lesson goes off topic and my class falls behind?" Detailed lesson planning is the best solution to these worries. In this video, Oxford Seminars Instructor, Bridget McLaughlin explains ...
Your very first ESL class is likely to be one of the most anticipated experiences of your ESL journey. Having some ideas for ESL classroom activities on your first day up your sleeve will help you to get started. Here are some of my favorites: 1. Find someone who… In this activity students are given a number of sentences ...
As a foreign woman traveling in Oman, and one who did not cover her hair, I was constantly stared at by men. They weren’t threatening stares, I soon realized, but curious ones, which at least in part spoke of the locals’ curiosity about me (and about my many colleagues both female and male) as newcomers and obvious foreigners. Although ...
In July 2015 we published a blog post about 20 Common English Grammar Mistakes Not to Pass on to Your Students. The post provoked substantial discussion about the correct usage of many of the terms that it highlighted. Here are 20 more common errors to avoid passing on to your students: 1. Yet/already In colloquial American English using yet and ...
When my friends and family ask me what I miss most about South Korea, I say the food without having to think twice. I mean sure, I miss the Korean friends I left there, and I miss my students. But let’s be honest, I miss the food. Korean food is absolutely fantastic and the Korean restaurants in North America ...
Teaching English in Japan was my first experience working outside the United States. The first morning I arrived in my new city, Takamatsu, I was greeted at the train station by the teacher I was replacing. She walked with me to the building where I would be teaching ESL and introduced me to the staff. Then we took a ...
My life hasn’t been exactly on the same timeline as others. Living as a caretaker for my aging grandparents while working full time meant that it took me several years to finish my Bachelor’s Degrees. At the end of my studies, I was able to pull enough strings to leave the country for a summer abroad in Paris. That ...
People teach English abroad for a variety of reasons, but a common one, especially if you are just finishing college or university is to pay off your student loans and save money. Oxford Seminars Instructor, Heidi Bundschoks did just that when she went to teach English in South Korea. In this video, she talks about great ways to save ...
My wife and I are veterans of almost 20 years of teaching overseas in five different countries. I had been teaching in public schools in California for several years before we left for our first overseas adventure (Saudi Arabia) so I was pretty well prepared to walk into a classroom with a good degree of confidence. My wife, however, ...
Cold rice balls? Curry-filled doughnuts? Fried Sting Ray? Oxford Seminars instructors Corinne Toffan and Paul Workman tried these and many other new and exciting foods while teaching in Japan, to (mostly) delicious results. In this video, Corinne Toffan talks about how much she enjoyed going out for dinner with her class and trying strange new dishes. It was a great ...
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