BY EVE PEARCE Learning foreign languages in one’s late childhood early teens is often wrought with challenges but for mature learners, these can sometimes seem insurmountable. Those who tak...
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BY EVE PEARCE An alarming survey conducted in recent years in the UK suggested that 4 in 10 teachers quit their jobs after only 2 years in the profession. It’s a sad fact that many teacher...
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READING AND VOCABULARY: KNOWING, GUESSING AND LOOKING IT UP BY SUSAN HOLZMAN ** This article was first published in the conference proceedings of the Sri Lanka English Language Teachers'A...
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By Allan J. Hirshey Choice Theory (CT) and Reality Therapy (RT) aren’t exactly household names, nor do they have NLP’s (Neuro-Linguistic Programming) mystique. The “brainchilds” of p...
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BY NICOLE HAZAN You might not think the school canteen to be the most obvious place to start a business, but that's where my partner, Naomi and I first came about our idea for Speak UP! summe...
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BY EVELYN ROBINSON The standard process of becoming what many refer to as a typical ‘English teacher’ is a long and arduous one. With no breaks from education and extra time spent re-sit...
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BY ESTELLE SHUMANN School counselors have always played critical roles in the lives of students, but as students are asked to participate in increasingly competitive academic and professional r...
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BY ALLAN J. HIRSHEY A retired financial analyst, Allan has been living in Israel for eight years. Writing social science articles, learning part-time in a yeshiva, voluntary tutoring a...
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BY ALLAN J. HIRSHEY Allan J. Hirshey (LLB, MS) is a former U.S.Government financial analyst, and business lecturer (adjunct faculty) at a Maryland community college. Training Medicare reimb...
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BY DAVID LLOYD David Lloyd This blog entry was borrowed, with permission, from David Lloyd's blog - Why I May Still Be Canadian. Originally from Canada, David has been living most of...
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BY GILDA HABER, PHD GILDA HABER, PHD Professor of Sociology, University of Maryland, College Park. Professor of English and ESOL at Montgomery College. Teaches sociology, social psycholo...
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BY NICK MICHELIOUDAKIS (This article was originally published in the TESOL Greek Newsletter.) Nick Michelioudakis (B. Econ., Dip. RSA, MSc ) is an Academic Consultant with EDEXCEL. He...
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BY ALLAN J. HIRSHEY Presented below is a quick, handy, and comprehensive reference guide to the English parts of speech. The guide is addressed to substitute teachers, returning teachers,...
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BY ANDREW WILSON Dear Colleagues, I started teaching over twenty years ago, and since then, both as a teacher and a parent, I have seen many projects come and go. I'm sure I'm not alone in ...
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by Allan Hirshey Over the past several decades, the supply of English teaching professionals in Israel has not only caught up with, but has exceeded the demand. This has resulted in a floo...
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By Dr. Jenny Weil Open any Israeli newspaper and the employment ads are likely to read :”Fluency in English and Hebrew required.” Most EFL (English as a foreign language) courses at uni...
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BY DAVID LLOYD Now there is a loaded title. So many things to consider. But let's narrow it down. To our decision of becoming a teacher. "Why DID I do it?" How many times have you asked...
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BY DAVID LLOYD Teachers have been greatly empowered over the last twenty years. This first started with a group of mavericks who stumbled across a new tool, something called the "Internet". ...
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BY DAVID LLOYD We have all been there. We enter the classroom, close the door, and are all alone. Alone with 30 to 40 students regarding us with a mixture of suspicion and apathy. "Entertain ...
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