THE ESL TEACHER
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Of interest to teachers around the world - and to those who are thinking about a teaching career overseas.
Oct/Nov 2004
Publisher: Sunbridge Institute of English
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IN THIS ISSUE
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1. A Note from the Publisher
2. $1000 Scholarship to Sunbridge graduates
3. Tips for Teachers: Reading Exercises
4. Lesson Plan - Online Speaking Exercises
5. Presentation Skills, Public Speaking Skills, Voice Exercises
6. Course Information
7.Teaching Positions as of October 18 , 2004
8. Now you can buy our Books!
9. Subscription Management
10. Contact Information*****************************
1. A Note from the Publisher
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Read about how you may already have earned a $1,000 scholarship towards a Master's Degree in TESOL.We focus this issue on reading and speaking exercises for ESL students. Like anything else, speaking in front of an audience - even your own class- is difficult only if you don't know what you are doing. Practice, like learning how to ride a bicycle, is a matter of knowing what you are doing and practicing it over and over.
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2. $1000 Scholarship to Sunbridge graduates
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Glengarry University is offering graduates of the Sunbridge TESOL course a $1,000 scholarship towards a Master's degree (MA TESOL). Tuition for the Glengarry MA is already well below the cost of most other graduate level degree programs at $5,600 US. Now, Sunbridge grads can knock $1,000 off that cost.If you haven't already taken our course, sign up for it today. Your $325 investment is actually worth $325 PLUS another $1,000!
To register for the TESOL course, go to:
http://www.teachesl.org/register.doc
For more information about the Glengarry MA TESOL, go to:
http://www.glengarry-edu.org/gumatesol.htm
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3. Tips for teachers: Reading Exercises
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If you are like me, you are always looking for more material for students to read. Eva Easton has some great reading exercises on her website. Check it out at:http://eleaston.com/reading.html
For many more, go to Yahoo, Google or other search engine and search for "ESL reading exercises".
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4. Lesson Plan: Online Speaking exercises
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Speaking is often one of the most difficult tasks we ask students to do. Even native speakers freeze up when asked to speak. It becomes doubly traumatic for ESL students who are asked to deliver an oral presentation in a language in which they are not yet comfortable.Here is a good site that offers speaking exercises. These are geared to reducing accents and often stress one item such as pronouncing the final 's' in English words. Many Asian students have a real problem with this one!
http://home.earthlink.net/~eslstudent/speak/speak.html
Click on "Online Lessons in the directory on the left."
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5. Presentation Skills, Public Speaking Skills, Voice Exercises
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As ESL teachers, we focus on our tasks of teaching students how to communicate in the English language. When teaching oral communications, we often forget that there is a lot more to communicating effectively than using words."The Total Communicator" offers insight into breathing exercises that can help your students to relax and do a much better job of communicating. They say "You can speak only as well as you breathe. Control your breath, and you begin to control your speaking voice. Also, better breathing reduces tension in the neck and shoulders that can inhibit your best natural voice. The voice is a wind instrument.."
Go to their website and try the exercises they recommend to get your student voices in tune:
http://totalcommunicator.com/voice_article.html
Students can remove much of the fear of speaking in front of the class by following these tips:
Talk about something you know. Ideally talk about something you know about that your audience does not. Thus, you are the expert.
Follow this standard speaker's format: Tell them what you are going to tell them…then tell them…then tell them what you told them.
Use a lot of slides or visuals. Keep it to ine main idea per visual. These help you to keep on track and keep your speech in the right order.
Relax and try to have fun with your audience. Your audience will sense if you are worried, tongue-tied or well prepared. If you are prepared, you will also be teaching them how to do it well when it is their turn!
After your presentation, analyze how you did. Learn by observation.
How did your audience react?
Did you get your message across?
What would you change to make it better next time?*****************************
6. Teaching Positions - October 18, 2004
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There is a world of opportunity waiting for you! Some ESL openings that we know of as of October 18, 2004:Austria[1], Brunei Darussalam[1], China[15], Czech Republic[2], Ecuador[2], Ethiopia[1], France[2], Germany[4], Greece[1], Hong Kong[1], Indonesia[2], Italy[15], Japan[4], Korea, South[5], Kuwait[1], Macedonia[1], Malaysia[2], Micronesia[1], Oman[1], Peru[1], Poland[5], Russian Federation[4], Saudi Arabia[3], Spain[8], Taiwan[4], Thailand[2], United Arab Emirates[1], United Kingdom[14], Vietnam[2], Worldwide[3]
These job openings are from one source only. During our TESOL course, you will learn how to find out about these opportunities and many other teaching positions.
Most ads for teachers nowadays ask for a TESOL, TESL, TEFL or CELTA certificate. The first three are pretty much the same thing. CELTA is specific to teaching adults. So is our TEFLA course and it contains a wealth of information and teaching techniques.
If you don't yet have a TESOL certificate but want to teach or are already teaching English in a non-English speaking country, our course is one of the most comprehensive, contemporary and cost-effective courses available. To find out more about any of our certificate courses, go to:
http://www.teachesl.org/
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7. Course Information
*****************************At present, we are offering three courses for ESL teachers:
Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL)
This is a basic course designed to give students a wealth of information they will need as a teacher of English in a non-English speaking country. Every ESL teacher should have a TESOL Certificate. It helps to open more doors to better paying jobs!Teaching English as a Foreign Language to Adults (TEFLA)
This course teaches you how adults learn. Adults have many different reasons for wanting to learn to communicate in English. We teach you It explores ESL specialties including TOEFL, TOEIC and TESP with many forms of specialized English: Business, Financial, Medical, Legal, Survival, Technical and Tourism English.Teaching English to Young Learners (TEYL)
This course is designed for those who are teaching or want to teach English in a young learner environment (Kindergarten to early primary school). You should have a TESOL certificate before taking this course.For full information about out courses including lesson by lesson course outlines and registration options, please go to our website:
http://www.teachesl.org/
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8. You can now buy our textbooks!
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Dr. Robert Taylor's textbooks for our TESOL, TEYL and TEFLA course are now available in PDF format. You do not have to take a course to purchase one. You can buy one (or there is a special price if you purchase all three!), download it and read it offline at your leisure.Maybe you are a teacher who wants more information about teaching ESL but does not want to take a course at this time.
Maybe you are not sure you want to teach but would like to see what it is all about.These comprehensive books are only $24.50 each. Here is the URL where you can purchase them:
http://www.teachesl.org/bookorder.html
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9. Subscription Management
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10. Contact Information
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Tel/Fax: 800-282-6299
Email: [email protected]
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Pupil: Well if I could there wouldn't be much point in me being here!