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8 ELT Supervisor Tips for Mentoring Teachers Effectively

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Mentoring is a partnership created to help and assist mentee teachers to reach their highest levels of professional and personal development. So, there are some keystones that must be included in any mentoring program. Key Stones of Effective Mentoring Program: Active listening. Classroom observation and teacher conferencing. Role...
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10 Main Difficulties In TEFL And My Suggested Solutions

Generally, teaching is not an easy job. And, in specific, TEFL is a difficult mission but in education, there is no “Mission Impossible” The teachers, who are one of the most important elements in teaching, are able to solve any TEFL difficulties if they are informative and creative....
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10 Don’ts For EFL Teachers To Be Effective

1. Don’t assume (falsely) that the class textbook will work. Some activities in EFL textbooks don’t work. These activities must be modified to make them work, or scrapped completely. 2. Don’t neglect useful vocabulary teaching. The building blocks of language are not grammar or functions. The most essential...
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9 Simple But Powerful Tips For Giving Effective Feedback

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Giving effective feedback is an essential skill for teachers. It should be regular and ongoing. Your students need to know how they are doing, whether their performance meets expectations, and how they can improve. But giving feedback isn’t always easy. You may worry about hurting the students’ feelings, or...
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7 Tips To Teach Different Levels Of EFL Students

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Today, most EFL classes include different levels of students. Teaching these students requires the teacher to be aware of how students are different, the resulted difficulties with them and how to teach them. How Students Are Different Different students are different in one or some of the following:...
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20 Tips To Boost Student Creativity In The Classroom

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Teachers are often blamed for the lack of student creativity. Some teachers still insist on using traditional methods in the classroom. Others are not adopters of innovation or aware of what to do in the classroom to boost student creativity. Thus, I see it’s important to train the...
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How to Improve Your English Level & Teaching Practices

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What I’m Thinking About?! Basically, I’m thinking about a lot of teachers of English who are staying at home and trying to learn and develop professionally. I thought it would be good if I collect links to valuable online resources for them so that they can continue learning...
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