There are many EFL teachers around the world but not many of them are effective. Effective EFL teachers are defined as those who have a clear impact on their students. Effective EFL teachers do not only make their students love and learn English easily and quickly but their students are found always looking forward to […]
Category: Professional Development
Six Back-to-School Ideas for the First EFL Class.
Back to school. Finally! In Egypt. The first day of school is a special day for students and teachers. It is a day full of emotions. Teachers get anxious about how to start their first lesson and students feel nervous about how their teachers are like. I agree that first impression counts, so it’s necessary […]
How to Support Your EFL Teachers at the Start of the Year
As an EFL supervisor, you should pay a visit to your EFL teachers at the first week of the new school year. First, you should check their preparation notes and then ask them to gather so as to be able to hold a meeting with them. During the meeting, talk positively with them about the […]
Ten Things Students Expect From EFL Teachers in the Classroom
When students enroll on an EFL course or enter an EFL class, they always have their list of wants and needs. When they feel these things aren’t right and their expectations aren’t addressed, they start complaining or stop attending the course. So EFL teachers should take the following things into consideration: 1. Determining students’ levels […]
15 Questions to Ask Yourself About Your Teaching to Improve
Perhaps your previous school year went well and your teaching was amazing. Maybe you think it wasn’t and it went poorly. Maybe you can describe your previous school year and evaluate your teaching with different adjectives. Maybe you were not conscious about your performance. So here are some questions to help you reflect on that […]
Top Seven Things for EFL Teachers to Do During Summer Vacation
It is your right after a lot of effort you did as a teacher to relax during summer vacation but it is also a chance to reflect on the previous year, prepare yourself for the coming year and develop your teaching skills. Here are the best seven things you can do in order to get […]
Five Things You Must Do Well If You Want to Be Effective Teacher of English
There are some important characteristics and skills which are a must for any teacher of English to do his job effectively. Without these things, it’s preferable for the person to try another job or for the teacher of English to teach any subject other than English language. These things are as follows: 1.Talk well: As […]
Best MOOCs for EFL teachers
There are so many MOOCs for EFL teachers. I selected the following courses as I think they’re the best ones for EFL teachers to get the basic professional development. If EFL teachers take these courses, they will acquire the theoretical background of language teaching approaches and they will develop their teaching practices in the classroom […]
Assessment Literacy. Topic 3. Dynamic Assessment
What is Dynamic Assessment? Do you know the basis of it? There are four main methods of dynamic assessment. They are : 1.Testing the Limits. 2.Clinical Interview. 3.Graduating Prompting. 4.Test – Teach – Retest. How to apply them when you design your test? You can know the answers of these questions when you attend “Topic […]
A Quiz on “Types of Assessment”
How much knowledge do you have about assessment? Do you know how many types of assessment there are? Can you differentiate between formative & summative assessment? Do you know the importance of diagnostic assessment? What is integrative assessment? To assess to what extent your knowledge about assessment is good, you can do that quiz on […]