http://tesol1.net Online TESOL/TEFL/TESL Courses Tue, 26 Aug 2008 09:00:18 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Listen to the show.Total Physical Response (TPR) is a methodology made famous by James Ashner.  It’s teaching style based on kinestetic learning.  Teachers speak and students respond in some manner physically.We cover:what TPR isthe theory behind TPR and what it’s supposed to dohow TPR can be used in your lessonswhat ... http://tesol1.net/teaching-methodologies-total-physical-response/ Hello again,A question I was asked recently concerned the issue of firing an inefficient teacher. To be honest this is always a tricky situation. It is not an open...... and shut case as, for example, it would be, if the teacher had committed some obvious breach of contract. Before trying ... http://tesol1.net/tricky-decisions/ Hello readers,If you've ever tried to add phonetic symbols to your worksheets, you may know how difficult that can be. Instead of writing them in by hand or cutting and pasted each as separate images, there is a simple solution...... and that is the Phonetics builder software application, which can ... http://tesol1.net/recommended-resource-phonetics-builder/ Hello again,I was asked recently why the future tense in English is used only for certain types of future expression. As I launched into my lengthy explanation, I realized very quickly......quickly that I had lost the attention of the student. The question “why” is always a tricky one. And that ... http://tesol1.net/ours-not-to-reason-why/ Hello again,It is important to give learners maximum opportunity to experiment and use language in whatever way is useful to them as individuals. Many of the mechanical ...... exercises they do in the classroom help them to try out and memorise new structures and vocabulary but often lack the personal ... http://tesol1.net/giving-learners-frameworks/ Mt. San Antonio CollegeWalnut, CAMt. San Antonio College seeks a Director for its English as a Second Language programs. Under the direction of the Dean, Continuing Education, the Director will plan, organize, control and direct the operations and activities of English as a Second Language (ESL) programs including the development ... http://tesol1.net/director-english-as-a-second-language/ The Press and Journal (Scotland)August 11, 2008Eilidh Morrison reports on "Taste of Scotland," organized by the Moray English for Speakers of Other Languages project and the Moray College and Moray Community Planning Partnership. More than 170 students have attended ESOL classes since they began in March, and the event was ... http://tesol1.net/migrants-savour-slice-of-scottish-culture/ Worcester State CollegeWorcester, MAWorcester State College seeks a Staff Assistant/ESL Instructor to teach in the full time intensive program (approximately 20 hours weekly) providing interactive, communicative, and theoretically informed instruction that provides language training through a variety of approaches and focuses on specific curricular and programmatic goals: college preparation, academic ... http://tesol1.net/staff-assistantesl-instructor/ Hello again,The key to making staff meetings really useful is to keep them to a minimum. In other words, don’t hold weekly meetings for the sake...... of routine; call them only when they are needed. Of course, in many schools a weekly meeting is necessary, as new intakes arrive and ... http://tesol1.net/effective-staff-meetings/ Wisconsin TESOLEau Claire, WIOctober 3-4, 2008The conference aims to bring together K-adult educators to discuss and share ways to foster the integrated nature of language and culture in our classrooms and communities. It is an opportunity to initiate and sustain meaningful professional dialog across programs, levels, and setting. All classroom ... http://tesol1.net/a-cross-world-puzzle-exploring-the-interconnectedness/