Here, the teacher speaks
If you're a teacher, tell us what you know, what you think, what you like or want. We're listening!
This section, which we decided to call 'The Teacher Speaks', is where you, the teachers, can have your say. If you've got something you'd like to share, whether that be knowledge, tips on how to teach specific points or with new technology, or just stories about your teaching experiences, you can do it here. We have no paying advertisers or vested interests to protect and no agenda other than to create an interesting and hopefully useful website, so you can say pretty much whatever you like. As and when the number of articles justifies it, we will divide them into an assortment of categories to make them easier to search. For now though, that's not necessary!
Where's the cover note?
Teachers are usually intelligent people, but not when it comes to applying for jobs. In my experience, less than half attach a proper cover letter to their CV when they are applying for a job. Why on earth not?
How to handle a smelly student?
Roberto, as we'll call him, was a student for 13 weeks. He was a cook with a serious problem. It wasn't just that he worked in a hot kitchen and that he had his lessons just after he'd finished work...
How much are teachers worth?
If you look on the free advertising websites in Italy, you'd suppose that the average teacher charges between €10 and €15 an hour, and a typical 'skype teacher' asks for €5 to €10 an hour per student.
An ESL teacher in Italy
My name's David and I've been working as an ESL teacher in Italy for about six years now. I say that but I'm not 100% sure when I first got here, as I threw all my diaries away in a tidying frenzy a little while ago...
Spam and Linkedin Groups
Linkedin groups are full of spam posts for fake jobsites, CV writing advice and so on. One hopes that the average English teacher isn't so dumb as to believe these sites are genuine, so what's the point?
Becoming an ESL English Teacher
For someone who enjoys teaching and loves to experience new lifestyles, teaching English abroad as an ESL can be a great wonderful career path to follow. But how does an ESL teacher get started...?
Do you teach English in Rome?
So, you're a qualified and experienced ESL English teacher and you teach English in Rome. For peanuts. You're not alone; it's a common story. The good news is that Roma-Inglese has arrived...
Finding Teaching Jobs - Basic tips
Even for an experienced teacher, finding a new job is hard, with only a limited number of good jobs becoming available each year. Newly qualified teachers face a daunting challenge just to get an interview...
Preparing for a TEFL training course
You've decided you'd like to teach English as a second language, either at home or abroad. That being so, you're almost certainly thinking about taking a TEFL course of some kind fairly soon...
Private Teachers in the UK
At present, private teachers in the UK don't need specific qualifications nor formal accreditation, so it's up to clients to decide if a teacher's qualifications, experience and abilities are of the required standards...
Teaching ESL
The majority of teaching jobs advertised for English teachers are from private language schools, and there are also many voluntary teaching opportunities available if you are in a position to offer help for free...
Writing: Going Through the Process
Article by: Mogahed M. Mogahed. One of the most important aspects of recent educational reform efforts is the increased attention to the skill of writing. Writing is a powerful instrument of thinking...
The Teacher Speaks
We would love to hear both from teachers who are interested in writing single one-off articles and those who would like to have a regular 'column'.
Get writing..
We want to hear what real English teachers have got to say, whatever it is. If you've got something you'd like to write about, whether it relates to teaching English or the life of an English teacher, write it and send it to us.
Recent Articles
- An ESL teacher in Italy
- Private Teachers in the UK
- Becoming an ESL English Teacher
- Do you teach English in Rome?
- Finding Teaching Jobs - Basic tips
- Preparing for a TEFL training course
- Teaching ESL
- How to handle a smelly student?
- How much are teachers worth?
- A new ESL teacher hits the road...