EFL Teacher Training
Stop banging your head against the wall
Dear colleague...
Have you ever doubted your decision to become an English teacher?
Ever been hamstrung by any of the following...
- Student motivation: How do you get them to take an interest?
- Feeling overwhelmed by the material: What do you do with it all?
- Or not having enough material: How on Earth are you going to make this flimsy, ridiculous exercise last 60 mins and be useful?
- Conflicting "rules" about how the language is supposed to work:
No wonder the students are confused! - Textbooks that make watching paint dry an attractive alternative: What can you do with them?
- Students who won't open their mouths: How can you encourage them to speak out?
- Results that continue, for the most part, to be the same: Where is the problem?
All of these factors often result in people leaving the profession who could, with a little guidance, be superb language teachers. But they get worn down by all these frustrations and eventually give up.
And that's without even discussing cowboy administrators, idiot supervisors, and hopeless visa-factory scams that – sadly – make a large proportion of the EFL "industry" a vomit-inducing quagmire of despair.
Ever feel like you're banging your head against the wall in this gig? Why spend hours preparing lessons, bending over backwards to help, staying back late... and still find yourself wondering where you're going wrong? Spending more time doing the same thing will only get you the same results.
That's why I started this site. To share various things I've learnt over the years which, hopefully, are helpful to you in some way. I don't publish to this site very often, truth be told, but when I do, I'd like to think it's food for thought or useful to you in some manner. Click here to visit my blog.
Best regards,
P.S. Please be sure to leave your comments; I'm always keen to know what other teachers think and to bounce ideas around.