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Online Teaching Information

2025-08-06T12:18:00.003-04:00

This site trys to list all aspects of online teaching info - they have six categories for online ESL teaching and lists of platforms and venues.

Their "reviews" just list basic company info.

They refer to Trustpilot for actual reviews

They have an excellent list of online services for teachers to start a job search.

Lots of links to recruiters ?

TESL Articles for ESL EnglishTeachers

2024-08-03T13:00:00.001-04:00

https://teslcanadajournal.ca/index.php/tesl/about

Remote Learning and First-Year Academic Literacy duringthe COVID-19 Pandemic: Interaction andCollaborative Learningamong EAL Students

Reading for the Technical Workplace: Developing a Diagnostic Reading Assessment for Understanding Instructional Texts

Breaking More than the Ice: Affording and Affirming Plurilingualism through Identity-Based Icebreaker Activities

Articles about Teaching Canadian Culture

Teaching Canadian Culture: Teacher Preparation

What is Canadian culture? How do we prepare teachers to teach Canadian culture? How do we teach about culture in the classroom? After presenting a new vision ofCanadian culture that is to serve as a framework for deciding what to teach in the L2 classroom, I discuss three important pedagogical issues: (a) consciousness raising-making both teachers and students more aware of the origins and role of culture; (b) teacher preparation-how adequately to prepare teachers to teach Canadian culture in a multicultural classroom; and (c) tolerance and conflicting visions-how to strike a balance between the dominant cultural paradigm and the new cultural knowledge and experience that arrives with each new Canadian.

"Canadian Culture," Cultural Difference, and ESL Pedagogy: A Response to Robert Courchene and Virginia Sauve

Responding to and expanding on Courchene's article on how Canadian culture might be taught as a subject in ESL curriculum, Sauve (1996) states, "Culture is not about content. It is about the making and remaking of relationships in our society" (p. 23). She discusses some of the pitfalls in trying to conceive of culture as content: the impossibility of representing the specificity of culture according to region, age, gender, ethnicity, class, race, rural versus urban locale, and work, to name some of the variables at play (p. 18), and the unavoidable flattening out of the discursive convergence of the psychic and the social at the heart of cultural practices, an erasure that tends to occur especially when cultural content is taught in the delivery mode.

Working With the Cultures of Canada in the ESL Classroom: A Response to Robert Courchene

There is a problem of naming"aCanadian culture." First of all, there is the old problem of discussing culture at all, which Edward Hall (1973) put so well for us. He describes three different layers of culture: primary, secondary, CIlnd tertiary. The first by definition resides in our unconscious where we cannot access it in order to discuss it; the second is reserved for discussion with fellow members of our culture; and the third is the set of customs, values, and so forth that we most commonly think of when we talk about culture. So how possible is it to teach something when we cannot even be fully conscious of it? I am comfortable with the notion of enabling the acquisition of culture; I am less comfortable with the idea of trying to teach it.

Qualities of Good ESL English Teachers

2024-07-13T09:54:00.000-04:00

Good ESL teachers are patient at explaining things. Being comfortable with explaining content and context to students is an essential skill for teachers. Do you like to explain how things work, or how events occurred?

Good teachers have a sense of humor and use humor as part of their teaching methods. Humor, used properly, can be a powerful addition to any lesson. Can you integrate humour into lessons, explanations and stories to help your students learn?

Good teachers like people. ESL student's age ranges from elementary, special education, secondary education, higher education to adults and retirees. Good ESL teachers have a temperament for students in all age ranges.

Good teachers are inherently fair-minded. They assess students on the basis of performance, not on the students' personal qualities, background or culture. Can you measure students performance based on an evaluation criteria equally applied?

Good teachers have common sense. They can size up a situation quickly and make an appropriate decision. There is no substitute for common sense. Can you be fair and communicate your decisions clearly?

Good teachers have a complete understanding of the ESL content they teach in sufficient depth to convey the information in meaningful ways to the students. Are you able to re-present information from several perspectives to help students grasp concepts?

Good teachers set high expectations for their students and hold the students to those expectations. If you are thinking about becoming a teacher, can you set high expectations for yourself, and demand excellence not only of yourself, but your students as well?

Good teachers are detail oriented. Teachers must be organized in their professional and teaching duties. ESL teachers can not take things for granted. This applies to all organizational and instructional duties.

Good teachers are good managers of time. Time is one of the most precious resources a teacher has. Good teachers have learned to use this resource wisely. Can you monitor your time and allocate to priorities and deadlines?

Good teachers can lead or follow. ESL teachers have to shift from "sage on the stage to guide by the side". Sometimes, teachers must be members of teaching teams, committees, groups, councils, and task forces. It is important to have the temperament to function in these capacities. Are you comfortable being a leader or a follower as circumstances require? Can you be constructive with co-workers, team teachers, administrators, and parents?

Good teachers learn to improve their teaching by teaching, by making mistakes, learning from them and improving. Can you be a fair critic of yourself?

Good teachers know that they teach as much from their own actions and behavior as with the content they teach. Do a personal inventory of your own values, personality, preferences and goals. How has your past experience/education prepared you for teaching?

How can a teacher training program help you? The purpose of a teacher education program is to get you as ready as possible to teach ESL by introducing you to a variety of methods, techniques and experiences.

Original Post: Teachers in Canada Blog by ESLinCanada 2008-04-22T11:58:02

A Short History of Failing English Grammar Instruction

2023-08-10T16:34:00.006-04:00

Grammar has long been regarded as the result of centuries of logical improvements in the systematic organization of language. Grammar has been held up as one of the defining criteria elevating mankind above mere animals.

Begun by well meaning researchers looking to improve mankind, Prescriptive Grammar and the rote drills to perfection became a practice to be ridiculed, ignored and then discarded.

In the 1920s and 1930s, two great promoters of the descriptive linguistics tradition, Edward Sapir and Leonard Bloomfield, both wrote influential books that elevated the primacy of speech over writing and the importance of a descriptive approach to language study.

The publication of Syntactic Structures in 1957 by Noam Chomsky of MIT began a revolution in linguistics. This began the on-going widespread belief that language acquisition is considered an autonomic process dependent upon unconscious interactions between an innate, internal language acquisition device and the quality of the raw input material of the child's linguistic environment.

Chomsky's "Naturalist Theory" core premise was that in order for children to be able to learn a spoken language with such rapidity and thoroughness, children must be born with large portions of the universal grammar of language already hardwired into their head.

By the 1980's these Naturalist theories and subsequent transformational-generative grammar additions gained momentum and pushed regulators, education faculties, teacher trainers, educators and textbook editors to eliminate traditional grammar instruction.

It is unfortunate that Chomsky was only right about initial language acquisition.

Babies are born with an excess of neural connections, many of which are lost through lack of use over time. Beginning at about the age of nine or ten and continuing until kids are around the age of fourteen, the internal mechanisms for intuiting syntactic, phonological, and morphological structures start breaking down.

Education theory promoters need to stop preaching the half-truth that grammar develops naturally through simple exposure to language. They need to admit that the internal language-learning mechanism is imperfect and that this ability degrades as students age.

It is interesting to note that some USA states have used 1930's Grade 6 English tests as a benchmark to show that most of the 1990's and 21st century first year college students could not even pass. Historical comparisons have revealed that education tests and standards have been deliberately reduced to disguise the failures of the "Modern public English education curriculum".

The second challenge is the elementary school students who had not formally learned English grammar are now teaching English. Many of these "modern English teachers" have never been exposed to the traditional grammar books of the 1940s and '50s, so when questioned cannot explain many of the rudimentary grammatical forms.

These facts should provide language program designers with clear road maps. Program designers have to recognize that they have a window of opportunity in which to expose students to syntactically rich language. Educators should prioritize technical grammar learning early and often.

Teachers must recognize that older students will not learn grammar simply by reading and writing. Teachers must correct grammatical errors that students have acquired during their early years. For older students language learning is not autonomous. Grammar structures and mechanics have to be explicitly taught.

Using BING AI Chat to search for ESL Teaching Resources

2023-07-12T22:56:00.002-04:00

Definition and Examples of Corpora in Linguistics

By Richard Nordquist Updated on February 12, 2020

In linguistics, a corpus is a collection of linguistic data (usually contained in a computer database) used for research, scholarship, and teaching. Also called a text corpus. Plural: corpora.

The first systematically organized computer corpus was the Brown University Standard Corpus of Present-Day American English (commonly known as the Brown Corpus), compiled in the 1960s by linguists Henry Kučera and W. Nelson Francis.

Notable English language corpora include the following:

The American National Corpus (ANC)

British National Corpus (BNC)

The Corpus of Contemporary American English (COCA)

The International Corpus of English (ICE)

Advantages of Corpus Linguistics

"In 1992 [Jan Svartvik] presented the advantages of corpus linguistics in a preface to an influential collection of papers. His arguments are given here in abbreviated form:

- Corpus data are more objective than data based on introspection.

- Corpus data can easily be verified by other researchers and researchers can share the same data instead of always compiling their own.

- Corpus data are needed for studies of variation between dialects, registers and styles.

- Corpus data provide the frequency of occurrence of linguistic items.

- Corpus data do not only provide illustrative examples, but are a theoretical resource.

- Corpus data give essential information for a number of applied areas, like language teaching and language technology (machine translation, speech synthesis etc.).

- Corpora provide the possibility of total accountability of linguistic features--the analyst should account for everything in the data, not just selected features.

- Computerised corpora give researchers all over the world access to the data.

- Corpus data are ideal for non-native speakers of the language.

Additional Applications of Corpus-Based Research

The following practical applications may be mentioned.

Lexicography - Corpus-derived frequency lists and, more especially, concordances are establishing themselves as basic tools for the lexicographer. . . .

Language Teaching - The use of concordances as language-learning tools is currently a major interest

in computer-assisted language learning (CALL)

(Hans Lindquist, Corpus Linguistics and the Description of English. Edinburgh University Press, 2009)

Nordquist, Richard. "Definition and Examples of Corpora in Linguistics." ThoughtCo, Aug. 26, 2020, thoughtco.com/what-is-corpus-language-1689806.

Education is Freedom

2023-07-03T16:03:00.000-04:00

I do not want my students thinking that knowledge is hidden or only passed on to a chosen few.

I do not want to produce co-dependent or charismatic personality followers out of my students.

I do not want my students running after me for years and years begging for "interpretations" or "patterns we use".

I share how to use skills, tools and methods.

I share what I know and where to find more.

I share how to apply, modify and invent.

Yes I teach logic, coping skills, reasoning, how to verify truth and detect manipulation.

Students learn how to use multiple reference sources to gain more accurate knowledge.

Students learn how context, situations, history, environment, audience and politics change perceptions.

Students learn to communicate with the core organization of language using grammar and vocabulary.

Students learn how to test, modify and improve their inputs, outputs and communications.

My students become confident then independent and go out on their own.

The ability to learn whatever you want, without chains holding you back is exhilarating.

Education is freedom

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Teach English Blog URL

http://teachenglishblog.blogspot.com/

Agency Services for Teachers

2023-06-09T11:00:00.001-04:00

Please note we are post-lockdown 2023 and jobs are coming back slowly!!

Please check all positions/information that you are interested in:

I am interested in becoming a teacher and require career counselling.
I am interested in receiving teacher training.
I would like to have a website to promote my teaching business.
I have a website and need advertising to promote my teaching business.
I would like to start an educational consulting agency.
I would like to start or buy a school.

I am qualified for the following positions:
ESL Teacher
Elementary Teacher
High School Teacher
College Teacher
University Professor
Adult Trainer
Education Consultant
HR and Business Training
Business Internships Trainer
Business English Teacher
Test Preparation Teacher
Homestay Tutoring
Tutoring
Summer Camps
Winter Camp
Tour leader

Please provide Teacher Contact information

Name
Date of Birth
Phone
Fax
Full residence address
Emergency Contact numbers
Email Address
Country of Citizenship

Please indicate which subjects(s) you are qualified to teach.

Basic ESL English skills

Writing
Grammar
Listening
Speaking
Reading

Advanced ESL English skills

Accent reduction
Writing composition
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Teaching formats

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Teaching Specialties

High school admission
college board AP
academic preparation
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Public school Elementary Subjects
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Camp skills and abilities
Other skills, abilities, functions

Please copy the Teaching Registration Information and email to: eslincanada@gmail.com .

Thank you for your information - We will contact you soon - Have your resume, pictures, teaching portfolio ready.

English Literature Web Resources

2022-06-17T13:22:00.018-04:00

The ESL in Canada Directory "English Literature Web Resources" have been moved to here: https://teachenglishblog.blogspot.com/p/english-literature-web-resources.html

English Literature Web Resources from Aurthur to Yeats are available. This is a partial list of internet teaching resources, sites, societies, ezines, forums, books, journals, videos, tapes, cds for English literature teachers to improve English literature study.

ESL English Teacher Web Resources

2022-06-04T12:02:00.029-04:00

The original post "ESL English Teacher Web Resources" in the ESL in Canada Directory has been moved to: http://teachenglishblog.blogspot.com/p/esl-teacher-resources.html

The National Archives of Canada and the National Library of Canada were drawn together by the Library and Archives of Canada Act to create a new knowledge institution for Canadians: Library and Archives Canada.
Link to Canada's Digital Collections

The Canadian Copyright Licensing Agency, represents writers, publishers and other creators for the administration of copyright in all provinces except Quebec. The purpose of the collective is to provide easy access to copyright material by negotiating comprehensive licences with user groups, such as schools, colleges, universities, governments, corporations, etc. permitting reproduction rights, such as photocopy rights, for the works in its repertoire.
Link to Canadian Copyright Licensing Agency

The Centre for Canadian Language Benchmarks supports the use of national standards in English and French for describing, measuring and recognizing second language proficiency of adult immigrants and prospective immigrants for living and working in Canada.
Link to the Centre for Canadian Language Benchmarks

CIC Canada Immigration Centre screens and approves for admission, and issues visas to immigrants, foreign students, visitors and temporary workers who help Canada's social and economic growth.
Link to the Canada Immigration Centre

The Canadian Association of Second Language Teachers Offers direct support to second language teachers - Provides a professional networking community to second language educators - Presents a pan-Canadian view of second language education issues.
Link to the Canadian Association of Second Language Teachers

The ESL in Canada Directory lists ESL English as a second language schools, programs, classes and resources for new Canadians, visitors, international students to learn or study ESL in Canada.
Link to the ESL in Canada Blog

The Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada is the voice of Canada's universities. The AUCC represents 95 Canadian public and private not-for-profit universities and university-degree level colleges.
Link to the AUCC homepage

The full text of The Canadian Encyclopedia and its related resources has been made available online by the Historica Foundation as a public service since 1999.
Link to the Canadian Encyclopedia homepage

The British Council with content and editorial support from the British Broadcasting Corporation both organisations receive funding from the UK government for their work in promoting English, supporting English language teaching (ELT) and providing information and access to ELT products, services and expertise from the UK. All teaching material on the site is free to access.
practical resources to use in your primary classroom
practical resources to use in your secondary classroom
practical resources to use in your adult and business classroom

OneLook Dictionaries is a compliation of 19,317,398 words in 1063 dictionaries.
Link to the OneLook online Dictionary

Dictionary.com provides free online access to millions of English definitions, synonyms, spelling, audio pronunciations, example sentences, and translations.
Link to the Dictionary.com online Dictionary

Thesaurus.com lists antonyms and synonyms
Link to the Thesaurus.com online reference

For more than 170 years, in print and now online the Merriam Webster Dictionary has been an American provider of American-English language information.
Link to the Merriam Webster online Dictionary

The Visual Dictionary is a completely free, online picture dictionary designed especially for ESL students and beginning English,
Link to the visual dictionary

The Guide to Grammar and Writing is sponsored by the Capital Community College Foundation, a nonprofit 501 c-3 organization that supports scholarships, faculty development, and curriculum innovation.
Link to the CCC Guide to Grammar and Writing

Since 1956 the International Reading Association has been a nonprofit, global network of individuals and institutions committed to worldwide literacy. More than 70,000 members strong, the Association supports literacy professionals through a wide range of resources, advocacy efforts, volunteerism, and professional development activities.
Link to the International Reading Association Home

Language and music are tied together in brain processing by pitch, rhythm and by symmetrical phrasing. Music can help familiarize students with connections and provides a fun way to acquire English." From Music and Language Learning by Bob Lake
Enhancing English acquisition through music

See Lexical similarities with Ethnologue: Languages of the World - An encyclopedic reference work cataloging all of the world's 6,909 known living languages.
Link to Ethnologue an encyclopedic reference

Includes TPR research articles and materials. TPR is based on the premise that the human brain has a biological program for acquiring any natural language on earth.
Link to TPR World

The Educator's Reference Desk provides high-quality resources and services to the education community. From the Information Institute of Syracuse, the people who created AskERIC, the Gateway to Educational Materials, and the Virtual Reference Desk, the Educator's Reference Desk brings 2,000+ lesson plans, 3,000+ links to online education information.
Link to The Educator's Reference Desk

Online Directory of ESL Resources by the The National Clearinghouse for English Language Acquisition and Language Instruction Educational Programs (NCELA) and the ERIC Clearinghouse on Languages and Linguistics, with funding from the U.S. Department of Education, Office of English Language Acquisition, Language Enhancement, and Academic Achievement for LEP Students (OELA), and Institute of Education Sciences (IES), have created this online directory of ESL resources.
Link to Online Directory of ESL Resources

TESL Articles 1995 to 2010 - The Internet TESL Journal's TESL/TEFL/TESOL/ESL/EFL/ESOL Links of Interest to Teachers and Students of English as a Second Language
Link to TESL Articles on Reading

The SentenceMaster English Grammar Writing Games provide a fun practical hands-on learning experience that will help students improve their English writing, practice their English grammar, vocabulary and language comprehension.
Link to SentenceMaster blog

FLTEACH Archives
Link to Archives - FLTEACH - The Foreign Language Teaching Forum

DIALANG is a major European Commission funded project aimed at providing effective diagnosis of language competence in 14 EU languages. It uses online tests, including placement and self- assessment tests, as key tools in this process.
Link to Dialang server at Lancaster University

The British Council Website includes links to news, learning English, teaching English, kids learning, and links to education resources.
Link to the home page for the British council

Ontario Teachers College Shares Concerns Regarding Bill 88

2022-05-07T10:44:00.007-04:00

On March 29, Interim Registrar & CEO Chantal Bélisle, OCT and Membership Analyst Nancy Tran addressed the provincial government’s Standing Committee on Social Policy to share concerns regarding proposed amendments to the Fair Access to Regulated Professions and Compulsory Trades Act (FARPACTA).

The proposed changes would “establish tight and unyielding timelines in which regulators must respond to domestic labour mobility applicants for certification in Ontario.”

While the College supports expediency in licensing Canadian certified professionals moving to Ontario for work, we must also ensure that the process:

remains fair and equitable for all applicants,
does not negatively impact employment opportunities for labour mobility applicants from other Canadian jurisdictions,
provides flexibility for the College to handle emergency situations,
is consistent and implemented smoothly, and, most importantly,
continues to protect one of Ontario’s most vulnerable populations – the more than two million students attending elementary or secondary school in the province.

See the Ontario Teachers College’s written submission here.

Ontario College of Teachers

The Ontario College of Teachers, governs and enforces the standards of practice for the teaching profession.

The College:

issues teaching certificates / licenses teachers
sets and enforces the standards of practice and conduct for teachers
provides for the ongoing education of teachers
investigates and hears complaints against teachers
accredits teacher education programs and additional qualifications programs

Teachers in publicly funded schools must be members in good standing with the College. Many private schools also require their teachers to be College members.

Shortage of Ontario Certified Teachers During Pandemic

2020-09-29T11:10:00.000-04:00

Shortage of Ontario Certified Teachers During Pandemic

Hello,

We sincerely hope that you and your loved ones are safe and well during these challenging times.

As you know, students and teachers throughout the province are returning to learning environments that look and feel far different from previous years. Schools are implementing health and safety measures to keep students, staff and communities safe. At the same time, teachers are moving ahead to provide high-quality education for every student in Ontario building on high standards of practice and the expertise they bring.

Ontario is currently experiencing a shortage of certified teachers, which has been magnified by smaller class sizes during the pandemic to improve physical distancing and reduce the risks of spreading the COVID-19 virus.

In short, you are needed. Your significant and specialized knowledge and skills are needed.

Our records indicate that you are either suspended for non-payment of fees or retired.

We highly encourage you to pursue these new employment opportunities within your local school board or private school. You also may want to consult with your pension provider.

School boards in Ontario often recruit teachers through the following sites:

• Apply to Education

• Education Canada

• Jobs in Education

• Workopolis

Once employment is confirmed, you can return to good standing with the College by reinstating your membership online.

REINSTATEMENT

You can reinstate your membership directly on the College’s website and receive your Certificate of Qualification and Registration.

You will need your College registration number. You can find your registration number through our public register on www.oct.ca under Find a Teacher.

For students everywhere, life has changed drastically in recent months. They were isolated from classmates, friends and extended families. If you have always wanted to make an impact in the lives of children and young adults, now is the time.

You have a unique opportunity to make an important contribution to the learning environment and assist in a time of critical need.

You would also be helping to ensure students have qualified and competent teachers as they return to school during an exceptional time.

If you have questions on how to reinstate your membership with the College, our Client Services staff would be pleased to answer any questions you may have between 8:30 a.m. and 5:00 p.m., Monday to Friday, at 416-961-8800 or toll-free in Ontario at 1-888-534-2222. You can also reach us by email.

Ontario’s teaching profession has always been united by our ethical standards of care, trust, respect, and integrity. Our collective traits – the way we collaborate with others, commit to students’ well-being and persist in the face of challenges – are needed now more than ever.

Please continue to take good care of you and yours.

Sincerely,

Nicole van Woudenberg, OCT
Chair

Chantal Bélisle, OCT
Deputy Registrar

Advice to Canadian Teachers in China

2018-12-21T09:07:00.009-05:00

The Alberta woman who is being detained is Sarah McIver. She has been teaching in China for months.

The National Post reported that she was teaching at a school in China when she was detained due to visa complications and that arrangements were being made for her return to Canada.

A friend of Sarah said "The Chinese government could be reacting to Meng Wanzhou, the chief financial officer of tech giant Huawei's arrest by creating bureaucratic inconveniences for Canadians and includes cracking down on people who have overstayed their visas while awaiting their renewal. Canadians who study or do business in China may want to lie low and keep a low profile and avoid taking any risky activities because the political environment is just not conducive."

Read the whole story at Canadian Press

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying wouldn’t confirm McIver had been detained, but said on Thursday that the Canadian had received an “administrative penalty (for) illegal employment.”

Hua added that McIver’s situation was different from the two other Canadian detainees. “The previous two have been put under compulsory measures by state security on suspicion of endangering China’s national security. This person was given administrative penalty,” she said.

Those detentions were seen by many as retaliation for Canada’s December 1 arrest of Meng Wanzhou, the chief financial officer of Chinese technology giant Huawei, at the request of the US over alleged violations of Iran sanctions.

There has been no official confirmation the detentions were linked to Meng’s case but the Chinese government has made clear its anger at her arrest, with numerous furious editorials in state-run media.

Trudeau says third Canadian detained in China

Teachers Duty to Report

2018-06-24T11:56:00.000-04:00

The Council of the Ontario College of Teachers approved this professional advisory on June 4, 2015.

This advisory applies to all members of the Ontario College of Teachers, including, but not limited to, teachers, consultants, vice-principals, principals, supervisory officers, directors of education and those working in non-school-board positions.

Professional advisories inform professional judgment and practice. The Council of the Ontario College of Teachers approved this advisory on June 4, 2015 to remind members that they have a duty to report abuse and/or neglect of children and youth.

This may be read in conjunction with previous advisories such as:
- Professional Misconduct Related to Sexual Abuse
- Sexual Misconduct, and Safety in Learning Environments: A Shared Responsibility

https://www.oct.ca/-/media/PDF/2015%20Professional%20Advisory%20Duty%20to%20ReportENWEB2.pdf

Elementary Teaching JOBS for September 2018

2018-06-16T15:31:00.000-04:00

Below are a selection of some of the schools/vacancies that are asking for Canadian teachers! They would like to conduct interviews and make hires as soon as possible! If you would be interested in applying for any of these jobs, please let us know!

Borough: Camden, London Year group: Year 5 Contract: 1 academic year

Description: This is a two-form entry primary school so you will work collaboratively with the peer teacher in the year group. The Headteacher, is also overseas trained teacher from Ireland and is experienced in appointing from abroad and understands how to support her staff in the initial transition to teaching in the UK. They are also federated with another local school in a neighbouring borough (Islington). They are incredibly well resourced, particularly with technology and are massive advocates of implementing ICT as much as possible. There are interactive boards and iPads accessible to all year groups. Moreover, as a federation they offer brilliant CPD training to their staff, allowing you to constantly develop your craft. They offer a creative curriculum which has a massive emphasis on Music, Physical Education, Humanities. There are many opportunities to lead/participate in extra-curricular clubs in the school.

Borough: Angel, London Vacancies: Early Years, Year 1 and Year 3 Contract: 1 academic year

Description: This two-form entry primary academy have been graded “Good” by OFSTED in their most recent inspection. The school's senior leadership team have been commended for their ethos of exerting a caring, ambitious and dedicated working culture across the school community, amongst both staff and parents. Class sizes are below average with approximately 20-25 children per class, as well as, ample support staff in class to aid pupil with EAL/special educational needs New North serve pupils from the local area of Angel, Essex Road, some of which come from the local estate therefore teachers that work well here embody pastoral qualities and see beyond the pupil’s circumstances. In return, the successful candidate will work with academically keen students, have the opportunity to work collaboratively with friendly peers, and be part of a modern, forward thinking primary school. This thriving primary academy boasts a modern, s tate of the art building, with fantastic technological devices in classrooms, along with a well equipment playground.

Location: Queen's Terrace, Isleworth TW7 7DB

Current Vacancies: Reception Teacher, Year 1 Teacher and Year 3 Teacher

Notes: The school is a small primary school with a small town community feel to it. The school are keen to speak to newly qualified teachers but aren’t averse to more experienced teachers. They have a massive emphasis on development and support of new teachers. The Senior Leadership team are extremely welcoming and have had many teachers from Canada, Australia and New Zealand before (and still do). The school is located in Isleworth (just across the western side of the River Thames and very close to Richmond Park). Although it is in West London the area has an almost rural feel to it but with easy access into Central London via public transport. The school are keen to conduct skype interviews immediately for September.

Shannon Edmunds ,

TimePlan Education Group Ltd.

T: 1 877 463 1055

FAQs for Internationally Educated Teachers

2018-06-09T12:00:00.000-04:00

The Ontario College of Teachers welcomes internationally educated teachers.

To teach in a publicly funded school in Ontario, you must register with the Ontario College of Teachers, which issues your initial licence to teach when you meet the registration requirements. All teachers working in a publicly funded school in Ontario must be certified by the College.

The Ontario College of Teachers provides an assessment free of charge which takes approximately 30 minutes and is available in English and French. Certified teachers pay an annual membership fee to maintain their membership and certification.

To be certified, teachers must:

have completed a minimum 3 year degree from an acceptable institution
have successfully completed a 4 semester teacher education program
pay for certification, membership and registration fees.

For additional info:

https://www.oct.ca/becoming-a-teacher/requirements

https://www.oct.ca/becoming-a-teacher/internationally-educated-teachers

ONTARIO TEACHER EDUCATION PROGRAM PROVIDERS

List of Ontario's teacher education faculties

https://university-in-canada.blogspot.com/

A History of English Grammar Instruction

2018-05-12T16:17:00.003-04:00

Begun by well meaning researchers looking to improve mankind, Prescriptive Grammar and the rote drills to perfection became a practice to be ridiculed, ignored and then discarded.

It is interesting to note that some USA states have used 1930's Grade 6 English tests as a benchmark to show that most of the "21st century" first year college students could not even pass. Historical comparisons have revealed that education tests and standards have been deliberately reduced to disguise the failures of the "Modern public English education curriculum".

To read the original article in full: A History of English Grammar Instruction

Teaching Vacancies in the UK

2018-05-10T08:14:00.000-04:00

Skype interview day: Monday 14th May & Tuesday 22nd May A specialist technology school, which is officially rated as 'Good' by Ofsted, is looking to expand its staff of international teachers. The school is currently recruiting: English teachers Mathematics teachers Science teachers Business studies teachers Performing arts, drama teachers The school has had great success recruiting from overseas in the past and so you will be well supported as you make the move into the UK’s education system. You will also be helped by our £2,000 relocation package, which includes 2 free holidays in Europe! The school is located on the edge of a small suburban town, just outside of London, in Essex. This ideal location is perfect for teachers wanting to take advantage of all the capital has to offer, while also benefiting from the lower costs of living. This is a chance to meet directly with a head teacher in the UK and a great opportunity to teach and travel abroad. If you are interested in taking part in this Skype interview day on Monday 14th May or Tuesday 22nd May contact us via: Email: recruitment@timeplan.net or telephone: +44 (0)20 8371 8058

2018 News for ESL teachers in Canada

2018-04-29T10:52:00.001-04:00

Some interesting "2018" facts for new ESL English Teachers

The world has definitely changed since September 11, 2001, the 2008 economic melt-down, the 2011 Arab Spring and 2016 election of Donald Trump. Refugees are swamping countries in the Middle East, Africa, Europe and even Canada.

Good News for ESL Teachers

Worldwide demand for ESL English education has increased by 10%.

Worldwide requests for overseas teachers up 300%.

China trained 1,000,000 for the 2008 Olympics and needs the same for the 2022 Winter Olympics.

Read the updated 2022 News

https://teachenglishblog.blogspot.com/p/teaching-is-difficult.html

Student wasn't assessed before being placed in an ESL program

2018-04-26T08:15:00.001-04:00

From the Calgary Star

Eman was placed in an ESL program in 2004. The fact that she was not assessed has always bothered her.

At 22, Eman still doesn’t have a clear answer as to why she was in ESL. If she had to guess, it would be because of her background — or her ethnic-sounding name.

Read the full story here

https://www.thestar.com/calgary/2018/04/22/i-remember-the-first-day-of-esl-class-memory-still-bothers-calgary-woman.html

Teaching positions for Jan 18, 2018

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We are looking for the following teachers ASAP:

Hot Vacancies:

* Experienced Maths Teachers in Leytonstone and Barking
* MFL Teacher (Spanish KS3 & French KS4) in Barking
* Sociology and Psychology Teacher in B&D
* History and Biology teachers - Redbridge
* Biology & Chemistry Teachers in Redbridge
* Geography Teacher in Cambridgeshire & Redbridge
* Business & Economics teacher in Redbridge
* Psychology teacher in Wickford, Essex - up to A Level Edexcel (part time)]
* English Literature and Lang teachers in Waltham Forest

Please note these are all Jan 18 starts.

You must also hold a PGCE & QTS/ QTLS along with a strong history of teaching in long term roles, and be available for face to face interviews/trials.

ESL in Canada FACEBOOK Page

https://www.facebook.com/ESLinCanada

Summer 2016 ESL Sub Teachers Wanted in Toronto

2016-06-14T08:03:00.000-04:00

Please copy the following Teaching Registration Information and email to:

eslincanada@gmail.com

Teacher Registration Form for teaching jobs in language school in Toronto, Canada.

Please provide Teacher Registration information

Name

Date of Birth

Phone

Fax

Full residence address

Emergency Contact numbers

Email Address

Country of Citizenship

Please tell us what teaching subjects(s) you have

Basic ESL English skills

Writing

Grammar

Listening

Speaking

Reading

Advanced ESL English skills

Accent reduction

Writing composition

Public speaking

Teaching formats

One-to-one

Small class

Regular Class

Lecture hall

Teaching Specialties

High school admission

college board AP

academic preparation

TOEFL

TOEIC

CAEL

TSE

IELTS

other Test preparation

Business English for company employees

Public school Elementary Subjects

High school Subjects

College Subjects

University subjects

Camp skills and abilities

Other skills, abilities, functions

Please check any additional information that you would like forwarded

Thank you for your information - We will contact you soon - Have your resume, pictures, teaching portfolio ready

IATEFL 2016 - International Association of Teachers of English as a Foreign Language

2016-04-12T19:30:00.001-04:00

2016 Annual Conference eBulletin

We are very much looking forward to welcoming you all to this year’s IATEFL Conference at the ICC Birmingham from the 13 – 16 April 2016.

Special Interest Groups Pre Conference Events (PCE’s) will take place on the 12 April 2016.

We hope that the information below will be useful in planning your time with us. You will also find lots of useful information on our Birmingham webpage so please take the time to visit this site and use some of the resources available: http://www.iatefl.org/annual-conference/birmingham-2016

Recorded webinars

We have a number of recorded webinars which will help you prepare for conference. These include:

And if you are getting ready to present at the conference, you may find it useful to watch “how to prepare an effective conference presentation.”

Visit the Exhibition

With companies offering everything from books to board games, the ELT Resources Exhibition is a must visit. We have free tea and coffee available all day, kindly sponsored by Hujiang, plus a new Pop Up presentations area for exhibitors and sponsors. The programme for the Pop Up Presentations can be downloaded here. A full list of exhibitors can be seen on our exhibition page.

Take part in IATEFL Online

IATEFL Online will provide online coverage of the annual conference to thousands of people around the world who are unable to make it to Birmingham in person. Kindly funded by British Council, coverage will feature talks, sessions and recorded interviews with conference presenters and delegates.
Follow on Twitter @iateflonline and #iatefl
We hope on-site delegates will join in with IATEFL Birmingham Online to share ideas with teachers from all over the world and be a part of one of the biggest online events for teachers of English.
Join in and follow all the action as it happens at https://iatefl.britishcouncil.org/

Toronto Teaching Job Ad Acronyms

2016-03-14T19:33:00.003-04:00

CALL: Computer Assisted Language Learning – Using computers to help teach language

CCLB: Centre for Canadian Language Benchmarks – Organization that maintains the CLB

CELTA: Certificate in English Language Teaching to Adults – A TEFL training program administered worldwide by the University of Cambridge

CIC: Citizenship and Immigration Canada – Federal department that funds LINC programs

CLARS: Coordinated Language Assessment and Referral System – a project to test the benefits of a harmonized approach to language assessment and referral for newcomers

CLB: Canadian Language Benchmarks – A system for measuring language levels, which LINC programs use

EAP: English for Academic Purposes – Language instruction that prepares students for post-secondary education

EAL: English as an Additional Language – often used in contexts where English may be a third or more language, not necessarily for daily use

EFL/TEFL: English as a Foreign Language/ Teaching English as a Foreign Language – Teaching English in a country where English is not the main language.

ELT: English Language Teaching, or sometimes Enhanced Language Training (language instruction that focuses on a particular job, e.g., English for Nursing)

ESL/TESL: English as a Second Language/Teaching English as a Second Language – Teaching English in an English-speaking country to non-native speakers

ESP: English for Specific Purposes – May include EAP or Enhanced Language Training

LINC: Language Instruction for Newcomers to Canada – federally funded program that teaches English to recent immigrants and helps them adapt to life in Canada

MCI: (Ontario) Ministry of Citizenship and Immigration

OSLT: Occupation-Specific Language Training – language instruction that focuses on a particular job, e.g., English for Nursing

PTCT: Post TESL Certificate Training – a series of training courses for those already certified

TCDSB: Toronto Catholic District School Board

TDSB: Toronto District School Board

TESOL: Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages – Encompasses both TESL and TEFL

TESL Training in Toronto

2016-01-31T16:38:00.004-05:00

Getting Started as an ESL Teacher

Prerequisites
There are some English conversation jobs and countries where English conversation practice is required. The only conversation job requirement is native speaking ability.

These positions are open to native English speakers. These positions are for ESL conversation practice not ESL teaching. Some countries in Asia and Africa will allow foreigners conversation practice jobs without university degrees.

Most international ESL teaching jobs require a work permit. In most countries, it is impossible to obtain a work permit for a professional ESL teaching position without a university degree and a professional ESL teacher training certificate.

Many overseas countries also require a police search and certificate verifying no and I mean no criminal activity. These countries will reject candidates with any indication of alcohol, drug, violence, fraud or theft activity.

TESL Teacher Training in Toronto Canada

Four teacher training programs starting in Toronto January 2016.

TESL Certificate for Native English Speakers Tesl Canada Recognition STD 1
TESOL Certificate Non-native English speakers Tesl Canada Recognition STD 2
Cambridge University TKT: Teaching Knowledge Test
TESOL Preparation program for non-native speakers (intermediate levels)

Link to additional Toronto TESL CELTA TESOL Training Programs

TESOL 130 Certificate

130 hour program
4 weeks full-time
MonFri, 9 am4:00 pm (1 hour for lunch) + practicum (Fri afternoon)
Start Dates - 2016 - Jan 4, Mar 28, Jun 20, Sep 12, Nov 7
Full practicum arranged in one of the largest language schools in Canada
Certificate will be attained after successful completion of the practicum.

Program Description

The objective of this teacher training program is to provide the hands on experience, theory and training to enable participants to become qualified ESL/EFL teachers. New teachers may teach in Canada or overseas.

Students who successfully complete this program and have a degree may apply for TESL Canadas Professional Standard Level One certification.

English Language Proficiency scores will now be a requirement, not only for entrance into a TESL Canada Recognized Teacher Training Program, but also during the application process for individual TESL Canada Certification.

All applicants for TESL Canada Certification, who are non-native English language speakers, are required to submit one of TESL Canada Recognized English Language Proficiency scores when applying for Certification.

Entry Requirements

An advanced English level(e.g. iBT 80 or IELTS 6.5).
An Ontario Secondary School Diploma or equivalent is required.
An undergraduate degree is recommended.
Some teaching experience also recommended.

Program Description

The objective of our teacher training program is to provide trainees with the skills and knowledge to become successful as an ESL/EFL teacher. It is designed to help both prospective and experienced teachers. Students who successfully complete this program may apply for TESL Canada's Professional Certification.

Program Overview

Theory and Methodology: You will learn the principles of effective teaching, develop pedagogic and practical teaching skills as well as gain reflective and hands-on teaching experience.

Lesson Planning: You will receive guidance and support to plan your lessons.

Observations: You will have opportunities to observe classes in one of the largest language schools in Canada, with experienced TESOL Canada certified teachers.

Peer teaching: You will practice teaching with their peers in a safe and comfortable learning environment.

Practicum lessons: You will teach your own classes with real students under the supervision of a sponsor teacher

Employment Opportunities

As one of the largest teacher training centers in Canada we are constantly being contacted by schools and institutions locally and abroad who are looking for TESL Canada qualified teachers.

We can put you in touch with the recruiting directors at many locations in: Montreal and Vancouver, Canada; San Francisco and New York, USA; New Delhi, India; Sydney and Brisbane, Australia.

For info Email to: eslincanada@gmail.com

New Teacher Registration for Teaching Jobs

2014-05-08T15:38:00.000-04:00

Please copy the following Teaching Registration Information and email to:

eslincanada@gmail.com

Teacher Registration Form for teaching jobs in summercamps, wintercamps, corporate camps, HR training sessions, tutoring, mentoring, homestay, homestay tutoring, teacher tours, Executive English, Business English, Business internships, language school placements in Canada, USA, Mexico, China, Taiwan, Japan, and Korea.

Please check all positions that you wish to apply for:

ESL Teacher

Elementary Teacher

High School Teacher

College Teacher

University Professor

Adult Trainer

Education Consultant

HR and Business Training

Business Internships Trainer

Business English Teacher

Test Preparation Teacher

Homestay Tutoring

Tutoring

Summer Camps

Winter Camp

Tour leader

Please idicate all locations that you will travel to teach:

Canada__USA__China__Korea__Taiwan__Mexico__

Please provide Teacher Registration information

Name

Date of Birth

Phone

Fax

Full residence address

Emergency Contact numbers

Email Address

Country of Citizenship

Please tell us what teaching subjects(s) you are registering for

Basic ESL English skills

Writing

Grammar

Listening

Speaking

Reading

Advanced ESL English skills

Accent reduction

Writing composition

Public speaking

Teaching formats

One-to-one

Small class

Regular Class

Lecture hall

Teaching Specialties

High school admission

college board AP

academic preparation

TOEFL

TOEIC

CAEL

TSE

IELTS

other Test preparation

Business English for company employees

Public school Elementary Subjects

High school Subjects

College Subjects

University subjects

Camp skills and abilities

Other skills, abilities, functions

Please check any additional information that you would like forwarded

I am interested in becoming a teacher and require career counselling.

I am interested in receiving teacher training.

I would like to immigrate to Canada as a teacher.

I would like to have a website to promote my teaching business.

I have a website and need advertising to promote my teaching business.

I would like to start an educational consulting agency.

I would like to start or buy a school.

Thank you for your information - We will contact you soon - Have your resume, pictures, teaching portfolio ready