17 May, 2008
This Week's Contest: Giving Feedback
For our previous contest, we asked if you felt your TEFL training was adequate and, if not, what improvements you would suggest. Many of our respondents said they'd only taken a four- or six-week training course, and that everything was therefore truncated. The answer we liked best came from Dave Y. in St. Petersburg, Russia: "I wish they had spent even a few hours on warning us about pitfalls. Things like typical visa regulations, negotiating teaching hours, dealing with embassies, negotiating to be paid in the local currency vs. the home country's, etc. Too many of us end up as lambs to the slaughter!" All good points, Dave: enjoy your five free English Toolbox credits!
For our next contest, we'd like to know if and how you give feedback and correction in your classes. Do you immediately stop the student who is speaking and model the correct grammar or pronunciation or vocabulary? Do you wait until the class is finished, and then take the student aside (or send an e-mail)? The most intriguing answer will win the sender five free English Toolbox credits, even if s/he does not currently subscribe. Send your contributions to info@englishtoolbox.com by 31 May.
For our next contest, we'd like to know if and how you give feedback and correction in your classes. Do you immediately stop the student who is speaking and model the correct grammar or pronunciation or vocabulary? Do you wait until the class is finished, and then take the student aside (or send an e-mail)? The most intriguing answer will win the sender five free English Toolbox credits, even if s/he does not currently subscribe. Send your contributions to info@englishtoolbox.com by 31 May.
Labels: EFL, teaching English, TEFL
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