#tesol

[omnivorousshipper]

It's that time of year again

I'm ready to strangle my college classmates because they're fucking dumb and a bit prejudice/racist

Why does everyone assume that because a kid's family doesn't speak English at home inherently means their English won't progress as well???

Wtf does that have anything to do with anything!!

The kid is going to be at school surrounded by English for 7-8 hours a day 5x a week for 10+ months. They'll be learning everything in English. Hell, they might even have specialized English classes meant for TESOL students! AND they'll still be surrounded by English when they go outside! Books, TV, advertisements, etc. They aren't lacking in English!

Why do they then need to go home and keep speaking English??

That's the quickest way to tell someone that their language doesn't matter and they should simply assimilate

I have a student whose parents don't speak a lick of English and yet, he and his sister are approaching fluency. They've only been here for 3 years!! The boy might be considered fluent by the end of this school year!!

I hate that soooo many of my classmates are focusing on this!

The only reason I need to know if the parents can speak English or not is to know how to help them. Do I need to call a translator? Do I need to give school info in a different language? Do they need help accessing doctors, government programs, and other English dominate things?

[languagelvlup]

My bad habit after teaching English in Japan for 5 years is that I can’t turn off my teacher voice, and I now talk, even to native speakers, in a slow clear voice, using simple vocabulary

[wake-up-and]

Vocabulary 직업

직업 - occupations

가수 - singer

간호사 - nurse

경찰 - police officer

공무원 - government employee

과학자 - scientist

교수 - professor

군인 - military personnel

기술자 - technician

기자 - reporter, newspaperman

농부 - farmer

님 - sir, ma’am (honorific form)

배우 - actor, actress

변호사 - lawyer

비서 - secretary

승무원 - flight attendant, crew

우체부 - mail carrier, postman

은행원 - bank employee

의사 - doctor

주부 - housewife

직업 - job, occupation

화가 - artist, painter

[aaiieell]

You can download this sheet in PDF format here:

Headers & Tails in Real Conversation When we talk in real time, we don’t always use neat, textbook sentences. Instead, we shape our speech

Headers & Tails

We don’t always speak in perfect sentences — and that’s okay.

In real-time conversation, we use tools like headers and tails to help listeners follow along more easily.

Check the sheet below for simple definitions and examples to see how it works in everyday English!

[god-made-it]

How much should I charge for teaching English to my pig farm coworkers? 

And what other tips and advice might you guys have for a new ESL teacher

The (possibly) helpful details.

I taught English classes at my workplace. My students are coworkers and mostly collage graduates from Central America usually from Mexico. This past fall I had about 10-17 people show up. About half of the students are just beginning in English and the others are more or less at a conversational level. When I start teaching again I plan to meet once a week for so many weeks and then take couple of weeks break and repeat. When I started last it was a trial run for me and the students and the company. The classes are free for the students and I was paid my salary for an hour of my time. But now that I passed the trial run I am submitting an invoice like a independent contractor and would like to change for my prep time. Most information I see online is for people working in institutions which doesn't seem helpful to me.

Any help will be appreciated thanks in advance future friends and strangers

[tefllemon-blog]

1. 'Looking for love' (Karen Ramirez)

2. 'Don't you want me, baby?' (Human League)

3. 'Champagne Supernova' (Oasis)

4. 'Closer' (The Chainsmokers)

5. 'Wide Awake' (Katy Perry)

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[luthientinu]

This post is to my fellow tumblr users who are English teachers to primary school students.

I am doing a research which is due next month. Will you all be okay with filling a questionnaire which is quite essential for my research.

I will be updating you all once I have created the link!

Will you be interested in filling out a questionnaire

Yes (If possible please reblog this to get a wider audience)

No

Voting ended onApr 14, 2023

Thank you so much!!!

(P.s- This is the first time I am using a poll...can you see who voted for it other than the percentage?)

[rollsoffthetongue]

A MONTH OF SUNDAYS

Idiomatic Meaning: A (very) long time; an indeterminate length of time.

Literal Meaning: 28, 30 or 31 Sundays.

Usage: Formal and informal spoken and written general British and American English.

Origin: Mid -18th Century – American and British English – This expression, which would literally mean thirty weeks, has been used hyperbolically since it was first recorded in 1759. One writer suggests it originally connoted a long dreary time, since games and other kinds of amusement used to be forbidden on Sunday.

Why is this funny?  In the photo, we see two people who work in an ice cream parlor or some larger store which also sells ice cream treats, such as ice cream cones, sodas and sundaes. Note the spelling of the latter. It is pronounced the same as the day of the week called Sunday. An ice cream sundae consists of one or more scoops of ice cream with different toppings on each scoop, such as hot fudge, crushed peanuts, sliced bananas, etc, and these in turn are topped off with whipped cream and a cherry. (I’m getting g hungry just writing this.) The young woman in the photo is talking about a monthly marketing promotion they are going to have featuring a different kind of sundae over an extended period of time. Since there can be many different types of sundaes, these promotions will go on for many months, perhaps even 30 of them in which case they will have a month of sundaes for a month of Sundays! “A dog’s age” is a similar expression.

Sample Sentence: I just got out of prison, and I haven’t seen my baby in “a month of Sundays.”