Foreign student hosting

Technology in the EFL classroom

girlenglishteacher — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 21:23:29 +0000

Now I’m not a trained EFL teacher, I have only modest experience of teaching EFL but there have been during the last five years massive advances in both the amount of resources and technology available to the EFL teacher.

TEFLTech is a company which aims to help EFL schools and organisations smoothly integrate technology and the learn the skills to advantage.

TEFLTech run regular courses and workshops aimed at teachers of various levels of classroom technology.

There are courses or sessions for teachers with no previous knowledge; building confidence and understanding of the capabilities of using technology in the classroom, these workshops usually have around 8 attendees.

The more comprehensive Certificate in Using Technology in EFL course, builds on skills during ten weeks, starting with basic computer skills such as manipulating text and images, through to more advanced skills such as using video and audio files, and creating presentations.

There is also the option of bespoke courses which are tailored to the needs of you or the organisation. By analysing the staff’s needs, as well as identifying the hardware and software capabilities of facilities, they can then design a specific course to suit.

The site is clean and easy to navigate though I found it a little difficult to read the text at times. There is a lot of information on the site and much in the way of materials to back up what the company does.

You may have to read through a couple of times to understand fully what they can offer.

For instance they also provide or can supply a range of hardware which is tried and tested by the company, a brilliant way to purchase items if you are just moving into this field, as they will know what to buy and what not to sell you.

They also supply software for the EFL classroom and can advise you on how to set up your systems and how to stop students downloading items which block up valuable memory space.

TEFLTech can also advise you on the everyday management side of the business from booking sheets and beyond.

For more information you can contact them through their website TEFLTech

See our site www.xilfee.eu

Good English Good Job

girlenglishteacher — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:27:09 +0000

As an English teacher based in Hamburg in Germany, Will McCulloch has over ten years of experience teaching English in Germany and has built up a wonderful collection of useful information and websites.

Will has a useful website http://www.goodenglishgoodjob.com/133.html containing useful links both to other teachers of English and also links to other sites which provide video’s, podcasts, text and some useful tests and quizzes.

One site http://a4esl.org/ isn’t very pretty to look at but it offers a wealth of information from beginner to advanced and with a long list of bilingual quizzes too (Arabic to Zulu).

Learning English should be fun, it is easily accessable to find good information and Will’s site is particularly useful in that it brings many good websites into one area.

See www.xilfee.eu for details on learning English with an English homestay family.

Finding a student pen pal abroad.

girlenglishteacher — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 11:44:35 +0000

If you are interested in finding a student from abroad and exchanging ideas across Skype or by email, www.penpalamis.info is a brilliant site.
Tell your friends & family!

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89 registered host families – Great!

girlenglishteacher — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 04:50:56 +0000

The list of host families continues to climb! www.xilfee.eu

Why we should encourage our children to love English

girlenglishteacher — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 08:17:13 +0000

My 10-year-old daughter is studying Latin, French, Spanish and German. She has a natural ability to learn a language. This also applies to her English and she loves to act out parts of Shakespeare and has an amazing memory to remember the lines. She loves poetry and enjoys reciting to members of the family.

We have always encouraged her, we like her to speak nicely and articulately and speak up with her thoughts.

English is such a wonderful language with all its complexities and eccentricities and we should embrace it to the full.

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Learning English – Getting it right

girlenglishteacher — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 05:39:17 +0000

I was reading a note yesterday, sent to all members on a forum. It was in English. Just.
It was probably translated professionally but it took me three or four reads before I could understand what it meant. Even now, I’m not sure of the full implications.

It goes to show how complex language is. And how well you must understand the language you translate into.

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Registering to become a host family in the UK

girlenglishteacher — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 10:56:39 +0000

Want to become a host family in the UK or internationally? www.xilfee.eu is a brilliant site for host families to register free of charge. You can add photographs, a video and text and really make the profile your own.
Charge your own rates and make money rather than being beholden to being told what to charge.

Learning English – English words which sound the same

girlenglishteacher — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 09:19:38 +0000

I have been thinking about words which sounds the same but are pronounced differently;

Here are some:-

which – witch

bye – by

here – hear

see – sea

to – two – too

How hard to learn English?

Go ahead and add your own to this list please!

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Register to become a host family in the UK

girlenglishteacher — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 15:20:15 +0000

www.xilfee.eu now has 15 pages of host families registered on the site.
We are having great success with the case studies on the home page too.

You can become a host family almost anywhere in the world

girlenglishteacher — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 10:31:03 +0000

Our site www.xilfee.eu is gaining new profiles on a steady basis.
If you want to become a host family or hometutor, consider building a profile to promote your services for free on our site.