Identifying a fall or a rise tone is not very difficult but a fall-rise tone is much more difficult to recognize especially when it is extended over a tail. When that is the case, its characteristic pitch movement is usually distorted or broken up by the structure of the syllable they occur on.
This article presents everything you have to know about expressing actions in English language using appropriate verb tenses for appropriate situations.
Some categories of foreigners are exempted from getting a work permit in Vietnam and this is what this article is about.
This article is part of Q&A series concerning ESL teachers in Vietnam.
This is an ESL lesson plan on work, jobs, and occupations that can be adapted for all levels.
Every English teacher, including me, has hard time choosing a good topic for an ESL lesson for teenagers. This lesson is a simple lesson suitable for teenagers and it can lead to interesting discussions since it treats a hot topic, social networking, in particular Facebook.
Saving money is not easy anywhere in the world and Vietnam is not an exception. The amount of money you can save depends on your lifestyle and of course it depends on your salary.
As I have said, a native English teacher can make easily $1500/month working 25 hours a week. I know teachers who can make better and teachers who don’t have money to buy a beer. Anyway, knowing the cost of living can give you an idea about how much you can save (if you can save).
If you consider teaching English in Vietnam then you should know what the requirements and expectations are.
As an English teacher you are expected to have a bachelor degree in any field (preferred in teaching field), to be a native speaker of English (preferred American), “white skin” (this is how they called us; they mean Caucasian), and a Teaching Certificate (such as CELTA or equivalent).
This question comes from one of my YouTube viewers and it is about one’s ability to be hired as an ESL teacher in Vietnam if he has a CELTA certificate online (not in class) and a police report which is not, let’s say, clean. An important thing to be mentioned, the person we are talking about is a 36 year old American.
For this ESL/EFL activity the teacher needs just animal flash cards. The activity helps kids to improve their vocabulary and develop their listening and speaking skills.
First of all the teacher has to make sure the kids know the vocabulary. Teaching animals for kindergarten kids shouldn’t be very difficult since it is their favorite topic.
This is a great activity for learners of English to practice listening and speaking skills. The greatest part is that it can be easily played with large ESL classes.
The teacher chooses several topics that are interesting and level appropriate for his students (I chose: countries, animals, colors, food, and English grammar). Choose five questions (or more, according to the length of the lesson) for each topic. The questions must have a different level of difficulty so the easiest question has one point value and the most difficult one has a five point value.