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One of the goals of Elebaires is to help budding English teachers on their journey to becoming creative, energetic, and inspiring at the front of the classroom! Here we have a TEFL alumni describing her TEFL experience and learning process! As a recent college grad, who was (/is) looking to explore the world, abandon comforts, […]

Here is a breakdown of the top 3 English proficiency exams. IELTS IELTS, the International English Language Testing System, is designed to assess the language ability of candidates who need to study or work where English is used as the language of communication. IELTS is required for entry to university in the UK and other […]

Teaching idioms is a fun way to explore the English language or any language for that matter!! Since each language has it´s own idioms, using them in the classroom can be fun, interactive and exciting. This is a comprehensive list of idioms from all over the world from Ted Talks. Which ones will you use […]

Creating and telling stories is an excellent way for your students to practice and utilize the language that they know. The get the opportunity to be creative in a free flowing student focused way. How can we do that effectively? Here are ten tools for using pictures to tell stories int he classroom: http://www.freetech4teachers.com/2015/05/ten-great-tools-for-telling-stories.html#.VWinpNJ_NHw

Teaching at a business or to private business English students can be overwhelming at times. Some companies follow a curriculum which makes it a little easier for us as TEFL teachers to create or lessons. But if no curriculum is used how can we make our lessons interesting and relevant for our students? Here´s a […]

Getting your students to be motivated to learn is easier than you might think. These simple ideas for your classroom can mean the difference between a student who doesn’t care and one who really wants to make a difference in his or her own education. Let them know where you’re going For younger and older […]

You´ll find that teaching business English can be very different than teaching other ESL students. Business English learners are usually more motivated, have a good grasp of the language in general and are enthusiastic about the activities you´ve planned for them. The most important initial step in preparing for your business English students is knowing […]

Busyteacher.com is one of the most comprehenisve and helpful websites out there for teachers. Especially new teachers!! New ideas, lesson plans, teaching articles, resourses, encouragment and motivation…. can all be found on this site. This is a list of the best websites for resourses: http://busyteacher.org/7054-top-10-websites-esl-teacher.html

Making mistakes in learning  a new language is a normal part of the learning process. Students need to be corrected to learn but correcting too much could lead to unwillingness to try the new language. It´s a fine line between the two. In correction, our goal as TEFL teachers is to first give the student […]

Whether you have a curriculum you follow for the semester or you make class up as you go along, you need to know what to teach. Sometimes including the right content in class is tough. How do you know what your students really need to know? How do you make sure you cover those things […]