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    Articles and stories
    written by English Teachers
    about teaching English
    or life as an English Teacher
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Here, the teacher speaks

If you're a teacher, tell us what you know, what you think, what you like or want. We're listening!

This section, which we decided to call 'The Teacher Speaks', is where you, the teachers, can have your say. If you've got something you'd like to share, whether that be knowledge, tips on how to teach specific points or with new technology, or just stories about your teaching experiences, you can do it here. We have no paying advertisers or vested interests to protect and no agenda other than to create an interesting and hopefully useful website, so you can say pretty much whatever you like. As and when the number of articles justifies it, we will divide them into an assortment of categories to make them easier to search. For now though, that's not necessary!

diary of an ESL teacher in Italy
Where's the cover note?

Teachers are usually intelligent people, but not when it comes to applying for jobs. In my experience, less than half attach a proper cover letter to their CV when they are applying for a job. Why on earth not?

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Private Teachers in the UK
How to handle a smelly student?

Roberto, as we'll call him, was a student for 13 weeks. He was a cook with a serious problem. It wasn't just that he worked in a hot kitchen and that he had his lessons just after he'd finished work...

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Becoming an ESL English Teacher
How much are teachers worth?

If you look on the free advertising websites in Italy, you'd suppose that the average teacher charges between €10 and €15 an hour, and a typical 'skype teacher' asks for €5 to €10 an hour per student.

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diary of an ESL teacher in Italy
An ESL teacher in Italy

My name's David and I've been working as an ESL teacher in Italy for about six years now. I say that but I'm not 100% sure when I first got here, as I threw all my diaries away in a tidying frenzy a little while ago...

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diary of an ESL teacher in Italy
Spam and Linkedin Groups

Linkedin groups are full of spam posts for fake jobsites, CV writing advice and so on. One hopes that the average English teacher isn't so dumb as to believe these sites are genuine, so what's the point?

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Becoming an ESL English Teacher
Becoming an ESL English Teacher

For someone who enjoys teaching and loves to experience new lifestyles, teaching English abroad as an ESL can be a great wonderful career path to follow. But how does an ESL teacher get started...?

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English in Rome
Do you teach English in Rome?

So, you're a qualified and experienced ESL English teacher and you teach English in Rome. For peanuts. You're not alone; it's a common story. The good news is that Roma-Inglese has arrived...

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Finding Teaching Jobs
Finding Teaching Jobs - Basic tips

Even for an experienced teacher, finding a new job is hard, with only a limited number of good jobs becoming available each year. Newly qualified teachers face a daunting challenge just to get an interview...

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TEFL training course
Preparing for a TEFL training course

You've decided you'd like to teach English as a second language, either at home or abroad. That being so, you're almost certainly thinking about taking a TEFL course of some kind fairly soon...

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Private Teachers in the UK
Private Teachers in the UK

At present, private teachers in the UK don't need specific qualifications nor formal accreditation, so it's up to clients to decide if a teacher's qualifications, experience and abilities are of the required standards...

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Teaching ESL
Teaching ESL

The majority of teaching jobs advertised for English teachers are from private language schools, and there are also many voluntary teaching opportunities available if you are in a position to offer help for free...

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Teaching ESL
Writing: Going Through the Process

Article by: Mogahed M. Mogahed. One of the most important aspects of recent educational reform efforts is the increased attention to the skill of writing. Writing is a powerful instrument of thinking...

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