Common Mistakes When Applying for a Teaching Job
We have talked to Directors of Studies and Hiring Managers and asked them to share their insights on some of the usual mistakes that candidates make during their application process. Most of [...]
The Secret To Teaching Chinese Teenagers
Teaching Teenagers New teachers at York are often surprised at the difference between Chinese teenagers and teenagers in the West. Without wanting to stereotype too strongly, teenagers [...]
Demo Teaching Tips
When applying for a teaching job, candidates usually undergo an intensive screening process where less qualified applicants are sifted out of the pool of candidates. Those who are left behind usually proceed [...]
Get Your Students Reading (and Writing)
As I’m sure we all know, students seem to speak more naturally in class than they do work in a book or read a passage. I shall try and set out a [...]
How to Teach Reading
Reading and Other Skills At York English we have an emphasis on multi-skilled learning. This means that even though we want students to practice lots of speaking and [...]
I want to be an EF English Teacher
As foreigners wanting to move abroad and teach English, we are faced with a variety of different options. One is bombarded by numerous offers making you feel special and overwhelmed at the [...]
Five Uses For the Present Tense
Tenses can be confusing for students just learning a language, and English tenses can be especially tricky as the language has countless irregular verbs. The word “tense” means “time:” time shown by [...]
Behaviour Management in an ESL Class
For new teachers one of the more intimidating aspects of teaching can be the thought of controlling a group of young learners. What if they cry, scream, [...]
Day Trip: 18 Springs
18 Teachers to 18 Streams The summer months in Fuzhou can get extremely warm. Temperatures reach 30oC + (86F) regularly and even get closer to 40oC (104F) at [...]
English Language Teaching Methodologies Part 2
Total Physical Response (TPR) (James Asher) This was developed by Asher who observed children learning their first language from their parents. He noticed some general patterns; children learnt language often as a [...]
