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hi, I'm a teacher in a local school in Malaysia. I teach english subject. my first degree was social science and diploma was tesl. english taught in my country is communicative. teaching english in a rural school is a great challenge.at the moment, i am considering to pursue my studies to a...

If you're teaching IT guys, they already find IT interesting! You should immerse yourself in their specialties, try to get a basic understanding of the software (or whatever else) they develop, and use any appropriate journals or articles written in English as course material. You should also...

WesternAmerican wrote:Hi everybody.1. I work as a private English teacher? Correct.Is it correct? Natural? I'm not sure how do you refer to a student who gives private lessons to a student(usually just the student and his pupil).2. I work as an English teacher in Junior High School or at Junior...

Hello! I am looking for a good book which I could use to teach English to doctors in France which would rather emphasize the exchange with the patients than the reading or writing of articles. Thanks a lot in advance for your suggestions Luciana

A strange contradiction. "Two reports appeared recently in my newspaper that left me bewildered. The first said the Karnataka government still hasn't decided to rescind its ban on English in primary schools despite huge popular pressure. The second – a Karnataka minister, after a busy visit to...

I think the topic's subject should be changed into Teaching and learning in Vietnam, 'cause in my opinion, the teaching method directly leads to the study of the English language. Teaching and learning English in Vietnam has been causing a headache, I think so. I'm a Vietnamese, and I'm an...

Hello SFB Yes you are right. I searched "as a profession" in OED and got 27 quotes but none for "as profession". So it must be "What do you do as a profession". Likewise, we may say "What do you do as a business/a calling/an occupation". I parse "She teaches English as a profession" as "She...

Your question is quite intriguing. Professsor Okada, a linguist teaching English in a college in Osaka, gives a lecture on this matter. As the original article is written in Japanese, I'll summarize it with my poor English writing skill. (Query 24) Why is the verb is not "are" but "is" in the...

A learner's side humble opinion A problem of English learners like me who have learned and are learning English through printed matters is that they tend to think spoken/informal English should be as grammatical (in prescriptive sense) as written English. Grammar was originally rules made for...

Hi Mike, Thanks. I am not in a hurry at all! Learning English and talking to people from other cultures are mey hobies, though I am more serious about English. Actually, I'm studying English online myself. The system is used is similar to what I suggested here, different teachers from different...