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Native Speakers vs Non-Native English Speakers???
Valerie W.
Lecturer/Retail Professional
Contribuidor principal
Have you all noticed lately that a lot of adverts for ESL jobs are asking that non-native English speakers should not apply for these jobs. That brings me to the question "Who is a native English speaker and who is a non-native English speaker." Is this a new qualification or certification for the teaching of English as a Second Language? I would like to have a lot of discussion on this very disturbing topic. I find such adverts very discriminatory. Please correct me if I am wrong. Does 'non-native' refer to a person who speaks more than one language or someone who has an accent that is not Canadian. Please help me out someone as this has caused me a lot of frustration.
Online Teaching
By Kenneth Beare
There has been huge growth in opportunities for online teaching for ESL / EFL teachers over the past few years. Here's a quick overview of the current situation, exciting opportunities in the pipeline and tips on sites that are currently offering online teaching possibilities.
Online Teaching as an Independent Contractor
Most online teaching opportunities provide work as an independent contractor. What this means is that there are no set hours and you can work as much or as little as you wish. Of course, that's also the catch - often there is little work to be had. The upside is that online teaching generally allows you to set your own prices on these services. Establish a top reputation in online teaching, and you can ask for a higher rate.
Competition
In the world of online teaching there is a lot of competition, which sometimes leads to few hours. However, things are changing rapidly and more and more students are finding their way to the variety of online teaching venues. Here are some of the main sites that currently offer an online teaching opportunity:
Edufire - Edufire focuses solely on online teaching and provides a wide variety of tutoring opportunities in a number of languages. Currently, there are 1448 (!) English tutors signed up to teach. As you can imagine, competition may be intense. However, a number of the tutors don't participate fully so there may well be opportunities.
iTalki - iTalki started off as a place to find speaking partners in various languages via Skype. Now it's grown to include online teaching services in English.
Online Teaching as an Employee
There are a few companies that offer opportunities for paid online teaching positions. Of course, the competition is more intense for these positions, but the pay is steady. If you are an experienced teacher, comfortable with technology, would like to take advantage of online teaching, but desire a fixed schedule this is probably for you.
The best place to look for one of these positions is TEFL.com.
Setting up Your Own Online Teaching Business
There are a number of teachers that have set up their own online teaching businesses over the past few years. A number of these businesses seem to be doing well. You'll need the ability to think like an entrepreneur (this includes marketing yourself, networking, developing contacts, etc.) If this appeals to you, it could also be the most lucrative online teaching arrangement - but it is hard work and can take quite a while to build up to the point where you have a steady stream of English learners.
Basic Requirements
To successfully participate in online teaching you'll need to be able to do a few things well:
• Use technology with ease - Make sure that you don't waste students' time while you learn the technology. This sounds quite obvious, but it is often a problem.
• Create a few lesson plans that focus on online teaching - You'll need a game plan for online teaching. It's not the same as teaching in a classroom.
• Spend some money on good technology for your online teaching - These days gadgets are cheap. Make sure to invest in a good camera, headphones and microphone. You'll also need a computer that can handle video / audio streaming so make sure you have enough RAM!
• Willingness to promote yourself - If you would like to compete with other teachers as an independent contractor, you'll need to promote yourself through your profile, blog, YouTube, etc. Currently, students don't just show up and they have lots of choices.
There are many preparations to make before you begin online teaching. This guide to teaching online will help you deal with the most important technological considerations.
Finally, if you have had any experience with online teaching, please share your experiences so we can all learn.
How to Teach the Future Perfect Continuous
By Kenneth Beare
The future perfect continuous is rarely used in everyday conversations. However, for advanced English learners learning the future perfect continuous will help complete their understanding of each tense in English. The essential point to get across when teaching this tense is that the future perfect continuous is used to describe how long something will have been happening up to a specific point in time in the future. In other words, this tense provides specific information on an action which will occur between now and a future moment in time.
We'll have been studying for five hours by the time we finish this chapter!
Mary will have been working for twelve hours by the time she gets to go home tonight.
As can be seen from the examples, the future perfect continuous is often used to underline an extraordinary amount of time that the specific activity will have been in progress from the moment of speaking.
Introducing the Future Perfect Continuous
Introduce the tense by quickly reviewing the present perfect continuous form. Make sure the students understand the main differences between thepresent perfect and the present perfect continuousas these differences are also reflected in this tense. Ask students how long the will have been studying by the end of the class to get the ball rolling.
Practicing the Future Perfect Continuous
Explaining on the Board
Use a future perfect continuous timeline to illustrate the use of the future perfect continuous on the board. The tense can be confusing as the string of verbs is quite long. Make sure to point out that the same structure is used for every subject as the helping verb is "will" followed by the perfect continuous string:
Subject + will + have + been + verb(ing) + Objects
Tom will have been gardening for six hours by the time he's happy.
This presentation will have been going on for more than two hours by the time he finishes!
Importance of the Time Clause / Time Expression
Students will be helped by understanding that the future perfect continuous is used in conjunction with future time clauses beginning with "by the time" or the time expression "by" and a specific point in time. Make sure to point out that the present simple is used in future time clauses.
Practicing the Form
Once they are comfortable with this use, it's handy to use a magazine for inspiration of various activities. Ask students to speculate on how long a specific activity will continue using the future perfect continuous tense. It's a good idea to mix up the tenses when asking these questions so that students understand the similarities and differences among the various tenses. For example, start with the present continuous:
Teacher: What's the guy in your photo doing?
Student: He's playing tennis.
Continue with the present perfect continuous to help students understand the similarities between the two forms:
Teacher: How long do you think he has been playing?
Student: About one hour.
Ask a question in the future to focus on the use of the future for speculation:
Teacher: How long do you think the match will continue?
Student: About two hours.
Finish with a question in the future perfect continuous to complete the exercise:
Teacher: How long will he have been playing by the time he finishes?
Student: He'll have been playing for thee hours.
Finally, using this form might be quite a challenge for English learners. I find it helpful to point out that if students do not feel comfortable using this form, they should be satisfied with a passive knowledge of the future perfect continuous. Make sure that students understand the basic difference between the future perfect, used to indicate an amount finished by a point in time in the future, and the future perfect continuous used to indicate the duration of an activity up to a future point in time. This discussion of simple or progressive perfect forms can help students understand the differences between the two forms.
How to Teach the Present Simple
By Kenneth Beare
Teaching the present simple tense is one of the first, and most important tasks when teaching beginners. It's a good idea to teach the present simple of the verb 'to be' to begin with, and introduce simple adjectives to help students expand their understanding of the verb 'to be'. After English learners are comfortable with the present and past forms of the verb 'to be', teaching the present simple and past simple will be much easier.
Introducing the Present Simple
Start by Modeling the Present Simple
Most English learners are false beginners. In other words, they have already studied English at some point. Begin teaching the present simple by stating some of your routines:
I get up at six thirty in the morning.
I teach at the Portland English School.
I have lunch at one o'clock.
etc.
Students will recognize most of these verbs. Model some questions for the students as well. At this point, it's a good idea to ask yourself a question and provide the answer.
When do you have dinner? - I have dinner at six o'clock.
When do you come to school? - I come to school at two o'clock.
Where do you live? - I live in Portland.
etc.
Continue by asking students the same questions. Students will be able to follow your lead and answer appropriately.
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