Teaching English as a Foreign Language Online
Posted in Accents, ESL Facts & Figures, ESL statistics, Learning Language Teaching, Statistics on Feb 3rd, 2009
Source: The Bilingual Family: A Handbook For Parents by Edith Harding & Philip Riley, 1999, CUP. Over half of the world’s population is bilingual. This fact is usually surprising to many Europeans, who are under the impression that living with two or more languages is exceptional. (p. 27) What matters and what doesn’t in second [...]
Posted in ESL Facts & Figures, ESL statistics, Statistics on Dec 23rd, 2008
According to the US department of Education, there were ca. 5,400,000 ESL students in the USA alone in 2006 and the number is increasing. ESL or LEP students are US fastest-growing population and are expected to make up one out of every four students by 2025.
Posted in ESL Facts & Figures, Teacher Skills on Oct 29th, 2007
What’s the magic formula I wonder? You are given a mixed-ability class of ca 20 students, whose average level is pre-intermediate, and an upper-intermediate level multi-page coursebook to cover in ca. 50 90-minute lectures. How on earth is it possible to cover everything and to ensure that all the students have achieved the desired level [...]
