TEFL Madrid BLOG

When you choose to become a TEFL teacher, your students wouldn't just be a group of teenagers preparing for their college or adults improving their language skills in search of better jobs, but at times could include young kids right out of their diapers and precocious turnips hiding chalk and making rockets out of paper.

Everyone knows that TEFL simmers with testing, which shouldn't be much of a surprise given the high standards of the course and the need for all round skill development of students. However, with so many information on different tests flying around, it can be quite difficult to understand what's what and key differences between them. In fact you may even know about certain tests without being aware of their label or what purpose they serve. So to start off with, let's take a look at different tests that are relevant to a class of foreign learners.

The Three "P"'s

A common mistake most TEFL teachers do while in the classroom is taking lessons and talking about topics that have no relevance or connection with the students. They follow a set curriculum, often prepared by someone else in some other country, which although beneficial and enriching in theory does not resonate with the students. And when you've got students who have no purpose or engagement in the class except for learning the language, you'd find very few who'd strive for excellence.

A war is coming! What can you do? 

Remember world war 1? It took just a small assassination of a prince from an insignificant country to change history. Now we got massive egos of so called strong men such as Donald Trump, Vladamir Putin, Kim Jong In, Chinese Communist party et al indulging in a show of masculinity. 

Then there's the never ending saga of Islamic State and it's rabid militants on their perpetual quest of killing infidels, beheading modernity and destroying everything that stands in contrast to their warped ideology.

Brexit is going to ruin UK and it's economy!