teaching is

Teaching is …

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Teaching is …

the art of touching your student’s soul

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Teaching is about…

inspiring rather than merely imparting knowledge

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facilitating knowledge

(The Communicative L. T. Approach)

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challenging learners’ wits rather than giving them the

answersSelf – discovery theory and research

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guiding yet, leaving learners free to

discover things for themselves.

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helping students to develop life skills


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so that students can fly out in the real world with qualities

and skills that will render them “thinking individuals”.

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so that they will have a vision other than to work in

the public sector

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Teaching is …

about learning, researching, adapting, improving as a person, evaluating your

practices, making mistakes and reflecting on them, …

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designing interesting materials that address learners’ needs

and profiles.

Teaching a foreign language is about…

Teaching is …

attracting one’s … interest

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about the beauty of this world

Teaching is …

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but also

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variety


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organising, yet, not taming unruly minds


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Teaching is …

encouragement

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raising your student’s self awareness

Maslow’s self-realisation theory


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Teaching is …

managing

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Teaching is …

a love affair; give it time, attention, affection, and patience, and it’ll work its

magic…

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A foreign language is…

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a new vision of life

(Federico Felini)

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educating

(as opposed to schooling)

Teaching a foreign language is …


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coaching athletes for championships

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putting theory into practice


• In modern day education, TEFL has been innovative and pioneering in researching, exploring, and contributing to our understanding of HOW people learn better. No other discipline has this wealth of procedural knowledge that we have. We show other disciplines How to teach.

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“It’s time for us to release ourselves from simplistic and ineffective prescriptions; The

time to dream is upon us.”

(Carl Glickman)

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“Expert tutors often do not help very much. They hang back letting the

student manage as much as possible. When things get awry, rather than help directly, they ask

questions.”

(Mark Lepper – Stanford University Psychologist)

Teaching is …

an Art

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teaching is

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