TEFL Prague and Abroad

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David Christof, graduate of The Language House TEFL course, is an amazing runner and human being, who has dedicated his life to providing safe drinking water to all. Read more about his story and watch his video below.     In the summer of 2012, I ran 1314km/821mile from Prague to London to raise awareness about the safe drinking water crisis. Starting at the German School Prague, I ran 5 weeks and in the process raised over $12,000 which provides safer drinking water for over 400 people. In cooperation with the Blue Planet Network and Drink Local Drink Tap non-profits, this money will provide safe drinking water to the St. Bonaventure school in Mulajji village, Uganda. In 2013, my next adventure is- Prague to Africa: 1000km RUN, 2000km BIKE, 3000 CHILDREN INSPIRED along the way. Combining runing and biking, I will travel from Prague to Morocco, stopping at 30 schools along the way, educating children about the world water crisis and inspiring them to be more physical

Teaching is hard and teaching language is harder. You have to have both knowledge of your subject matter and a technical, skill-based knowledge, to pull it off. If I were to list the top 7 mistakes that new teachers make in the classroom, they would be the following. 1. Teacher Talking Time (TTT) This is all of the output that teachers make while in the classroom. I'll include here Graded Language, Running Commentary, Speed, Tone, Question Stacking, Confusing Directions...etc. The trick to get your students speaking is to speak less and to speak clearly. Don't explain what you're going to do, just do it. Don't use confusing or complicated language, speak directly and clearly. If you can limit your output to the essentials, you'll improve your pace, student comprehension and student output. 2. Lack of Language Awareness. Know your grammar. You shouldn't be lecturing your students on grammatical points, but you should be aware of the mistakes that they are

 Life in Prague from Language House graduates past and present. Check out the video and thanks to everyone for their contributions.                      

Looking to get TEFL/TESOL certified? Of course you are! The Language House TEFL in Prague just added our 2014 course dates (the Mayans were so wrong) and we are offering a 100 Euro discount on all of our courses from March 9 - April 9. Signing up just takes 5 minutes to get started. You can view all of the course dates for 2014 here http://www.thelanguagehouse.net/tefl-certificate-course/dates-and-prices/ Cheers, Chris The Language House TEFL

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Here's a video of demo of an Introduction and Lead In with a focus on error correction. When students are in groups, notice how I'm constantly trying to interact with them and improve their language by eliciting the correct words and responses. The key to correcting students is to do it fast and relatively often without breaking too much fluency. If you actively error correct group work, you'll find a noticeable improvement in their ability even over the course of only a few lessons.