5 Worst Mistakes All Beginner ESL Teachers Make (And You Too?)

Oscar Wilde once said, “Experience is simply the name we give our mistakes”. This holds true for everyone starting out in a new career, and ESL teachers are no exception. But one thing is accepting we’ll make mistakes as we go and chalk it up to a lack of experience, and another is completely ignoring the worst kind of mistakes you could make. Since anyone can learn from their mistakes, then we can certainly learn from the five worst mistakes beginner ESL teachers make.

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Have you got any more tips that you can add?
Some useful links:
– Dealing with discipline http://goo.gl/2aIXAq
– Why some students behave badlyhttp://goo.gl/8GBjeY
– On dealing with rebellious studentshttp://goo.gl/DG9JFC from Monila Kisala

Lineamientos para la enseñanza de lengua extranjera (Colombia)

http://www.colombiaaprende.edu.co/html/micrositios/1752/articles-315518_recurso_4.pdf

Estándares para la enseñanza de la Lengua Extranjera (Colombia)

Documento importante para la enseñanza de la lengua extranjera en Colombia.

http://www.colombiaaprende.edu.co/html/mediateca/1607/articles-115375_archivo.pdf

jejejeje, para reirse un rato

Cada vez más son las palabras que los jóvenes utilizan en sus jergas. En este diccionario encontrarán una colección de palabras y expresiones que está "pa' reirse".

http://sprite-diccionario.tumblr.com/

It can be difficult finding good attractive models for the typical writing tasks that students have to do. Here are some that are really fantastic!
Step by step writing help:
– for elementary | A1 & A2 students with worksheetshttp://goo.gl/E9OFgW
– for intermediate | B1 & B2 students with downloads & transcripthttp://goo.gl/6I3Ysv

– How can we cut down on preparation time?
– How can we find zero materials class activities to use? 
– How can we step in at no notice and cover another teacher’s lesson?
Some tips & suggestions http://goo.gl/aB8Vfe from Jo Budden

20 BRITISH WORDS THAT MEAN SOMETHING TOTALLY DIFFERENT IN THE U.S.

http://bigstockblog.squarespace.com/blog/20-british-words-that-mean-something-totally-different-in-the-us

ESL Irregular Verbs Grammar Rap Song

LOOK - SEE - WATCH

Cómo usar la expresión "I'm sorry"

Tomado de Teaching English as a second language vía Facebook

– Jo Budden asks: how can we make vocabulary more memorable? http://goo.gl/fI4ruw
– Richard Frost offers tips for remembering vocabulary http://goo.gl/BN9ziS
– Carissa Peck suggests 15+ ways for teaching vocabulary http://goo.gl/7j6QB9 
2 fun vocabulary games to play in class:
– The memory game http://goo.gl/gT4MI4
– Word association recitation http://goo.gl/TmcEpj

Effects of drugs in spiders

See it even bigger http://scienceblogs.com/startswithabang/files/2013/07/NASA_Tech_brief.jpg

– teaching tips & lesson plans http://goo.gl/aVUSz
– fun grammar and vocabulary activities http://goo.gl/OpxZzR
– fabulous online games http://goo.gl/d3zuSo