Job Site: ESL Teachers Board

They have lots of ESL resources, lists of ESL schools, travel resources, articles about self growth, and jobs for teachers. They also have useful info for students and teachers. ESL Teachers Board is a good site to visit.

As far as looking for jobs go, they have a place where you can post your CV, search for jobs, talk about them on their discussion forums, look at school reviews, find out about scams, learn about being a tutor, get info about starting your own school, become a recruiter, offer your place as a homestay, language exchanges, and more.

My only complaint is the organisation. For example, on the discussion forums, you have to scroll down and look at everyone's response to each and every question. Other than that, it's a great website.

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Cool Link: PBS Kids

Colourful with their favourite tv characters, PBS Kids is eye catching and educational. They've got videos, games, music, and colouring pages.

Not specifially for ESL and EFL teachers, with the high influx of foreigners moving to the US, some shows are catering to the need to learn English as a Second Language. Seasame Street is just one example.

So take a look at their site and see if you can find something to use in your classes this week. 

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Quick Tip: Reward Your Students

Positive reinforcement has been proven to work, so you should use it in your classroom. Rewards are often used with children and young learners. However, they can also be used with older students. A friend of mine teaches music and gives stickers to her students when they complete a piece. She says the adults also ask for stickers. They want to be rewarded. Rewards aren't just for children.

Students can be rewarded individually or as a class. They can be given daily, weekly, monthly, quarterly, semestrely, or yearly. They can be big or small, expensive or cheap. It doesn't matter; what matters is that you're acknowledging the students' good behaviour and effort. You can find some ideas for rewards in the article about discipline or try looking online for more ideas.

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Hot Topic: Teaching Illegally

There are many reasons why teachers choose to teach elsewhere besides their primary place of employment. Money's probably the main reason, extra time, looking for more teaching experience, or looking to change jobs might be other reasons. No matter what the reason, many teachers decide to teach a couple hours somewhere else each week.

While sometimes they can get permission from their employer, more often than not they end up doing it illegally. Maybe immigration only allows teachers to have one job and doesn't even allow teachers to teach privately. Or maybe the employer won't let the teacher teach anywhere else. They might be afraid that the teacher will steal students, or not have enough time to do their work.

So what do teachers do? They end up teaching illegally. Obviously this is not an ideal situation, but some teachers feel that they have no choice. They need more money or immigration allows them to have a second job, but their employer doesn't. It's a dangerous situation because if it goes against immigration laws and someone turns them in, they could lose their visa and get deported. Or if their employer finds out, they could get fired. Yet people still continue to teach illegally.

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Plagiarism

Any teacher would agree that plagiarism is a big problem and only getting more and more common with the internet. There are lots of websites out there with information on how to catch and stop immigration. Rather than write another article on it, I've decided to give a few quick tips and links to other comprehensive websites on plagiarism.

The first tip to remember when discussing plagiarism is that while in some countries, like the UK and the USA, plagiarism is a horrible crime, in other countries like those in Asia or South America, plagiarism is not seen as something that bad. Some professors may indirectly encourage it. Professors that publish their own books may require students to memorize and regurgitate their information word by word, without teaching them how to use quotes properly. Students who are not able to directly quote professors may have points taken off. So when you're teaching about plagiarism, put yourself in their shoes.

The second thing you should do is teach them that stealing word or ideas is the same as stealing money.

Third, you need to teach your students how to create a bibliography. There are lots of sources out there about bibliographies, but perhaps OWL Purdue is the best.

Fourth, it you suspect a student of plagiarism, then you should calmly confront them. There are three good ways to check and see if a student has plagiarised. The first thing you can do is sit the student down and ask them simple questions about their paper. Usually a student will copy vocabulary words without even knowing what they mean. Pick the hardest words and ask them to define them. Another thing you can do is to tell them to give you a verbal summary of what they've written. Lastly, try asking for a written summary. That way you can compare what they handed in before and what they're doing at the moment in front of you.

Fantastic Websites for Plagiarism

• Perhaps the biggest website about plagiarism is Plagiarism.org
• Another site worth mentioning is Plagiarism Stoppers: A Teacher's Guide
• King's College has a useful website with simple language to tell students about plagiarism
• Plagiarism Today is a great source and has lots of info about Internet Plagiarism.
• Lastly, here's an ehow article for teachers to teach their students about plagiarism.
  

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