Teaching English Literacy in Asia

A TEFL Web Blog by Hedda Tan

Entries Tagged ‘goal setting in classroom’

Why Rewards are Potentially Harmful in a Reading Program

Let us begin this conversation by looking back at times in your life when you read books or any printed medium, for that matter, simply because you wanted to. It was not because of some reward, nor was it because you wanted to avoid some kind of negative consequence by not reading. What was it [...]

My Game Plan in Teaching English Language

I have been teaching teenagers for almost 5 years now, and I find this group of students both challenging and rewarding to work with. The kids are challenging because they are at the beginning of that stage in life dreaded by most parents and teachers alike. You guessed it right – PUBERTY!