OnTESOL Review: Teaching in the UAE with the Abu Dhabi Education Council (ADEC)
Teaching English with the Abu Dhabi Education Council (ADEC) has been a life-changing experience. The…
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Teach and Travel! Tourism in the United Arab Emirates
The United Arab Emirates is a small country, almost the size of South Carolina; however,…
Tapping the Local Vein: TESOL and the UAE’s Rich Cultural Heritage
Emiratis are highly proud of their culture and traditions. This provides ESL instructors with many…
Differentiation: Classroom Management in The United Arab Emirates
English teachers in the UAE commonly complain that their curriculum is too challenging and too…
Teaching IELTS in the United Arab Emirates
The IELTS exam is an internationally recognized measure of an individual’s English proficiency and, in…
Managing an Emirati Classroom: Advice and Admonitions
Student behavior is perhaps the biggest challenge awaiting teachers new to the United Arab Emirates. While…
How The OnTESOL Diploma is Opening Doors in the United Arab Emirates
In this article, Greg Askew explains how the 250-hour TESOL Diploma helped him obtain more…
Teaching Writing in UAE Part III: Rhetorical and Syntactical Structures
In my final blog on teaching English in the United Arab Emirates, you will learn…
Teaching Writing in UAE Part II – Lexical and Grammatical Interference
A prominent form of grammatical interference that manifests more often in students’ writing than in…
Teaching Writing in the UAE Part I: Orthographic and Spelling Considerations
As mentioned in one of my previous posts, the mixed-ability classroom is the norm in…