I Love TEFL Videos - Language House TEFL

 We had this fun thing that we used to do (and still do at TLH TEFL www.thelanguagehouse.net) which involved playing a poker style game in class. I always thought that fun punishments were a lot more motivating than giving out hacky rewards in the classroom. I'll probably have a separate page eventually about my thoughts on motivation, token economy and different reward systems later on. Here are some cute and funny videos that we made of the losing team(s). Basically if the team lost they had to go outside and yell "I LOVE TEFL" a certain number of times.  What made it the best though was that we did this during the first day of the course.

 I've always thought that in teaching it's good to set the tone of your pace and style to your students right from the get go. Don't be afraid to push them a bit if you can. I loved that we do this during the first day and it usually creates a WTF moment for the students. I think overall everyone has a really good time and it sets the tone for the rest of the course.

  Love TEFL? Who Doesn't

 Also if you want to be a good ESL/EFL teacher, you are going to have to learn to be able to make a fool out of yourself at times and get rid of all your natural fears of public speaking and embarrassment. What better training for this than to scream some random sentence in a crowded public setting while amused and terrified Czechs look on.
 (If you can think of something better write me)

 Take care,
Chris
http://www.thelanguagehouse.net