Joomla! site syndication http://www.benzhi.com 2008-11-21T09:34:23+01:00 http://www.benzhi.com http://www.benzhi.com/images/M_images/joomla_rss.png text/html 2008-06-19T02:00:00+01:00 http://www.benzhi.com http://www.benzhi.com/content/view/15/ BENZHI is proud to have served over 2,400,000 teachers, schools, agencies, and recruiters from over 78 countries find information, resources, employees, and employment during the past 5 years. Welcome to the new BENZHI version 2.0. Michelle Yu, Director - A sincere thank you to everyone that has been a part of helping BENZHI become the number #1 portal site for job listings and general information for teaching EFL in our niche markets. We are renewing our endeavor to provide world-class service to all our customers throughout the world. We will strive to continue to be the source for unbiased information for bettering teacher's experiences, and providing useful and helpful information. I am grateful to be a small part in the lives of so many honorable people who are educating our future generations. Find out some of the ways we have changed by clicking the Read more link. text/html 2008-06-27T01:47:41+01:00 http://www.benzhi.com http://www.benzhi.com/content/view/33/ Tips for traveling abroad. One of the great perks of being an English EFL teacher is that you get to see many far and away places of the world. Traveling goes hand-in-hand with the career. Are you ready for your next destination? Got your bags all packed, your car sold, and your mail forwarded? Great, you’re somewhat ahead of the game. Those may be some of your important things to do, but the list doesn’t end there. When traveling abroad there are many things to take into consideration above and beyond the cost of your plane ticket. Some of the others are: registration with the Embassy, the best way to plan your trip, health and safety issues, knowing the regional information, Entry Visa regulations, and what other important documents you should have with you when you travel. We’ll give you a quick sweet overview. text/html 2008-06-17T01:53:40+01:00 http://www.benzhi.com http://www.benzhi.com/content/view/22/ What are the differences between EFL and ESL? There have always been great misunderstandings, or no understandings, of what are the differences in the terms ESL (English as a Second Language) and EFL (English as a Foreign Language). In the broad sense, they are similar in as much that they both refer to an assimilation of the English language. But that is pretty much where the similarities stop and the differences emerge. text/html 2008-06-14T02:00:00+01:00 http://www.benzhi.com http://www.benzhi.com/content/view/21/ Principles of mentoring new teachers. Most people remember the first day that they walked into their own classroom. For some, it was a frightening experience. For others, it was one of life’s most rewarding experiences. But to get into the classroom and receive this memory, there had to be some training somewhere. Obviously, everyone doesn’t receive training. There are some that were cast into the lion’s den without any advice, or training, at all. Regardless of the path you took to get where you are – there will be a point where you will have to provide that advice to the incoming “freshman” of teachers. text/html 2008-05-22T05:51:25+01:00 http://www.benzhi.com http://www.benzhi.com/content/view/13/ Understanding inherent anxiety within ESL testing scenarios The writer's aim is to research material for an action research on reading comprehension tests. The problem statement of the action research is that ESL students feel anxious when doing reading comprehension tests. The solution proposed is to use stress relievers to trick the mind into believing there is no danger. ESL students will be taught stress management to relieve anxiety when doing reading comprehension tests. It is believed that once students are relaxed they will be able to perform better