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Welcome to Teflpedia – the wiki dedicated to everything associated with teaching English as a foreign language or second language. Our objective is to become a user-generated resource for English teachers internationally. We opened our doors on 27th May 2008 and we have been slowly growing ever since.
Please be aware of our Community Standards. If you are very new to wikis you might wish to read our Newcomer's guide
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What is a wiki?
You are reading a wiki now, it is a repository of knowledge which can be edited by anybody - including you. The most famous wiki is Wikipedia, but there are many others. This kind of collaborative venture has proved to be amazingly successful.
Why use a wiki?
A wiki has an advantage over a newsgroup or a forum in that the information contained in the wiki is continually being built on and updated. In contrast, a forum thread excites interest for a month or so at most before being forgotten.
I've got a question.
General questions about this wiki should be posted in the Main page discussion section here.
What's in it for me?
You could:
- Have a look at our list of websites that provide free lessons - they may help you with your next lesson.
- Sing in, create a userpage and use it to advertise yourself.
- Upload a lesson of yours to show the world about your creative abilities.
- Learn how to edit a wiki - Wikis are growing in popularity, and this is an excellent place to learn wiki-editing skills.
- Contribute to the growth of something new and be involved in this project from the beginning.
- Write an article about something you have recently learnt - a good way to make sure you have learnt or understood something is to write an article about it.
Great, I want to edit Teflpedia - what do I do?
Don't worry if you have never edited a wiki before - it is very easy.
- Click here to go to our simple starter page.
- Or perhaps you'd like to look at the newcomer's guide
- On the other hand you may want to go straight to the sandbox and play around there - you can't break anything.
- Or just ask User Admin a question.
How can I explore the wiki?
- You can enter a term into the search box to the left - if the article doesn't exist you can create it from there as well.
- You can have a look at the categories and select from there.
- You can have a look at the all articles listing.
Structure
The site is split into various spaces. In Mainspace we have (or rather we will have) articles associated with all aspect of teaching including: Definitions, methodologies, grammar, phonetics, exams, teaching in different countries, reviews etc.
We have additional spaces not found on other wikis. These are:
“Free stuff space” - these are classes or other materials donated by contributors. You are welcome to download these and use them in class. In some cases you may later edit the material based on your experience of using it in class.
“Essay space” – this is provided for those who wish to write up their personal experiences, personal thoughts about teaching, advice to new teachers or simply moan about something. These will be the only articles which can be “owned” by an author, and they should not be edited by other users. Comments about them should be made on the essay’s talk page.
“Debate space” which is used for, ummmmm, well debates. Is there some hot topic you want to argue about? This is the place to start it.
Information on using the special spaces can be found here.
Copyright
By hitting "Save Changes" you put your changes into the public domain.
