In teaching pronunciation and phonology it is always important for the teacher to be a model and should always provide a concise example as well as helping the students learn how every word in pronounced by using helpful methodologies such as visual aids, or by performing how a word is pronounced in a form of showing the student how the mouth should be...
From this unit I have learnt there are four skills of language: receptive skills - reading and listening, and productive skills - speaking and writing...
The content for this unit included teaching methods, the ESA staging method, along with specific types of activities for each part (Engage, Study, Activate)...
This unit provided an overview of pronunciation and phonology (including the phonetic alphabet) and techniques and methods of how to teach them both...
It was interesting to read that writing is often overlooked in the TEFL world, because I've had the exact opposite experience, although I see very little creative writing...
Appropriate lesson structure, mostly geared toward classes with multiple students was covered in this unit, as well as various pros and cons inherent in given methodologies...
Unit 19 deals with the different groups of learners, their peculiarities, methods that should be adopted in teaching them effectively and likely problems to be encountered in teaching them...