TEFL Reviews

In this unit I learned about a variety of techniques for effective classroom management, including the effective use of the voice, eye contact and gestures...

I learned about the qualities typical to a good teacher, including fairness, good knowledge of the subject, and being able to motivate students...

As studied in the present tense unit, the past tense also shows all of its forms, usages and most common mistakes which give the teacher a very clear picture of it...

There are eleven modal verbs in English...

In this unit, I have learned plenty of role-play activities which I can utilize to incorporate grammar in student speaking tasks...

Course books and lesson materials; this unit teaches about the various teaching books and lessons materials available to the teacher and it advantages and disadvantages in using it...

This unit discussed the different kinds of tests often used by teachers and required by the school they are a part of...

There are many teaching themes and strategies than can be used to prepare and conduct effective and interesting lesson for young learners...

This unit explained the different types of teaching equipment available to teachers and students...

Unit 20 discusses some common problems that may arise in an ESL classroom, such as teaching multiple levels in the same class, native language usage in the classroom, dealing with reluctant students, teaching large classes, and helping students with English listening difficulties, as well as different ways to approach these problems...

This unit is about present tenses and their forms...

This unit covers the receptive skills comprising of reading and listening in learning a language...

This unit covered classroom management with several areas of key focus including self-presentation, meaning gestures, eye contact and voice, Classroom arrangement and its affects on the grouping of students and group activities, Giving clear instructions, TTT verse STT and building a rapport with students...

I have learnt of the different types of groups in teaching the English language...

The focus of this unit was on pronunciation, and how to teach it in the classroom...

The content of this unit is about materials which will be useful for teacher to refer during the lesson it can be authentic materials but they can be a big challenge for beginners so you need to choose them carefully for students because they will not have confidence in learning English but for Intermediate or Upper-Intermediate learners – they are perfect as they can face it in real life and it will be motivated and interesting to learn it...

Coursebooks can be useful for beginner teachers or to help teachers have a guide on how to structure the curriculum of the course...

In the unit ‘teaching a new language’ we learn three parts, the vocabulary, grammar and the function of teaching a language...

Creating and controlling optimal social atmosphere and rapport within the class helps all students to relax, feel included and accepted, and most of all confident in their English speaking abilities...

It's interesting to be studying the present tense in English, because I remember struggling with learning different tense forms when I took Spanish in high school...

This unit covers course materials...

In learning language students need to know how to expose the language,understand it`s meaning and how it is constructed and be able to practice...

After watching two videos about how critical teacher's attitude is and how important a lesson plan is...

I think too often as teachers/instructors we get caught up in our own little world of how well we teach...

This unit reviewed the different types of books and lesson materials to consider when teaching a class...

This unit provides videos of the same lesson taught first with a series of intentional errors and then in an effective manner to highlight the differences...

This unit dealt with the seven future tenses: simple; continuous; perfect; perfect continuous; \"going to\" future; present simple; and present continuous...

in the video, it shows the teacher knows students by names and he started a game that attracts student attention...

A successful teacher needs to be able to effectively assume and utilize a variety of roles in the classroom...

Unit two, teaching and learning, shows the advantages and disadvantages to teaching adults, both individually and in groups...

In this unit I learned more about productive skills and the difference and importance between fluency and accuracy...

This is a unit about the productive skills of English...

Course texts can provide predictability and a successful track record to emulate in the creation of a course syllabus...

I learnt alot from this and it has given me some ideas regarding my language teaching approach...

Unit 12 discusses about speaking and writing, which are productive skills...

In unit 8 we talk about the two productive skills, speaking and writing...

This unit focused on the final section for English grammar, modal and phrasal verbs as well as passive verses active voice...

Unit 17 talks of equipment and teaching aids...

As I work in an international school, we have students from difficult cultural background...

A commond thread, or pattern should I say, that I found in this lesson was regardless of what it is you're teaching (vocabulary, grammatical structures, or language functions), the bottom line is, whatever the \"stage\" is (whether it be engage, study, or activate), the techniques are all around the same...