TEFL Reviews

There can be a big difference between teaching children and teaching adults, including levels of motivation,and the knowledge and experience with the target language...

Through the years, I believe teaching tenses can be the most difficult thing to do in a classroom...

Unit 3 is about some of the main theories, methods, and techniques of teaching foreign languages...

Although I had learned all of the material from Chapter 2 in elementary school, it was very valuable to have a refresh on the information...

This unit covered the use of course books, the types of materials that are used within a course, and how course materials fall into two main categories: authentic and created...

The present tense is used every time we communicate or ask questions about something that is related to the present...

In this unit we covered how to teach language structure, function, and vocabulary...

The structure of past tenses is the same as that of present tenses with the one exception being that it is a past time period...

Unit 8 focuses on the future tense...

Unit 12 introduces speaking and writing skills...

The unit was centred around two major topics that is reported speech and conditionals...

After reviewing the information in this unit, I feel as though I have a better understanding on different techniques and methods to teaching all age groups and levels of understanding...

This unit covered the present tense perspectives of present simple, continuous, perfect and perfect continuous...

This unit is based on the pronunciation of words in English language...

In this unit we have focused on grammar: models, phrasal verbs and using the passive...

Accuracy involves using correct language while fluency focuses more on speaking without stopping to think, allowing for more creativity by the speaker...

This unit talked about the various materials and equipment a teacher can use in a classroom...

Evaluation is an important part of Language studies...

Unit 14 is about lesson materials that will help with the teaching of a lesson and the use of course books...

Lesson 3 covered several of the methods which have been commonly used in the teaching of English to non-native speakers...

In this second unit, I have learnt about parts of speech...

I thoroughly enjoyed learning the history of the teaching methodology and why and when researchers introduced new theories and concepts...

This unit talks about the parts of speech which is very important in English Language, and at the same time very confusing due to the rules and exceptions that should be observed in certain cases...

This was a great unit considering the information and advice content...

Unit 1 has been a reflection of the relationship between a teacher and students...

Teachers are likely to encounter various challenges while teaching English and their ability to effectively manage these situations will affect the learning outcomes of the class as well as individual students...

My question is why educational theories are often all or nothing...

Production is one of the more difficult things to get students to do from my experience...

There are many forms of the future tense...

Grammar, vocabulary, and function are the basis of teaching English...

I recently read an article on receptive skills, which explained that the young children quickly learned to respond to the spoken language of other people as they begin to orient themselves to their own name and familiar voices, follow simple instructions, and identify a wide range of stimuli And events in their environment...

Following on from the previous discussions of integrative skills and receptive skills, we are now introduced to components of productive skills-Speaking and Writing with initial differentiation between the accuracy and fluency of each, an explanation for each and how and when they are applied during the typical Engage, Study, Activate lesson format...

This unit focuses on materials that can be used in the classroom and on lesson planning...

Classroom management can make or break the overall learning environment for both the student and the teacher...

This unit highlights the importance of reading and listening, and the specialist skills required to do so successfully...

This unit, and the other units focused on tenses, will be ones that I plan to study and practice vigorously...

This unit broke down two of the four learning skills and covered reading and listening, which are receptive skills...

The content of this unit covered the basics of the roles within a classroom...

I think this was a good breakdown of a difficult topic...

I'm not going to lie--I was quite disappointed in myself after unit 4, when I was taken through the present tenses and got a little mixed up with the differences between perfect and perfect continuous...