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Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Century Florida and apply today to be certified to teach English abroad. You could also be interested in: This is how our TEFL graduates feel they have gained from their course, and how they plan to put into action what they learned: said: Evaluation and testing was the subject I studied about during the Unit 15 of this course. I observed and learned about different ways of evaluating students' levels and progress, as well as some of the common external exams that I may need to prepare my future students for. Tutorials, evaluation by the students and tests are good ways to assess a student's language level. I read as well about the fact that it is often apropiate to give tests at different stages in a course; placement test in the...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Garrison North Dakota and apply today to be certified to teach English abroad. You could also be interested in: This is how our TEFL graduates feel they have gained from their course, and how they plan to put into action what they learned: said: This lesson supports the argument for proper equipment and teaching aids in the classroom. in the 21st century the resources are endless. The basics like worksheets and work cards and old-fashioned whiteboards as seen in the videos are very efficient. Interactive whiteboards have a multitud of uses but like all higher tech tools need some user knowledge and can go down because after all they are computers. OHP, CD players, Videos and DVDs, video cameras, Ipads, cell phones, videos are all useful...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Certification India Raniganj and apply today to be certified to teach English abroad. You could also be interested in: This is how our TEFL graduates feel they have gained from their course, and how they plan to put into action what they learned: said: In a 21st century classroom,the growing diversity of students requires teachers to be able to take on different roles in order to meet different needs and support individual student's learning. It is also crucial for the teachers to understand the development stage of a language learner so that we can prepare for the problems may appear at different stage and facilitate our student's learning more effectively. I also like how this unit address the need and different types of student's...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jobs Russia Orekhovo-Zuyevo and apply today to be certified to teach English abroad. You could also be interested in: This is how our TEFL graduates feel they have gained from their course, and how they plan to put into action what they learned: said: Unit 18 covered modals, phrasal verbs, and passive voice. I learned a lot of technical terms and definitions this lesson regarding phrases I use intuitively. Modal auxiliary verbs, for instance, can be used to express differing degrees of formality. Modal verbs also do not change in form according to person and are followed by a verb in its base form. One such example is the modal verb ‘might.’ Might is used when one has much less than 50% certainty, and for polite requests....  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Certification California salinas and apply today to be certified to teach English abroad. You could also be interested in: This is how our TEFL graduates feel they have gained from their course, and how they plan to put into action what they learned: said: I learnt alot from this and it has given me some ideas regarding my language teaching approach. Especially getting students to build on their own ideas and words by guiding them. For example getting the student to draw a picture of their Dad in a car. In that case you would write underneath the drawing; Dad is in the car. Then continue to collect drawings the student makes and write a short sentence underneath each drawing. For example, a picture of a playground would read; We went to...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Kampala and apply today to be certified to teach English abroad. You could also be interested in: This is how our TEFL graduates feel they have gained from their course, and how they plan to put into action what they learned: L.M. – U.S.A. said: This unit is focused on modal verbs (verbs like can,should,may etc used before main verbs to add meaning),passive voice(sentences where the object of the active voice becames the subject of the the passive voice) and active vioce(sentences which have their focus on the agent), relative cluases(group of words containing a subject and a verb) and phrasal verbs( verbs consisting more than one word).Worthy of note is the fact that these grammar items maybe complicated but must be taught. Some of...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Dujiangyan and apply today to be certified to teach English abroad. You could also be interested in: This is how our TEFL graduates feel they have gained from their course, and how they plan to put into action what they learned: E.K. - Sri Lanka said: Unit 18 covers modal auxiliary verbs, phrasal verbs, passive voice and clauses. Their specific uses are enumerated along with their grammar structures, sentence forms, types, and plentiful examples. The examples of modal verbs are can, could, will, might, need not, ought to, etc. The examples of phrasal verbs are got over, take on, turn off, keep up with, etc. Phrasal verbs have different meanings in comparison to just the base verb, for instance, drop over drop off. They can be used with or...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Rock Mills Alabama and apply today to be certified to teach English abroad. You could also be interested in: This is how our TEFL graduates feel they have gained from their course, and how they plan to put into action what they learned: said: A analysis of the approach, methods and techniques of teaching. The history, description and the positive and negative points in relation to the different teaching methods. Beginning with the classic method from the 17th century which originated from grammar translations, audio lingualism -direct method, silent way, suggestopaedia, total physical response, finishing with a combination of all the methods - ESA. It appears that ESA is the easiest teaching methods for teachers to learn and apply in...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about Companies TESOL Weekend and apply today to be certified to teach English abroad. You could also be interested in: This is how our TEFL graduates feel they have gained from their course, and how they plan to put into action what they learned: J.M. - U.S.A. said: British english vs American EnglishIn england and America, both countries want to be the purism form of english. Now there are lots of differences when it comes to grammar, spelling, pronunciation, vocabulary, etc. A teacher has to take in the spelling differences for english whether it is the American or British way. Most of American spelling is the same as the way the British spelled before 19th century. Noah Webster supposedly influenced many of the spelling rules that Americans use...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Munds Park Arizona and apply today to be certified to teach English abroad. You could also be interested in: This is how our TEFL graduates feel they have gained from their course, and how they plan to put into action what they learned: said: This unit covered the various methodologies that have been applied throughout history to teach languages effectively. Each methodology is a reflection of the developments in psychology (beginning with grammar-translation in the 17th century to the ESA method in 1998) due to increased and changing knowledge regarding language learning acquisition. The unit emphasizes the use of the Engage, Study, Activate method which basically takes all the positive attributes of previous methodologies and comprises...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Geddes South Dakota and apply today to be certified to teach English abroad. You could also be interested in: This is how our TEFL graduates feel they have gained from their course, and how they plan to put into action what they learned: said: This unit covered the different forms of the future tense, ( future simple, future continuous, future perfect, future perfect continuous) as well as the present simple and present continuous. This unit explored the different ways in which this tense relates to the present and other future events, concepts, states of being. For instance the future continuous \"predicts the present\". This form of the tense helps to express what we think or that which is happening now. This differs from the usage of...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Marathon Iowa and apply today to be certified to teach English abroad. You could also be interested in: This is how our TEFL graduates feel they have gained from their course, and how they plan to put into action what they learned: said: The grammar?translation method is a method of teaching foreign languages derived from the classical (sometimes called traditional) method of teaching Greek and Latin. In grammar?translation classes, students learn grammatical rules and then apply those rules by translating sentences between the target language and the native language. Advanced students may be required to translate whole texts word-for-word. The method has two main goals: to enable students to read and translate literature written in the...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about Companies TESOL Language and apply today to be certified to teach English abroad. You could also be interested in: This is how our TEFL graduates feel they have gained from their course, and how they plan to put into action what they learned: J.M. - Spain said: english as a global languageWhat is a global language? In his book english as a Global Language, Crystal (1997) asserts, “A language achieves a genuinely global status when it develops a special role that is recognized in every country” (p. 2). The definition hinges on the special role, which Crystal describes as serving as the native language of the majority (such as english does in the united states or Australia), serving as the official language, or ...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jobs Santa Cruz Do Sul Brazil and apply today to be certified to teach English abroad. You could also be interested in: This is how our TEFL graduates feel they have gained from their course, and how they plan to put into action what they learned: said: Unit 3 provides various English teaching methodologies back from 17th century to the present time with a focus on the ESA methodology by Jeremy Harmer. Compared to other methodologies, an ESA lesson requires the teacher to engage the students as a starting point and to end up using English in relatively real context, such as role-play in the Activate stage. During the lesson Engage and Activate can be used more than once and should apply whenever appropriate. The Study stage is the one...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jobs Puerto Montt Chile and apply today to be certified to teach English abroad. You could also be interested in: This is how our TEFL graduates feel they have gained from their course, and how they plan to put into action what they learned: said: Over the last 300 years, scholars have tried to crack the code of language learning. Although there is no consensus about which method is the ?Holy Grail? of learning, different approaches have been tried especially over the last century with a certain amount of success. The ESA method pioneered by Jeremy Harmer was born with the previous methods in mind to improve students' experience and the success rate of learning. Using 3 different stages in learning (Engage, Study, Activate) help students...  [Read more]

  The Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR) is a system designed by the council of Europe to provide a standardized method of comparing levels of language proficiency represented by the different examinations and assessments throughout Europe and other areas. The system can be used in conjunction with any European language and divides proficiency into six separate levels. Each level of the framework has a description of the abilities needed to achieve that level in speaking, reading, writing and listening skills. The CEFR system is becoming widely known as the European standard for evaluating an individual’s language proficiency. Are you ready to live and teach abroad? Click here and get started today: https://www.teflcourse.net/?cu=YTDESCRIPTION...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about Fast TESOL Programs and apply today to be certified to teach English abroad. You could also be interested in: This is how our TEFL graduates feel they have gained from their course, and how they plan to put into action what they learned: K.B. - U.S.A. said: english as International LanguageSince World War II, the english language has emerged as the the new international lingua-franca “auxiliary language,” taking the previous place of languages such as french, Latin and greek before it. Although english is not the most widely spoken language in the world (It is fourth behind chinese, Hindi, and spanish), it has definitely cemented its importance as the common, international second language for many. International languages are adopted for...  [Read more]

Boasting high desert at one extreme, and low glaciers at another, this slim country is a natural wonder full of geysers, mountains, beaches and volcanoes. A breathtakingly beautiful country, and a paradise to the adventurer’s adventurer. You could take all of this away, and yet the extraordinary economic growth which the country has experienced during the 21st century would make it a place to catch the TESOL teachers eye. Five percent unemployment combined with outside investment, mainly from the US, make this a dynamic and fascinating place to work. The principal language is Spanish, though there are several native idioms in use. The country is eighty-seven percent Roman Catholic, ten-percent Protestant, with one-percent Jewish. The population is sixteen millions, and with a landmass...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about Company TESOL Language and apply today to be certified to teach English abroad. You could also be interested in: This is how our TEFL graduates feel they have gained from their course, and how they plan to put into action what they learned: J.P. - Canada said: BritishEnglish Vs AmericanEnglishWhen I was sixteen, I left my home in Yorkshire, england and moved to a community in Northern British Columbia, Canada, which was settled primarily by Texans. One of the issues of culture shock was the language barrier. "What language barrier?” you might ask. "Don't we all speak english?" Yes, we do. However, when I was asked if I liked "garage saling" and was requested to "Comet the sink", I began to doubt this. (I discovered later that the garage...  [Read more]

  So, some of the ways in which we can avoid these problems occurring in the first place is to reteach the vocabulary that's going to be required in the particular activity and the grammar. Now, having said this, it doesn't mean that if we think about a particular article that they're going to read or a listening activity that they're going to listen to. They don't have to know every single word in there but they do need to know a certain number of words in order to actually make sense out of it. Secondly, most of the materials that we'll be using for both reading and possibly for listening will be what's called an authentic material. In other words, it's a real piece of material from a newspaper or magazine that hasn't been created for a particular class and so we need a very...  [Read more]