Alternative Teaching License Texas

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Kountze Texas 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: Despite my intrinsic knowledge of the English language, putting terminology to technique and identifying different grammar rules is always something that I've struggled with. The use of tables and multiple examples is incredibly helpful in helping identify exactly what is what and I feel like this has greatly helped me with understanding English at a more technical level. Whilst it is fantastic being able to use these rules instinctively, it is crucial to understand them fully in order to teach them to...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about Cost Teaching TESOL 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.S. - U.S.A. said: Building confidence in studentsConventional school assessment system has failed to achieve its initial objective as a gauge of students’ performance and of providing teacher with data to revise lessons so as to accommodate the development of students. It has been utilized predominantly to pigeonhole students and intimidate the under performers. Alternative assessment system, consisting of student-involved assessment, student-involved record keeping and student-oriented communication, is...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Roaring Springs Texas 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 presentation focuses on how a good teacher should handle his class and his interaction with the students and his teaching style. the most important point i got is about the mode of the teacher. the teacher should always be smiling and patient with his students. he should show so much love to the students so that they can be eager to learn and enjoy the class. no matter how easy the topic is the teacher should always teach as if it a new and difficult topic. Also the teacher should always...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Cotulla Texas 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 that there exist different types of techniques to teach English as a second language and each of these techniques have different tools. Having more than one type of teaching technique is very useful because you can choose to apply one or the other depending on what has the greatest impact on the development of the students. I enjoyed how specifically the tools were described within the Engage Study and Activate methodology. The focus on difference between errors anad mistakes was made quite...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Coppell Texas 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 this unit, the topic of troubleshooting problems for first-time teachers/classes was covered. Problems such as building rapport among the class and how EFL works was something I felt was necessary for me, a I have never taught EFL. Moreover, the degree of rapport an existing group may have also plays a big part in how any teach will structure future lessons and build a rapport with students. As this unit dealt with troubleshooting, I felt the recap on taking on large classes, and structuring...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Edcouch Texas 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: As I remarked in the unit reflection of unit 7, I have a hard time grasping what makes certain exercises appropriate for some phases of a lesson and not for others. I am generally a creative person which makes it fairly easy for me to consider different ways an exercise could be presented to the class. I think the main reason for me experiencing this problem is that I do not have a lot of recent teaching experience and I am fairly certain that once I start teaching again and start getting the feeling for...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Sundown Texas 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 was helpful in that it gave me insight and useful links regarding how to conduct a needs analysis for business English students and to construct a syllabus for them. Personally, I find the situational syllabus the most practical for teaching business English. One can always teach important grammar points THROUGH a practical application of the lesson, and that is my philosophy for learning foreign languages anyway. My German is nowadays stronger than my French because I have had to apply my...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Flat Texas 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 modal auxiliary verbs, and their usages. Passive voice covered if a sentence was active or passive and how to change the sentences to make it one or the other. It covered relative clauses and phrasal verbs. The video provided more ideas on what modal auxiliary verbs can cover, but I learned how to spot the verbs by these usages; like obligation, permission, ability or advice. I learned how to tell if a sentence is passive or active, and the easiest way to know which is which. I've learned...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL El Segundo California 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 from this unit there are four things students need to do with new language. Students need to be expose to the language, understand language meaning, understand language construction, practicing the language and be able to produce it. I learnt Grammar, vocabulary and Function plays a major role in Language. Grammar is defined as the set of rules that explain how words are used in a language. Grammar is the main key to Vocabulary and Function. I also learnt in ESA lessons, Grammar and...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Walton Oregon 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 gives an overview on modals, phrasal verbs, and passive voice and how modals are used to express different ideas such as obligation, possibility, permission, ability and advice. The modals that are used to express those different ideas are can, could many, might, shall, should, will, would, must, have to, have got to, need to, needn't to and ought to. These words placed in a sentence will tell whether it happened, may have happened, etc. This unit also talks about active and passive voices...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Cameron Texas 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: It was entertaining and in the same time also useful to see and compare the two videos. Even though these videos were made to show the mistakes teacher may make, I believe that I am never going to make such mistakes as as he did in the first video, because I always try to plan my lessons according to the level of the group and try to inspire not to oppress the students. I found out that the idea about \"good teacher\" I had in my mind before has a lot of similarities that were showed in the video, so I...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Berne Indiana 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 this unit we covered the four basic skills to any language and that they are all equally as important. We learned that there are different reasons for these skills. For example, you may read for enjoyment while the next person may only read to find out information such as directions or instructions. We also covered different ways of reading and listening. You may just skim an article looking for a piece of information or you may read it entirely in order to understand and get the detailed information....  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Tallulah Louisiana 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: There are various teaching methodologies, and each of them might be useful for specific teaching levels and learning points. As a teacher, we should adjust our talk time and students' talk time properly according to which methodology we use and what we aim to teach. ESA (engage, study and activate) is the methodology that this course is based on. It has three main types that are called straight arrow, boomerang and patchwork ESA lessons. Only specific rule for an ESA lesson is it should start with...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Folcroft Pennsylvania 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: Being a non-native English speaker, grammar has been a big obstacle for me to overcome. In the decision of becoming an English teacher, I have found myself an insurable amount of efforts that need to be gathered to go through this crucial aspect of English language. This lesson have given me a first look of what to come and it is greatly helpful for me. I can grasp the essential of English grammar and be able to prepare for what to come. There are lots of repeated knowledge but it's always...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about Institute Course TESOL 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.S. - U.S.A. said: British english vs American EnglishThe British and American varieties of english are so similar that most British and American speakers can understand each other without great difficulty. There are however, a few differences in spelling, vocabulary, and grammar. The following report will point out these three principal differences between British english (BE) and American english (AE). Spelling The majority of the spelling differences between BE and AE fall into the following...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Nortonville Kansas 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: lesson planning is very important in order to guide the teacher and in turn the lesson is taught u=in manner for students to learn. Some things require guidance therefore in teaching a lesson guidance is a critical component in order to not become derailed or get sidetracked. The goal is to have the students learn and as a teacher one has to have the attribute of guiding because this also extents outwards towards the students where they in turn can keep up with the lesson. Planning therefore comes...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Golva 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: Most language schools use placement tests to evaluate student's level before he starts a course at the school. It is usually a written, multiple choice question test which often contains one or a few descriptive questions. This kind of test together with a conversation with a teacher can be an effective way of accurate assessing the student's language level and skills, as well as his interests and motivation. This helps to place the student in a right class. Other kind of test are diagnostic ones....  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Ionia 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: This unit talked about different teaching methods and techniques that are used. The best method for a new teacher would be the ESA method. You can make use of several different objects to start to know your students, it is important to get them talking first, let them warm up and feel comfortable. Pick a topic of interest and start the study phase of actually teaching, there are many different options for teaching; games, worksheets, it depends on the subject of the day, are we going to work on spelling,...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Danby Vermont 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 analyzes the way English should be presented to students in the classroom. An ESL teacher must be able to teach English in a way that is relevant to his/her students age and English level. This unit provides the tools necessary for teachers to successfully introduce new language as well as review previous topics. First 3 phases in a lesson act as guide points for activities, lectures, and or class work. There are many examples given for proper engage, study and activate activities. An important...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL El Paso Texas 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 have been teaching ESL as a volunteer for one and a half years and this unit was excellent as it gave me more ideas from which to engage my current students at Esperanza. Unit 3 also gave me a solid foundation of how a typical lesson should or could go. I have utilized many of the techniques/activities outlined in the unit but in a more haphazard way, such as flashcards or gap fill or role playing. I now have a better understanding of how a class should flow and will immediately experiment with it at...  [Read more]