Anticipate Pronunciation

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jiangyou 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: O.K. - China said: In this unit I learned about lesson plans. There are 4 main reasons (as seen on the video) the teacher should create a lesson plan, 1. to create logical sequence and structure for the lesson so that the teacher has time before class to plan out each phase of the lesson, 2. it allows the teacher to make a working document to refer to during the lesson if the teacher loses focus, 3. to form a record of what has been taught and what materials have been used, and 4. to give direction to a substitute...  [Read more]

  Then, we have a set of objectives and aims. Here, the learner objectives relate to what we're hoping the students are going to be able to do by the end of your lesson and quite often, that can be a useful way of writing out what the objectives are. So, we would start the sentence "By the end of the lesson, students should be able to?" and then a list of two, three or four items that we're expecting the students to be able to do by completing this lesson. The learner objectives are different to the teacher aims the teacher aims are what you are expecting from that lesson itself. Now, when you first start teaching, quite a normal aim might be to complete the lesson successfully, to get through the whole thing without having any problems. As time goes on and you become more...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jobs Pali India 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 provided me with a range of options for teaching materials and was effective in showing me how different methods capture and hold the attention of a class. Moreover the long and comprehensive list of websites given will no doubt be of great help to me in the future when I come to plan my own lessons. By highlighting the logistical downfalls of some technologies this unit will allow me to anticipate potential problems in future lessons and thus avoid wasting students' time and teacher...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jobs Japan Matsuyama 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 unit of teaching pronunciation and phonology has covers a huge area related to speaking. Once this topic is opened up in class, the teacher should be ready to deliver the right information. Pronunciation is very tricky in a way that some teachers are of different nationalities and would pronounce words differently. And in my opinion, even with the help of the IPA, it is still hard for most to teach the proper pronunciation especially when intonation and stressing come to play. With...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Remus Michigan 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: Pronunciation is an integral part of the English language, as it often reflects the speaker's intent and the meaning they wish to convey. Intonation patterns are useful for students to learn since it helps to indicate whether the speaker is finished speaking, or whether a response is anticipated or required. Similarly, stress on word syllables help students to learn proper pronunciation and give emphasis to the principal meaning of the message. Learning the International Phonetic Alphabet can give...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jobs Boksburg South Africa 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: Teaching pronunciation and phonology is very hard for language learners and very important for teachers to be able to help students in this part of the language. It is often neglected by teachers because teachers themselves lack confidence to teach it methodically and training. Phonology is the study of the physical properties of sounds. Stress, rhythm, intonation, and phonetic alphabet are all important to help students understand the pronunciation of English.As is usually with most things,...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jobs Saudi Arabia Jeddah 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 was the most technical unit I have studied so far. It lends a good perspective on the intricacies of reading and speaking English. The breakdown of the rules is something I take for granted as a native learner. Of course, I didn't know phonemics before studying the sheet, but in practice, I know this rules. It's an ability that, formerly, I could not explain ... But now as a teacher, I will have to able to explain what happens to the mouth when certain sounds are formed. I anticipate...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jobs Vizianagaram India 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 Eleven primarily focused on Receptive and Productive skills. Receptive skills are both listening and reading, while productive skills are speaking and writing. All four of the skills are equally important parts in learning and mastering a language. Each skill should be learned relatively in conjunction with the other skills. The teacher needs to be able to look ahead to anticipate problems that the students may encounter while learning these skills as well as have solutions to combat these...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jobs Wuppertal Germany 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: hello again, this unit was crazy!, i do understand the meaning of it, but isn't the phonology of words natural in the way we use emotions when expressing what we say? it was hard when doing the last few questions as i couldnt download the chart from the internet, as i dont have a program to extract the zip file. i could see what some of the phonetic script was but some not at all. my summery for the bulk of the unit is just that its good to be aware of the pronunciation issues that students will...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jobs Amroha India 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 learned about the different components of lesson plans (phases, timing and interactions) and what details should be included in lesson plans (learner objectives, anticipated problems for students etc.). It is important to know which activities are appropriate for each phase of a lesson plan. Most importantly, lesson plans are meant to be flexible and adaptable. Teachers need to use lesson plans as a guide, but teachers should also be able to adapt their lesson plan to meet the needs of students in...  [Read more]

  In this episode, we cover the pronunciation of the word echo. This word is used as a noun and as a verb. As a noun it refers to the sound caused by the reflection of sound waves from a surface back to the speaker. As a verb, it describes the action of a sound being repeated after the original sound has already stopped. The word comes from the Greek word ?kh? meaning ‘a sound’. Below you can read feedback from an ITTT graduate regarding one section of their online TEFL certification course. Each of our online courses is broken down into concise units that focus on specific areas of English language teaching. This convenient, highly structured design means that you can quickly get to grips with each section before moving onto the next. In this unit, I learned about...  [Read more]

  Okay, so we're going to use this pro-forma as our lesson plan and we're going to fill one out as though we were planning for an actual lesson. So, we start off with some basic information about the class. So, the name of the teacher, date and time and the class level. In this particular case, our class is going to be an elementary class and the room will be room 3. Having looked through the registers we see that the expected number of students for this particular class is going to be 10. This will help us in creating our worksheet copies. The context of the lesson for this class is going to be present continuous tense and it may well be the first time that this particular level of class has been introduced to this tense. So, our focus is going to be fairly general and it's going...  [Read more]

Pronunciation Problems for Chinese Students of English As a global language, English has been popularly taught as the second language in China for quite a few years. Now there are more Chinese people learning English on various purposes, such as applying for a higher paid job, studying and living abroad, or establishing business with western countries. According to my experience of learning and teaching English, it is harder to master English pronunciation than English grammar for Chinese students. Chinese grammar may appear quite simple compared to that of many highly-inflected Western languages (e.g. Russian, Latin, etc.), or even the low-scale verb conjugations, for instance, of English (e.g. "swim, swam, swum") because of the lack of inflections. Even though there are similarities...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about Company Best 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.M. - U.S.A. said: Problems for ESL Learners in ChinaAlthough studying a second language presents problems for all learners, it is important to examine similar problems faced by learners with similar language background. With the economic growth in China, it has been important for chinese students and workers alike to learn and study english to compete in the global economy. Thus it is important to determine the challenges chinese ESL students face in learning english. Pronunciation is one of the major...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about Company Advanced 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: A.O. – U.S.A. said: Through this course, I have learned a range of things, including how to organize a lesson, different methods of teaching the language, areas of english to especially focus on, and more. Now that I have learned the ESA method of organizing lesson plans, I will try to implement this in every lesson plan I do. I understand the importance of the three different learning stages, and the need to quickly get student’s attention with a “warm up,” instead of just jumping into a...  [Read more]