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Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Certification Memphis Tennessee 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 interesting because I really noticed the idea of conditionals. I just figured that it was the way it was. the mixed conditionals are quite difficult if one doesn't really break the sentence down according to the rule. The concepts of conditionals was quite confusing especially when the concept of back-steeping and shifting are added. I hope I did wellThis unit I have learn the test about a kill--receptive skills?reading and listening,and productive skills-speaking and...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Certification Tennessee Memphis 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 focuses on the receptive skills, reading and listening, and how to foster and balance those skills in a lesson as well as over time. The unit provides examples of potential lesson outlines that specifically target reading and listening skills, and it also breaks down reading and listening activities into the potential difficulties students may have with them and how to overcome those challenges. I learned from this unit that pre-teaching vocabulary that the teacher anticipates...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Stacy Minnesota 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 15 is concerned with evaluation and testing. This could be done in a variety of ways, e.g. informal: guided discussion in class or formal: external examination, for example TOEFL. Another possibility apart from evaluation by the students and tests is tutoring. However, one on one tutoring might be difficult to achieve in classes with high numbers of participants. Having a closer look at tests, there are many, many test out there and they test different skills. For example the IELTS or TOEFL...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Wrangell Alaska 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 is probably the most difficult unit thus far. It was difficult to see the application of the contents, but after carefully examining the guidelines, rules and examples it became clear. The modal auxiliary verbs comes naturally as they form part of every day English. Conveying a sentence in a certain way, of which there are several different undertones of meaning, is difficult to master but will come naturally once a learner is familiar and confident with the use of auxiliary verbs. Passive and...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Tampico 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: teaching conditionals and reported speech can be quite tricky as the subject might appear confusing to learners, that's why I enjoyed reading about the suggested activities for this unit, they all sound like a lot of fun. I think it's good when even the instructor considers an activity fun, instead of letting the students take on activities that even I considers drab or uninteresting. \"Nuclear Bunker\" and \"What a question,\" sounds quite interesting and informative, it also appears to be able to...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Dallastown 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: I am very happy that this is the last section on ?tenses.? These have been a big struggle for me. Some of the questions I found to be quite tricky. ?John is going out tonight? could be Present Continuous since it is a definite arrangement, but it could be Going to Future since it?s an intention, or it could be Future Simple since it?s a certainty. There were just a lot of questions that made me second-guess myself. As a native English speaker, I felt very self-conscious during these units;...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Yeager Oklahoma 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 goal of unit five is to expand upon the managerial aspects of a teacher's job. Appropriate uses of gestures, eye contact, and vocal cues are discussed. The lesson stresses that a teacher should be discriminating in their use of body language, as not all gestures are universal. Unit five then proceeds to cover the benefits and drawbacks of different student groupings (whole class, individual, pairs, and groups), as well as the four primary ways that a classroom can be arranged (rows, circles and...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Iberia Missouri 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: 1. Overview Unit 20 Unit 20 deals with a few common problem situations in the classroom such as facing the first lesson with a group; the importance of using 'warmers' to get students motivated and in the mood for English; how to cope with students of different levels of English language competence in the same class; coping with large classes; how to address the use of native language (L1) during the lesson; helping and motivating reluctant students and finally stressing the necessity to improve...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Maple Valley Washington 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 explained the usage of various materials in the classroom. The unit identified the different types of authentic materials (newspapers, songs, poems, magazines, brochures, and menus) and created materials (flashcards, crosswords, word searches, picture stories, role-play cards, and games). The unit also outlined the advantages and disadvantages of using different types of materials. The second half of this unit instructed the best use of course books in the classroom. The unit also...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Cumberland 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: Watching videos was very interesting to me in the sense that it showed me how the positive attitude of a teacher can contribute to the effectiveness of his lesson. Students turned to be active if the teacher made a good rapport like joking, calling them by their names and giving everyone a chance to participate. Pairing them was also good then giving them individual attention. I really liked the use of pictures (eliciting), demonstration of a verb and word linking such as a bird........can.........  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Elkmont 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: This lesson was about the present tense system. I felt that this lesson was very informative. For instance I learned that when you give directions you should do this using the simple present. I have noticed that when I teach classes my students have difficulty using correct grammar when giving directions. This is something I will point out to my students in the future. I also learned that some good activities for teaching tenses. Surveys I think are very helpful tool when teaching the present tense...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Garden 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: Reading and listening are receptive skills. Great! So there are many purposes for which we listen to or read articles. A lot of vocabulary and language structure might pose a threat to reading beginners but a pre lecture on the vocabulary and use of words would go a long way in preparing their minds for the new words. Eventhough one might not be familiar with a new word or phrase in a sentence, it doesnt render the reading activity void. I also learnt to again use the ESA method to get the students to...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Baoding 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: R.W. - Germany said: There are four different preesent tenses: simple, continuous, perfect and perfect continuous. Each tense presents an affirmative, a negative and a question form. The present simple affirmative form is: subject + base form (es/s in the third singular person). This tense uses the verb to do as auxiliary verb for the negative and question forms. Typical usages of present simple are habits, routines, facts, directions, instructions, commentaries etc. The present continuos affirmative form is:...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Mammoth 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: As usual, this unit added a lot to my knowledge and information about managing the class. Having been introduced to different types of students' grouping; class grouping as a whole, pair work and team work as well as individual work, I'm familiar with and fully aware of the pluses and minuses of each. Moreover, I acknowledged different class seating arrangements. I also learned about maintaining discipline in class and how to prevent behavior problems as well as establishing a rapport between the...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Davidson North Carolina 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: Engage, Study and Activate, (ESA) is a method of teaching that encourages the student to be involved in a progressive form of learning involving real life communication experiences. It provides a non threatening teaching technique that encourages and inspires the learner to transition through each stage of language development. There are many other methodologies and techniques used when teaching language, however with this approach the teacher and the learner work through developmentally...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Victor New York 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've already learnt how to create a lesson plan during my college years and this was a good review of it. I think planning a lesson is very important because it basically summarizes the content you will be teaching. This helps you plan out what students should be learning and how they should be learning it. The biggest mistake teachers can make is not being prepared. If you can't prepare yourself and be flexible to adapt to changes, it will be very stressful as a teacher. Preparation needs time but as...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Mapleton 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: I liked the examples given for the lessons, it showed the differences I would need to acknowledge when teaching vocab versus grammar. I think the use of smaller games, such as matching or cross-word would be better for vocab and the grammar is better with role-play because grammar is really only relevant when used in context. I think that the irregular verbs and corresponding tenses may cause some problems simply because there are very few if any rules for them. A patchwork exercise perhaps. The first...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Friendship Heights District Of Columbia 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: With the abundance of lesson material ideas with the help of course textbooks and outside resources, allows teachers to be creative and given some ideas as what may help our students better grasp topics in the lessons. With the internet connecting with a multitude of opportunities of what can and what might not work in the classroom, gives us somewhat an idea what some theories work, but of course each class and group students will have different needs and different types of...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Morgan County Tennessee 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 20 covered various forms of troubleshooting challenges that can arise in the course of teaching ESL: first lessons (both with a new group and an existing group), warmers, students at different levels in the same class, large classes (an inevitability for many teachers in the course of their careers), use of native language (and how to encourage English usage instead), students who are more reluctant to participate, and problems with listening texts. I found this unit very helpful as I...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Henry Tennessee 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 thing that stuck out to me the most in this unit is when it says to not rush the material. It said it would be best to be behind in the lesson and modify for the next rather than rush through the remainder of the lesson. This is important to remember because what would be the use in rushing through material they did not understand. If a lesson moves too quickly information is missed because they do not have a previous understanding. Sometimes letting the students dictate what they learn is...  [Read more]