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Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Browndell 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: Interesting as the Unit makes a point that phonetics is seldom taught and is put behind other forefront strategies for teaching. I frequently over a lifetime of English speaking look in dictionaries and always gloss over the phonetic spellings. I see them but more or less ignore them as my English aptitude for words and speaking and writing is quite advanced, or so I thought. This Unit is a good guide to the higher aspects of English and important to at least include in any english coursework so...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Sour Lake 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 learned that accuracy and fluency are equally important- with emphasis on each being dependent on the phase of the lesson. Accuracy is the focus in the study phase where the students are learning the structure of the language. Fluency is the focus in the activate phase where the purpose is to basically get the students to speak. Drilling exercises and prompting are strategies to help with accuracy. Free role play, discussions,information gap, debates, simulation and communication games serve to...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Marion 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: This unit involves past tenses. Past simple, past continuous, past perfect, and past perfect continuous. The past simple involve Did you work? as a question I didn't work as a negative and I worked as a positive. These can involve past actions with time, or something where the time was definite in the past like the train was ten minutes late. The past continuous in something that began in the past and will continue. The sun was rising. The past perfect uses had started. The concert had started when I...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Normangee 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 learned about pronunciation and phonology. Pronunciation is an integral part of this course, it reflect feelings and personal reactions to different situations. If pronunciation is not correct the meaning of the word is lost and we cannot understand what the speaker is trying to say. There are general rules that are laid to understand the English grammar. Certain features are needs to be highlighted to understand English grammar, these are such as intonation, stress, pronunciation, phonemic,...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Western Springs 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: This unit was very straight forward and was a nice refresher. As I already teach dance and english I am very familiar with lesson plans and this was a good review. Since I teach children it is important for me to have many activities planned, as many times my timing for the activity is not correct. For one group our activity can take 15 minutes, but with another group our activity could take 5 minutes. So I have learned to be prepared and plan for different activities and fillers that pertain...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Robbinsville New Mexico 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 aids assist students in learning. These aids consist of video, audio and hands-on tools to help involve the students and enhance the learning experience. Teaching aids can be as basic as a blackboard or whiteboard. Audio and visual equipment, such as DVD players and video projectors, are commonly used as tools for learning with a very effective output. Students tend to get more involved when learning if teaching aids are implemented into the curriculum. Hands-on aids, such as...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Rosedale Beach Delaware 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 14 discussed the use of coursebooks and lesson materials in the classroom. Although the lesson was short it provided some great ideas and examples of materials to use. It covered the importance of using authentic materials, such songs, newspapers, magazines and menus. These real materials are interesting for the students and the understanding of these type of materials that they will find in the real world gives them confidence. The unit also highlighted the advantages and disadvantages of...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Oak Ridge 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: Using various materials to create lesson plans will help a teacher bring their classroom learning to life. Using a balance of authentic materials, such as anything a native speaker would hear or read, created materials designed by the teacher, and course books specifically designed for lamguage learning, will provide a varied, interesting, and motivational classroom setting. Using too much of one type of material can cause boredom, overwhelm, or disinterest in the learners. Pairing varied learning...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Certification San Antonio 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: Unit 18 confused me bit until I started the test for the unit. It made sense as I was going along because it was natural to me some sentences just don't make sense when you say them a certain way. I did have to refer back to the structure o the Passive voice formation because it was the breakdown of it. But once I read the sentences in the unit test it all made sense.The structure of the present tense and past tense are very similar to each other. As long as you keep in mind the forms...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Certification Texas san antonio 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 discussed the advantages and disadvantages of using a textbook to develop the plans for classroom activities. While using a book can be less time consuming because the material is provided, a textbook can be considered boring by both the teacher and the students. A textbook is often used for a generalized audience, so often still teachers will need to adjust the lesson to their specific learners. Authentic materials are things a native speaker will encounter naturally in their...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Islesboro Maine 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 looked at the importance of evaluating students to check their progress and understanding, as well as to give them feedback. There are various ways in which students can be evaluated. This includes tutorials, which is time used to review work and check student understanding within smaller groups, or even for individual students. Another evaluation is by letting students evaluate the course, thereby letting the teacher know their strong and weak points. As well as what interests them and what...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Crescent 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 was a very enjoyable part of the Tesol course as it makes students/potential teachers aware of the importance of all Reading and Listening skills. We have to assume that all students have an inability to speak or listen effectively. As the lesson goes on and we meet the students more regularly we can gage an idea of who is stronger and weaker than others. Thus we can create a lesson that fits and suits all needs. Making the lesson more enjoyable and receptive to the students. Only focusing on the...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Roxana Delaware 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 helped me identify the conditional sentences I use on a daily basis and never recognized. With each of the conditionals, it was formatted in a way that helped me remember how each conditional type was classified. I remembered them in terms of decreasing likelihood, confidence, and reality. The Zero Conditional was a fact, the First Conditional is likely, the Second Conditional is a \"what if\" scenario that you would happen if an unlikely event occurred, the Third conditional is completely...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Coloma 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: This unit shows just how profound of an impact a teacher can have in the classroom with their body language. In the second lesson the teacher's smile, clarity of voice, as well as his calm and encouraging demeanor all made the students feel comfortable and not afraid to make mistakes. He looked like he enjoyed what he was doing, which makes the atmosphere overall more enjoyable for the students. In his lesson the students read, wrote, spoke, and listened to English and appeared to have a good time...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Lavaca Arkansas 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: Productive skills are speaking and writing, accuracy and fluency are of equal importance when it comes to teaching productive skills. Speaking activities for the classroom consist of creative communication for fluency based activities (free role play, discussions or debates), For accuracy based activities controld and guided activities (drilling, prompting and guided role play). The differences between written text from speaking is the grammar, vocabulary, spelling, hand writing, layout and...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Calhan Colorado 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 authentic materials and created materials and their potential uses in the classroom. The section on authentic materials building confidence reminded me of my French teacher in high school who had our class read Camus' L'Etranger which really increased my self confidence in reading in French. It makes intuitive sense to use a mixture of created and authentic materials to keep students engaged. This chapter also covered course books, their pros, cons and uses which was an enlightening...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Leeton 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: The focus for this unit was upon teaching the productive skills of speaking and writing. A part of the lesson dealt with discussing the differences of fluency and accuracy and which parts of a lesson would be used to develop each skill. The Study phase is primarily for developing accuracy and the Activate phase is primarily for fluency. In the video, three main types of activities were mentioned, controlled, guided, and creative. Controlled activities occur during the Study phase and use a high level...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Paonia Colorado 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 importance of lesson planning. It highlighted the functions of a lesson plan and how it is necessary for inexperienced teachers to have a lesson plan but without affecting class flexibility. Then the unit described how to write down a lesson plan and what should be included. It also included a sample lesson plan and included worksheets that could be used during language lessons. I learnt how to write and structure a formal lesson plan to help as a record and also how to monitor my...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Kendleton 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: When teaching English there are usually many different specific groups that a teacher may encounter, teaching beginners, individuals, business English, teaching a multicultural class etc. One important thing to keep in mind is that while all those different groups maybe learning English is that their skill, and motivation levels will vary so it's important to tailor their needs to how you plan a lesson. For example a group of young learners may be forced take the class so their motivation level may not...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Benona 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: The teacher's purpose in the student's life is never to be underestimated. Knowing the subject is one thing, but it is how he/she delivers knowledge that significantly defines the student's ability to learn and grow. I can take away many important notes to begin a clear teaching career from this lesson, but the most valuable component to me personally is the emphasis of rapport. Rapport is measured by communication strategies from rotating class structure and peer groups, to balancing the isolation...  [Read more]