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Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jobs Utah Provo 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 focused on grammar. Grammar is a concept that is very important within the English language. It is not only important for academic purposes but as well in every day life. This outlined the modals that can be used to express a number of different ideas; obligation, possibility, permission, ability and advice. There are also formal and informal ways of using the models to express yourself. It is important for EAL learners to know what is appropriate for what time. This can be discovered through...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jobs Provo Utah 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 gave an overview of equipment and teaching aids generally found and used in the classroom. In addition, several websites to aide ESL teachers as well as ESL students were provided. Prior to studying this chapter I was familiar with all the study aids presented. What the unit did, was expand on their uses in the classroom. The websites will be a useful resource to aide in teaching, with the only problem being, narrowing them down.This Unit 18 covered several topics, Modals with are words...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Mound 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: In this unit, it has introduced the basics of grammar. Through this unit, I have learned in details the different types of nouns, adjectives, article, verbs, adverbs, gerunds, pronouns, prepositions and conjunctions. Out of them, I have newly learned about gerunds. Gerunds are -ing form of verbs used as nouns. In this unit, it has also presented the detailed types and usages of each grammar groups such as the different verb forms (base form, past simple, past participle and present participle)and...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Kent 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: Unit 7 delves into vocabulary, grammar and functions of English with examples of typical ESA vocabulary and grammar lessons. This unit is helpful because it shows what features of vocabulary and grammar structures students need to know. Another important part of this unit is that it provides techniques and procedures for teaching vocabulary and grammar such as picture learning tools for the engage portion of vocabulary teaching. Unit 7 also teaches that the patchwork technique is beneficial for...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Republic 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: There are some ways to assess a student's language level: tutorials, evaluation by the students, tests. Tests are basically divided into 4 categories: placement tests to place students into the correct class acccording to the language level, progress tests which are applied periodically to see what is acquired and what is forgotten, diagnostic tests to see what the students already know, practice tests with the format and the structure of the external examination. General external examinations are...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Amboy 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: This unit covered the pros and cons of coursebooks vs. teacher created lessons, the use of authentic (not created specifically for education) materials and created materials (created specifically for teaching) and considerations in choosing coursebooks. My university has experimented with different coursebooks at an annoying and seemingly random pace. I've worked there for 5 years and we've had 4 different coursebooks. The problem seems to be that administration is deciding on books depending on...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Elgin 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: I enjoyed studying Unit 19, called Teaching Special Groups. This unit focused mostly on the various types of ESL beginners and Business English students. It had a large list of DOs and DONTs when teaching Beginners, which is very important when exposing a group of beginners to a new language. I was able to relate this unit to an experience teaching beginner children last summer. I would have liked to see different ways to aid students who experience stress outside of the classroom in their lives. At...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Hurley 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: In this unit, I learned the basics of authentic course materials as well as how to be creative in creating my own ways to teach students the lesson at hand. It's important to understand my goal and aim before I choose whether to use authentic materials or my own created materials. I believe that there definitely needs to be a balance between the two. Authentic materials are standard and therefore as a teacher I can be able to have a gage of what level my students are at on average. But, created...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Huludao 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.S. - Luxembourg said: Unit 2 \"Teaching and Learning\" contained information about, well, teaching and learning. No seriously it does but it also includes topics such as the pros and cons of groups vs. one to one classes, Organizing groups into skill levels, \"Productive and Receptive\" skills, i.e. speaking, writing, talking and reading. These are the important skills we aim to teach, each skill has its own lesson methodology tailored for it, but how the lesson is taught can be done in a wide variety of ways,...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Goetz Wisconsin 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 a number of different EFL methodologies, practices and forms of feedback that aspiring teachers are encouraged to employ during their lessons. The unit began by first delving into the various methodologies available to teachers by describing their function and in what circumstances they may work best. Though there is over 13 methods that this unit touched upon (each of which offers a different form of classroom engadgment), they all work to expose students to new material in an...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Sperry 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 choice of teaching method depends on what fits ? educational philosophy, classroom demographic and subject area(s) . Teaching theories primarily fall into two categories or ?approaches? ? teacher-centred and student-centred. Most people can remember lessons at school which were uninvolving and where they ?switched off? from what was being taught them. Frequently, this was because they were bored, because they were not emotionally engaged with what was going on in the classroom. Such lessons can...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Chancellor 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: These two lessons demonstrate very well how important the attitude of the teacher is and how it is reflected by the students. The first lesson is very boring! Just watching it and not sitting in it is very tiring. You can imagine that sitting in this lesson is not fun at all and very difficult to follow. Whereas the second lesson is more or less the opposite. You recognize that the teacher likes what he is doing and therefore the student's attitude is totally different from the first lesson....  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Bethany 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: Unit 11 introduced the concept of receptive and productive skills. It detailed that receptive skills include reading and listening. The unit outlined what and how students read as well as the potential problems that can arise as a result. The key points of learning included, ensuring that reading and listening materials develop interest within students. Along with the choice of task, interest in a topic will assist in engagement and comprehension levels of the class. In addition to this, understanding...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Luther 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: In order to introduce a new language, you must take in to account a number of factors first. The age of the class and language level is of course significant as this will have affected their previous exposure to other languages and level and understanding of their own native language. Following this you can then take in to account what the students need in order to gain a good understanding along with the difficulty level of what you choose to introduce. Once you match the learners to the right level...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Cedar City Utah 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 Unit 9, I learned that books and materials are extremely important when carrying out a lesson plan. We can use two types of materials; the first one is ?Authentic Materials? which consists in: programs, magazines, newspapers, songs, poems and so on. And the second one is ?Created Materials? which consists in: Crosswords, word search puzzles, role-play cards and so on. Also, I learned that the usage of a course book can definitely help out class management, it?s important to recognize which...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Plain City Utah 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 I learned a lot about Modal Auxiliary Verbs, Passive Voice, Relative Clauses and Phrasal Verbs. The Modal Auxiliary Verbs are used before other verbs to add meaning to the main verb (can, could, will, would, shall, should, may, might, must, have to,...etc.). They can express obligation, advice, permission, possibility and ability, as well as a degree of formality like 'May I' or 'Could I'. Reviewing the Passive Clauses was really interesting as I wasn't too familiar with it and feel much...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Galax Viriginia 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 three main ways to assess a student?s level: tutorials, evaluation by the students and tests. Evaluation is the moment when the student gets a feedback of how well and how fast he/she is developing skills, and when the teacher has the measure of the students? progress. This allows a better course plan, in line with the students? needs. Regarding to the tests, they?re largely used for assessing, and there is a variety of tests that can be taken depending on the objective of the evaluation, for...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Brian Head Utah 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 reviewed conditionals and reported speech. Conditionals can be very confusing for non-native English speakers. The unit clearly explained the different types of conditions and the situations in which they should be used, with clear examples for each. The teaching ideas were also helpful, as it seems like demonstration and practice would be the best way to try to teach conditionals. Reported speech can also be quite confusing for non-native English speakers, as there are many changes in verb...  [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 Holly Mountain 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: This unit was helpful for teaching new vocabulary, grammar and language functions. It is important to select the right vocabulary for the age and language level of the students. Other considerations are the frequency and coverage of the word in common usage. Basic vocabulary relies on visual aids such as pictures or mime gestures. Students need to know the meaning, usage, forms and patterns of grammatical structures. Gap-fill and sentence word-order exercises are good examples of study phase...  [Read more]