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Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Olton 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: After undergoing this unit, I feel that it has helped me gain new ideas on how to troubleshoot potential problems which I might face in the future - such as ensuring that I do not show I know their native language so that the students would not communicate in any language but English, as well as knowing how to help students who are reluctant and/or those with difficulty in learning from listening to voice texts. I feel that overall, I have learnt a lot of new information from the entirety of this course,...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL King 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 covers how to properly and effectively manage a classroom. This unit described seating arrangements, establishing rapport between students and the teacher, as well as how to effectively give out instructions. This unit was more of a lesson in how teachers can improve the overall dynamic of the classroom and turn it into a warm, inviting environment. A warm teaching environment helps the student become more self-confident, feels comfortable in the classroom with their peers and instructor, and lets...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Sun Valley 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: Teachers play various roles in a typical classroom but one of the most important is that of a classroom manager. Effective teaching & learning cannot take place in a poorly managed classroom. When there's no apparent rules and procedures, guide behavior, chaos becomes the norm . Poor management wastes class time, reduces students' time on task and detracts from the quality of the learning environment. In these situations both teacher and ...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Grosse Pointe Woods 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 was a great way to finish up the twenty sections, I appreciate the short review and it inspired a little more confidence in myself going forward. From this lesson in particular, I feel I've gained a better sense of language texts and their appropriate use, or rather, to not leave them out of the lesson if at first it seems they aren't doing much good. Thank you or all the finer points and the general know-how of becoming a successful ESL teacher. I've worked really hard as a...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Northwest 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: This unit was about the present tense, one of the three main tenses, with 4 sub-tenses. We have seen the different usages of each sub-tense, with different forms including regular and irregular forms if necessary. When I read the parts about the typical mistakes and errors, I remembered my childhood, the times when I was studying all these tenses and doing the same mistakes. Now, studying once again to become a teacher, it is much easier and meaningful for me to see the same structures and...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Dayton Lakes 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 a review of the previous unit in which ESA was discussed, but it also showed how ESA can be applied to teach different language points (grammar, syntax, vocabulary). It also suggests some activities that might be used at the different stages of ESA. These suggestions are useful, but experience has taught me that these types of activities become tedious after a while, not for the students but more for the teachers. I think the creativity of teachers should be explored a bit more. As...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Edinburg 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 unite is about teaching material and books.I learned that course books usually come in a set of three,student book,workbook and teacher book.There are some advantages and disadvantages in using course books.Some of the advantages are,it is less time consuming for the teacher,it is well graded,it covers all skills.The disadvantages might be,it might make the teacher lazy,the teacher or students might not like it,it is not designed for needs of particular students and it might become boring.What a...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Certification Rondonopolis Brazil 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 focus was on the receptive skills of reading and listening. The main reasons for reading and listening are for a purpose or your own personal entertainment. It is important for a teacher to approach language difficulty by carefully selecting texts and pre-teaching vocabulary. As a teacher, when you choose topics that are of interest to your students, the class will become more motivated and engaged in the lesson.Evaluation of our lesson by the students is helpful to...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Godley 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 15 covered the motivation behind evaluating students and the methods by which a teacher can do so, as well as the various external tests that students may need to prepare for. Evaluations are necessary so that both the teacher and student can become aware of strengths/weaknesses, and allow for gaps in knowledge to be filled in. At the start of the course a placement test and ideally a diagnostic test should be used, followed by routine progress tests, and finally practice tests for either a final...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Colombo 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: D.R. - Korea said: Reflective skills, or in other words reading and listening, are some of the most important things to learn. If a student knows how to read another language and comprehend what they are reading then they are well on their way to understanding the language! When it comes to listening, it is often times more difficult. Being able to comprehend another person who is speaking in another language is an incredible skill. When people speak they tend to talk quickly and they run all of their words together....  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Cedar Hill 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 about types of assessment and how to administer tests. Testing becomes more and more important as students improve and graduate to new English levels. I would think that testing would be especially important for high school students that will have to take entrance exams for English-speaking universities. I suppose how many tests a teacher uses depends on the teacher and the class, but my inclination would be more for shorter, consistent assessment rather than huge tests per unit or...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Ingalls 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: The importance of finding a balance between productive and receptive skills is something that I started to become aware of early on in my language learning journey, and I feel that receptive skills are much more easily developed than productive ones from my experience. While this may have been the case for me, it is important for teachers of foreign languages to elicit constructive practice of productive skills whilst providing their students appropriate materials to listen to and read. This unit gave...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jobs Urdaneta Philippines 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 talks about receptive skills (reading and listening): how and why we do them as well as how to teach them effectively. It also provides detailed examples as well as samples of teaching material. In this unit, I learned how to select and vary course material in order to cater to students' needs, language level and interests. I also learned the difference between authentic and non-authentic texts as well as how to incorporate them effectively in reading sections.The unit is about...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about Comprehensive TESOL School 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: B.P.- Switzerland said: 1) - The importance of writing out a lesson plan: this will help me structure my classes and not lose focus – things can get scattered for me as I teach individual classes and no two students are at the same level or have the same aim! It can get very confusing. - As a beginning teacher having a good course book to help stay on course and make sure the lessons progress logically. - Make good use of the resources available on the Internet and other sources. - Use this TEFL...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Topsey 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 I remembered how unpleasant it was to communicate in English with my schoolmates and what a mess it usually used to be in the class when the teacher became boring. I am mentioning it because by working on tasks particularly on the last one where I had to create a patchwork lesson, which is in my view very complex method for easy lesson like checking in the hotel I found myself in trouble with ideas to cover the phases. I think that simplicity and improvisation is sometimes more effective then...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jobs India Jalgaon 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 receptive and productive skills, and receptive include reading and listening, means how we receive information. Both of them are equally important, but different students can find one of them more difficult to improve. For example, while reading the text is printed on the page and this allows to come back and look through it again and again until it becomes clear or at least find unknown words in dictionary.And for listening and understanding students can be unable to repeat sometime and...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Brookside Village 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 focused on classroom management. There were sections in this unit on how a teacher should behave in the classroom, how the classroom should be set up, and how to utilize different types of activities such as group and individual work. I found that some of this chapter was a review of my college communication class. However, I began to learn new material as the unit progressed and became focused on teaching. One suggestion I found interesting is that student nationalities should be...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Cranfills Gap 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 I have learned various ways to manage a classroom of students. Teachers should make use of their voice, eye contact, and commonly understood gestures to hold their students' attention and establish a good rapport with them. The classroom seating arrangement can be altered to affect the atmosphere of the classroom and maximize student talk time, but factors such as the age of the students and the available physical space within the classroom should be taken into account. Activities can...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL White Deer 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 think the most important part of this section was the creative writing section/ spelling section. I have a learning disability and it is in written expressions. So, I always had difficulties as a kid with spelling and my desire to write. In this section it stated that the best way to help a student with spelling is through extensive reading. I thought about myself. I think I became better at spelling through the books we had to read as students in middle school and high school. Continuing on to the...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about Centre Registered 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.A. - Ireland said: Phonetics-phonologyPhonetic reading has become the method du jour in the last two decades for teaching young students how to read. There is much controversy surrounding this teaching method and the division seems to, roughly, follow along the generational division lines. Regardless of personal feelings on teaching students how to read, the value of phonics, especially to those learning a new language, cannot be denied. There is a difference between phonetics and phonology, however,...  [Read more]