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Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Cheongju 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: C.O. - U.S.A. said: Unit 17 deals with equipment and teaching aids. There are several teaching aids that are used in the classroom like the board, an interactive whiteboard, overhead projector, visual aids, worksheets and work cards, cassette recorder, cd player, videos and DVDs, video camera, dictionaries, computers, online resources, etc. The most common one is the board, and board work should be planned and organised. Interactive whiteboars are also becoming common, and they make planning classes more organised...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Certification Cheongju South Korea 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: From this unit, I get a chance to know about the troubleshooting of common problem situations: first lesson, warmer, different levels and the use of native language. I also learned about the large classes, reluctant students and difficulties of listening text. In addition, it gives me some opportunities of thinking teaching ideas, the ESA lessons and it is worth studying.I HAVEN'T STUDIED ABOUT LESSON PLANNING BEFORE. THIS LESSON GIVES A GOOD INSIGHT ON HOW MY TEACHING SHOULD BE...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jobs Cheongju South Korea 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 second installation in the Present/Past/Future tense overviews. Although tense formations are not my favorite thing to study, it is necessary for native speakers because this was taught to us a long time ago and needs to be reviewed to show students HOW and WHY we use different ways to portray the past. Personally, the most valuable part of the lesson were the Sample Teaching Ideas, which I always write down in my notebook for future class ideas.Unit 19 discussed teaching...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jobs South Korea Cheongju 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 learnt about evaluation and testing. Evaluating students' performance is necessary for both teacher and learner. It gives an insight about the students' progress; if they are improving or not. There are many ways to assess students' language levels, however, the most common one is by giving a test. I have come across placement tests - given to place new students into the correct class according to their English level, progress test - given regularly to check students'...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Zaria 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.P. - Belgium said: Unit eleven discusses receptive skills (reading and listening). We use these skills for a purpose, for entertainment, or both. The unit notes receptive skills require more than just our eyes and ears, but also pre-existing knowledge. We use receptive skills in many different ways: to predict content, scan text or dialogue to find specific information, skim to understand the gist, concentrate to acquire detailed information, and deduce beyond literal meanings. Potential problems are in the language...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Certification Mangaung 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: This unit has helped me understand better on how to plan out a lesson and become more familiar with the ESA straight arrow teaching phases. It has taught me not to script my lessons or else it may become rigid but be more flexible when teaching my classes. The sample lessons in the unit is a very good example that I can refer to in the future when planning out my lessons.I realized that there are similarities with the aspects to consider in teaching young learners and adults,...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jobs Mangaung 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: Unit 15 taught me that assessments are necessary, but they do not have to be harsh exams. Depending on the type of English classes that one gives, and the goals of the students, one might never need to actually create an exam for assessment. Placement tests, diagnostic tests and progress tests are different. They help the teacher see what the students need from them. It was interesting to learn about the different English language proficiency tests that exist.Since the last years the...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jobs South Africa Mangaung 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 some of the major qualities a good teacher should possess, including patience, knowledge, love of teaching and a ability to motivate learners. A good teacher has many roles, including manager, organizer, assessor, and prompter. Good learners have different characteristics, including willingness to learn, to experiment, ask questions, and a desire to learn. Young and old learners have different strengths with regards to learning a new language, such as young learners...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Certification South Africa Mangaung 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: Knowing how, when, and with what effectiveness to using teaching aids can result in the lesson being more interactive and will increase student participation. Overusing worksheets as a tool, for example, will result in lessons becoming predictable and boring for the students, so it has been helpful to overview the variety of potential tools I can use a teacher. The use of audiocassettes was something I hadn't previously thought of, but the exposure to which I can now see myself...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jobs Andong South Korea 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 would say that the insight of this unit is reminder of how we communicate on a day to day level in terms of that we dont always think how to correct our thinking before the spoken word, its just done. this is s reminder to think before we communicate as it wont bring on misunderstanding. may times they way individuals place their wording does not come across of what they are thinking. Gerund is something new that I can say that I have learned from this unit.The productive skills are explained...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Certification Andong South Korea 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 Overview: I have become very comfortable with the ESA teaching methodology as it is progressive and helps both student and teacher to improve their language skills through the use of various activities. These activities appropriate to each level will ensure that all students are involved and gives the teacher the necessary flexibility to keep the students interested.I didn't realize that there was phonemic symbols. That took a while to learn how to read because I'm not use to...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jobs South Korea Andong 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 lesson the productive skills were focused on. Games were given and that was helpful. Speaking was explained in terms of preparing the situation and how to get students interacting and participating, steps like group work or enough guided practice. Also an outline of how to use accuracy and fluency speaking activities and when and how to give feedback. Writing was explained using its constituent parts like spelling, and ideas of an ESA lesson were given. Writing is also important to...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Guatemala City 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: V.H. - Canada said: Wow, what can I say? When I was a child, I remember that learning about the different parts of speech was difficult - but, the more I grew, the more that I realized that it just happened to come easy to me. I had always been under the impression that knowing the terminology of the different parts of speech was not imperative to being a good English teacher - but, after watching the video and reading the material, I now understand that the parts of speech are almost as important as the...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Mexico City 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: G. L. – U.K. said: In this unit we are taught of the different methods of teaching a new language to students, here we went through previous models (though some of them are still in use) and studied where they were good and where they fall short, later on we are introduced to the ESA (Engage, Study, Activate) method which was created by Jeremy Harner in 1998. ESA method was developed from Harner's observations on the positive and negative sides of former methods, he decided to gather the positive results and...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Benin City 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: L.S. - Colombia said: This unit focused on the use of teaching equipment and teaching aids. The most prominent piece of equipment I would expect to use is a board of some kind. Some important details to remember when using a board are to always keep it legible, capitalized text may be harder to read, and keep in mind that students will be taking notes so some form of sectioning and organization is needed. Similarly another set of equipment i may end up using is an interactive whiteboard. When getting adjusted to...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Oklahoma City 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.E. - Qatar said: This section deals with the different ideas language teaching professionals have come up with for teaching English. The unit describes the main methods available (audio lingual-ism, grammar-translation etc) We read a description of what each method entails, before continuing on to study the ESA method. ESA stands for Engage, Study and Activate. First of all we read about elicitation, the different methods that can be used to elicit information from students, and how it advisable to elicit...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Blantyre City 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.Z. - U.S.A. said: In this unit, we could watch 2 versions of a TEFL lesson - one in which the TEFL teacher demonstrated a lack of interest in the lesson and the learners - and a second in which the teacher showed greater interest in the learners and took greater care to teach the materials. It is clear that the students' reactions to each lesson are markedly different. In the poorly executed lesson, the students show little willingness to interact with the lesson, and seem lost throughout most of the...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Island City 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 unit is about parts of speech, which studies the elements to form up a sentence. A more detailed sentence would contain many elements, not only articles, nouns and verbs, but also adjectives and prepositions etc. It might be hard for children to learn some of the parts of speech, especially prepositions, as they are complex and easy to get confused. In addition, it may be hard for them to memorize the verb forms as some specific words would have different kinds of form. Teachers may need to...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Park 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: Course books, authentic materials and created materials are all useful resources in the classroom. It is up to the teacher's discretion which is most useful for that particular lesson. There are advantages and disadvantages for using any one of them. For example, course books are great because they have a guideline and a syllabus. However, depending on the quality of the course book it can be predictable and outdated for the students. Authentic materials such as, magazines and newspaper articles are...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Stotts City 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: Lesson Planning. The importance of being prepared, but at the same time be flexible. Each classroom is different, the students, the culture, the age, all of this can affect our interaction with our students, so we need to be able to adapt our plan according to our group. Have a lesson plan is pretty important, it gives you guidelines to follow and record the lessons and makes it easier to review it in the future, or to change it if it's not working out. It also serves as a main road to take, while...  [Read more]