Courses Needed To Become A Teacher

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Bacons 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: The Unit 9 has taught us a lot about the usage of different types of course books, the advantages and disadvantages of using one, the variety of probable usage of both authentic and created materials and also, the way of choosing the appropriate course book with all of its supplementing materials and the correct choice of using them differing and depending of the type of the current class and students you are dealing with in your classroom because, as stated in the Unit, not all the students groups are...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Certification Linfen China 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 ,ore interesting as it had the real practical concepts and the things we need to learn.It teaches us how to write the lesson plans and how to execute them.A sample Lesson plan was provided,which gave us a live example of how to prepare our lessons.Over all it has helped me and better equipped me to become a good teacher by inculcating the required skills that are needed to become an ESL teacher. Thank you.Visual aids and equipment are a teachers best friend. They really help...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jobs North Korea Hyesan 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: It is important that teachers opperate in each of their roles equally and appropriately within the context of the classroom discussion and activities. A good teacher should be able to manage, organize and initiate the classroom and activities. A good teacher should always assess and evaluate progress in order for the students to reach their goals. Prompting the student when they are stuck and giving them time to come up with the answer themselves is important for them to gain confidence and...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Certification Shimla India 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 loved watching those two videos. It gave me a great perspective. Comparing the two lessons, helps to understand what teachers do wrong or what they do great. It ice to see how our attitude helps students to learn with fun and interest. The sencond lesson proves that if we start a class with the engage stage, students become very interested. It's easier for them to learn and for a teacher to teach.This lesson helps teach how to manage classes, the advantages and disadvantages the various...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about Fast TESOL Course 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.G. - Italy said: I actually gained the knowledge of how to be a teacher from taking this course. Honestly, one day I was volunteering to help an english school with its Halloween party and the next I was given three different labs to teach with no experience and no idea where to start. I found that it was nice and fun, but I also was honest with myself that I did no real teaching. I was just a babysitter for the hour I was in their house. Taking this course gave me the information I needed to stop being the...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Nanhai 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. R. – U.K. said: I really enjoyed this unit. It is exciting to think about actually creating a functional lesson plan and executing it in a classroom with students. Some of the more valuable information I learned in this unit is the DEGO process.Teacher should not be explaining but demonstrating and allowing the students to offer their own insight ad solve problems independently. Teachers have time to monitor classroom activity, productivity and progress Teacher observes the students from a distance, allows the...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Randolph 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: This was a fun unit to study and learn. This is now getting in to the detailed work that it takes to teach English as a second language. Some of it may seem very elementary to a native English speaker but for someone trying learn the language, many different materials will be needed. Each area of the World is different, and different material will either attract or repel a student. The teacher has to become familiar with their host country and make an effort to understand what will motivate...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Mullica 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: This unit talked about teaching speaking and writing (including games) productive skills. This unit pointed out that writing is the most neglected skill in the TEFL world because many teachers do not like to see the class hours become a quiet time. However writing is an equally important skill and needed to be focus on as well as the other learning skills. It also talked about the difference between accuracy and fluency communicative activities. Accuracy activities are concentrated on producing...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jobs Islam Shahr Iran 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 first time I heard the words ?Planning lesson? I completely assumed that it needed to be necessarily the script of a lesson, and that it also needed to include the pauses, breaths and stops of the teacher. Nevertheless, after having read all this extremely important information, now I know that the best about planning lessons is the flexibility that it allows you to have. Plus, now I can say that I am confident about lesson planning because I know that there is no an specific scheme to...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Mumbai 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. B. - Japan said: The productive skills, speaking and writing, was the topic for this unit. Speaking and writing were shown to show many similarities with only a few main differences. The speaking section was devoted to listing the different kinds of activities that students can participate in to increase their accuracy and fluency, while the writing section listed the main differences between speaking and writing: handwriting, spelling, and punctuation. The speaking section of the unit also provided techniques on...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jobs Tongren China 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: Consistent assessment is essential for any teacher and student. Without it, a teacher has no means of formulating appropriately rigorous lessons for his or her students. The difference between placement and diagnostic tests was originally a bit confusing, but after some re-reading the difference became more clear. Although both are typically given at the start of a class, I see little reason why ongoing formative assessment (progress tests) cannot also help diagnose/gauge student placement, as...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Merrimac 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 section was very short, and had a lot of replicated information. With that said the focus was reinforcing concepts mentioned in previous units. This includes ESA. Engage, Study, and Activate. Overall the focus is trying to remind the teacher that a mixture of these three concepts is needed in order to teach english in an effective and efficient manner. One of the concepts that I do walk away thinking more consciously about is the boomerang style and the patch work style. I have really began to...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Certification Pakistan Bahawalpur 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: It was very clear from the beginning how successful the teacher was going to be in each video. In the first, he simply started right into the most difficult part of the lesson without allowing the student a chance to warm up. In the second video, however, he started off with a simple activity after learning their names so that they would become comfortable and willing to participate from the onset. I think this is an extremely important aspect to understand when teaching. Students...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Courses 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: J.O. – U.S.A. said: This unit dealt with the use of course books and materials in the classroom. I learned that there are advantages and disadvantages to using course books. Some advantages being that it is quicker than creating your own lessons from scratch, that students expect some sort of text book and that they are set for each level. This is especially good for new and inexperienced teachers. Some disadvantages: they may become too boring if overused, they can't possibly cover all the needs and...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about Organisations All 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: K.C. – U.S.A. said: I have learned a lot from this course. Prior to taking this course, I never realized how much work went into lesson planning. I have a much greater respect for teachers now after having had to do so many of them myself. Being an english teacher or a teacher in general is so much more than just teaching the subject to a class of students. It takes a lot of preparation, time and patience to be able to effectively communicate information to a group of students who initially may not be...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jobs Austria Vienna 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 a basic introduction to the importance of teaching the receptive skills of reading and listening. The idea of teaching reading can be misconstrued at face value. A teacher might focus on the basic structures of sentences and paragraphs, and teach the students how to use phonics to sound out words that they might not know. This unit dove deeper by stating that in order to effectively teach reading; a teacher also need to focus on not only teaching how to recognize and understand...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jobs Brazil Ilheus 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 5 covered methods to help manage a class of students and teaching techniques to help one achieve a well maintained classroom. The unit covered everything from seating to discipline, which can all help you feel more prepared with how to face an actual class. It made sure to repeat some points which have been given in other units, such as limiting teacher talk time and encouraging student talk time in order to make lessons more interesting. The explanation on arrangements of classrooms was quite...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Certification Gatineau Canada 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 that there are 3 basic types of Speaking skills such as controlled which refers to helping the students on what they are about to say, then we have a guided activity which used either in the study or the activate phases and lastly, the creative activities that normally used in the activate phase. I also learned the difference between accuracy and fluency that will be needed in teaching different skills.This unit presents the productive areas of language learning: ...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jobs China Jiaojiang 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 always found that having a documented plan can help to keep the class on track for the task they are learning for a class. This helps to stay on target and becomes a record of what has been achieved by the students and teachers. I try to use bullet points instead of actual scripts. Perhaps a question at the beginning of each phase may help to stay on track. It may be hard to anticipate the time needed to complete each task for a new teacher because we would not know the level of...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about Locations Flexible 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: G.S. – U.S.A. said: I have gained a lot of knowledge on what it means to be a good teacher of english. I only hope that I can implement that knowledge. This course has gone over the methods and techniques needed to become a good teacher. Those methods of setting up the lessons and techniques in presenting them are very important, of course. But it would probably all be in vain if the teacher doesn’t connect with the students. ESA plans and course book lessons are necessary as are evaluations...  [Read more]