Cultural Events Examples

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jobs paita Peru 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 the future tense, which in many ways is much more complex than the past or present tenses. It discusses the seven most common ways of talking about future events and provides detailed explanations and examples for each. This unit is very enlightening for me, since I've been speaking English naturally for many years and often find myself at a loss when I have to explain in a logical or methodical manner the subtle differences between future tense forms.The list of resources in this...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Amsterdam 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.D. - U.S. said: This unit covers the topic of business etiquette, employment opportunity, creating resume and CV, examination course for the teacher, association and organization, and supplement. The most important part of the lesson may come from business etiquette since different countries have their own set of cultural practices. It is best to understand the social-cultural aspect of the countries before fully express our personal opinion regarding the political or religion of the country. The employment...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about Dates Global 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. - Canada said: Cultural Sensitivity in the Classroom TEFL teachers are faced with different challenges in the classroom all the time and one of them is lack of cultural sensitivity. It is important to address this issue to ensure that the teaching instruction being delivered is not bias, discriminating or prejudice to the students. Being aware about the cultural differences of the students can help the teacher understand the learning approach of the student to the language. It is important not to...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about Fulltime TESOL Lessons 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.G. - United Kingdom said: Teaching slang and idiomsIf a teacher gives two hoots about making sure their students can have fluent conversations in english then they would be muppets if they overlooked the importance of idioms and slang. Using colloquialisms in a written text may look out of place but in the playground, the workplace and on the television they are commonplace. It follows that if a student’s aim is to converse with native speakers, understanding these peculiarities is essential. A good...  [Read more]

Teaching Grammar The acquisition of new grammar presents interesting challenges for both the student and the teacher. There are factors that need to be considered from the student's point of view, as well as the teacher's point of view. Grammar should be taught and learned a natural form. Teacher should avoid using technical terms related to grammar. The aforementioned factors can cause other difficulties that will be discussed in this article. Learning grammar in a natural form depends mostly on the way on which the teacher presents the grammar. The teacher must present the grammar using natural situations and examples that the students can relate to. In order to achieve this it is necessary, that the teacher plan ahead, know his students well, have a firm grasp of the grammar topic and...  [Read more]

Common Linguistic problems Contronyms, Heteronyms, Idioms, Oh my! English is an extremely complex language. Before a student can be considered truly proficient, he/she must not only master a variety of tenses and irregular verbs, sentence structure and parts of speech, but he/she must also work to understand and master lexical and structural ambiguities. Lexical ambiguities are very common and have a variety of names and definitions depending on the level of ambiguity. Homonyms are words that have the same spelling, but two or more meanings. An example of this is: mean. Is it describing an unkind person? Is it an average? Is someone talking about the definition of a word? Another type of lexical ambiguity is the heteronym. These are words that are spelled the same, but have different...  [Read more]

China is not so much a country as a huge world in its own right. The ambition of the nation is to be the world’s largest economy, and most educated observers expect that it is only a matter of time before this aspiration is met. But it is not simply the economic dynamism and the strange contrast of cultures that draws the traveler. Thousands of years of history, philosophy and culture are clearly evident, and in a sense all of the political events of the 20th century, are merely a grain of sand on the beach of Chinese history. Cantonese and Mandarin are the official languages; however, in a country of around one point three billion spread over nearly four million square miles, there is a cornucopia of different dialects and idioms. The reality is that Cantonese will serve you well in...  [Read more]

Should Students Be Allowed to Use Their Native Language in the Classroom When I first began teaching lessons during the TESOL Course I found myself almost automatically saying to the students, “English please,” after all it is an English class. However, I began to question myself about whether or not this was “correct” practice or if the students should in fact use their native language to assist them in the learning process. After doing some research I found the TESOL Law Code of Ethics. The Law of Ethics provided many vague and open-ended ideas. It suggested things along the lines of, “The foreign language teacher shall direct her whole professional effort to assist the students to develop his/her second language speaking ability.” It also mentions that TESOL teachers are to...  [Read more]