Dakota Tesol

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Dakota 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: All of the content in this Unit was new to me and it was very interesting to learn about the different theories, methods and techniques. I can reflect upon my own experiences with language learning as a student and the effectiveness of some of these methods over others, particularly how I recall almost nothing from classes where audio-lingualism was the primary mode employed. Comparatively, the ESA method makes much more sense, and I can think of examples in my own learning where that was very...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL North 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: J.R. – U.S.A. said: This unit has done a good job of covering some aspects of managing a classroom. The behavior of the teacher, the arrangement of the room and the grouping of the students are some of the topics that have been addressed. The voice, eyes, and gestures of the teacher are essential in controlling the class, setting the tone or the pace of the lesson, and in encouraging and correcting the students. There are right and wrong things that the teacher can do, such as gesture to a student who made a...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL 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: J.O. - Korea said: This unit covers methodologies and techniques in EFL teaching. A few examples of applied approaches and methods are Grammar - translation, Audio - lingualism, Presentation, Practice and Production, Communicative Language Teaching and Suggestopaedia. The ESA approach applies the most important conditions and is particularly appropriate for new teachers and trainees. ESA lessons comprise of the following components: Engage (this is the part of the lesson where the aim is to warm up the students...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Dakota 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: A while back, I had been asked to fill in for a teacher and teach the difference between the present perfect tense and past simple tense. Needless to say, I created a lesson plan which would take us from point A (past simple tense) all the way to point B (present perfect tense). However, when it was time for me to step in, I was told that I would be co-teaching with another teacher. Thus, my lesson plan was flawed, as I needed to improvise and be more flexible with the lesson plan. After reading and...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Java 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: In my current position, I use a number of created materials from sites like lantern fish or boggles world as well as from other assistant language teachers. However, I have no control over the coursebooks used, although since I teach English to Japanese students in Japan, I am lucky that the coursebooks are geared towards issues that could arise coming from a Japanese language background. I enjoy making my own created materials, however I do not often use authentic materials in class. I think in the...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Mellette 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: In this unit, I learned about different tenses and ideas with future meanings. This future tense system is very complex. It's actually more complex than the simple tense and the past tense because there are seven common forms in the future tense systems (as opposed to four in the other two tense systems). Also, it is not as common to see the complex future tenses in everyday English expressions. I find the explanations for each future tense format extremely clear and helpful. When I follow the...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Bantry North 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: This unit was so helpful for me and my future as a teacher because I learned a lot about how to make a lesson plan. It was a more broad sense of the lessons at first and then gave clear and detailed descriptions of what to do regarding the age, and level of the class. I know I will be using the ESA technique throughout the entirety of my teaching. I learned the methodologies of teaching and which ones would fit me. Students need as much exposure to language as is possible, as well as feedback from...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Courses North 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: E.K. - Sri Lanka said: There have been many methodologies used over the years to teach L1 students such as Grammar - translation, Communicative language learning and the Lexical approach. There are advantages and disadvantages to all them. With these methodologies, another was created by Jeremy Harmer, that helps students get motivated, exposed to the language and have the opportunity to use it. It?s called Engage, Study and Activate. The Engage step helps get the students involved, interested and...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Roslyn 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: Unit 6 is a refresher of the past tenses, which are the past simple, past continuous, past perfect, and the past perfect continuous. It talked about the roles of each past tense and the uses for it: past simple is usually used to state a completed action in the past, the past continuous is used to state an ongoing action at a past time, the past perfect is used to state events that were completed before another past action (\"the past in the past\"), and the past perfect continuous is used mostly...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Knox North 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: Unit 13 highlights the importance of teaching correct pronunciation. Many linguists support the idea that communication success should be the aspect speakers should focus on, thus teaching pronunciation might become more ?popular ? in teaching process as it helps to avoid many misunderstandings. Besides, good pronunciation may play a role of a motivator for high level students as well as help to overcome a language barrier for intermediate learners. Phonology may appear a bit theoretical; however,...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Bushnell 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: This unit talked about the other type of skills, the productive skills. It went into detail on the difference between activities centered around fluency and activities centered around accuracy, and the difference between them. The unit also talked about guided activities and controlled activities, and when to step in or lay back and let the students kind of do their thing. Some activities incorporate more teacher control than others, and I would say that is what I learned most from this lesson....  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Lidgerwood North 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: I like that this unit shares the problems one can face when dealing with different students that face different problems. I think reluctant students are the most difficult. Although it would seem that reluctant students are most likely younger beginners, its helpful to have extra activities at hand. The examples given can help prep a teacher. It is important to be over prepared than under prepared. I like that this unit is more of a reminder of how to overcome situations especially on your...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Fairmount North 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: This unit focuses on pronunciation and phonology. Understanding how sounds are produced in English is important for students. However, just as important are how the sounds are put together to create meaning. Practicing with intonation and stresses found within the English language are key for student success. A few ways to teach stress include: contrastive stress, by gestures, choral work, the board, and stress marks. The international Phonemic Alphabet is an essential tool for teachers...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Colton 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: Student achievement and performance is directly related to teacher?s ability to motivate or demotivate them. It is therefore important that teachers should make students? learning experience meaningful with lots of interesting and lessons and activities. Moreover, it is equally necessary to understand students? needs by giving them opportunity to respond to the need analysis questionnaire. This way, language teachers will have a general knowledge about what learners already know and what they...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Karlsruhe North 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: This unit focuses on productive skills, which are speaking and writing. Generally, students prefer to focus on their speaking skills, but their writing skills shouldn't be ignored. Especially since writing is the more difficult skill and requires a greater degree of accuracy. Speaking requires a greater degree of fluency. While accuracy and fluency carry equal importance, they utilize different techniques and focus on different areas as well as occurring during different stages in the lesson....  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Dupree 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: There are advantages and disadvantages in using course books. Using course book is less time consuming and it provides a syllabus which is graded to a level suitable for the students. However, it does not always fit the specific needs and interests of all the class members and it may not cover in enough depth language problems specific to the nationality of students we are teaching. Therefore, teachers should know when to omit certain lessons from the course book and replace some of the course book...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Utica 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: In this unit, I learned how to different the difference of past tenses such as the past simple, past continuous, past perfect and past perfect continuous. To abe able to dictate the tense of a sentence first you have to focus on the structure rather than its usage because the structure helps dictates which tense it is categorized. I also learned that the best ways to teach past tense are by teamwork, using picture card in groups or story telling. For this type of lesson, we should not use a...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Eden 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: This unit was very helpful and eye opening. It has been a long time since I studied up on past tense usage and I had forgotten most of the rules and information. I can now see all four types of the past tense usage in my day to day. The past simple seems to be the most common method which is easy for English language beginners to understand. The past continuous is helpful for when there was an interruption. The past perfect was a bit confusing at first so I was happy to see there were a lot more...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Dakota City Iowa 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 the importance of evaluation and testing for language training. I learned about some of the benefits of evaluating language, for example knowing what my students are learning and what they are having a hard time remembering. This is useful in guiding future lessons to meet their needs. It's also important for students to be more self aware through these evaluations and it can be encouraging to see test results that demonstrate how much progress they have made. Testing can take...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Epping North 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: I found this unit particularly interesting as it made me aware of how teachers must adjust their methods based on the age and experience of the learner. I especially liked how I was given 'dos and don'ts' for each teaching group and the possible activities provided were also very helpful. The Business English section was helpful for me because I have never had any experience of teaching in this setting and so I had not considered the fact that all the students may not have the same language...  [Read more]