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  Before looking at the methods or approaches themselves, there are some terms that we need to define. These are the approach, the method or the technique. Basically, these are hierarchical. The approach is an overriding set of principles that a method can actually make use of, whereas the technique are the things that we actually do in the classroom to approach that method. So, these three words are going to appear during the presentation. Again, for each of either the approaches all the methodologies we're going to ask four questions. So be it an approach or a method for each of those things: Where did it come from? What's its background? What does it involve when we're talking about actually in the classroom, in other words techniques? What is positive about it? What appears to...  [Read more]

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  Shaina is from Canada but working as an assistant language teacher with the JET program in Okinawa, Japan. She recently completed the 120-hour TEFL/TESOL course with ITTT and found it extremely useful. She learned new warm-up techniques, as well as how to structure lesson plans better. She feels that she is now a better teacher and resource for her students in Japan.  [Read more]

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Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Forest Home 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 unit introduces kinds of tests and reasons for testing. Tests might be given to group students with similar abilities into the same class, to determine what students need to work on, or to determine what progress students have made. This last reason, which is what progress tests are for, are probably what students might usually think of when they think of a test, and is most likely to factor into a grade you give them. External tests of English proficiency are another big category of test....  [Read more]

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Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Miles 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 defined parts of speech and explained the use or uses for each. In addition, it also pointed out common complications that students might face as some parts of speech in English do not have common rules or order regarding their particular application. Where these things may come naturally to a native speaker, it is important to be able to define and explain these issues to learners, if for no other reason than to be able to give them the reassurance that \"this does not make sense.\" That...  [Read more]

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The equivalent term to pedagogy, but applied to adults. The term originally coined in the first half of the 1800s has a few variations depending on which part of the world defines it. In the USA and mainly due to the work of Knowles it is defined as the art and science of helping adults learn.  [Read more]

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Check out tefl tesol about Companies TESOL International 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: S.L. - Jamaica said: Personally, I have gained a lot from the course. Initially, I thought it would be somewhat easy, considering that I have been speaking english all my life. However, it has proven challenging and I am sure that I will develop into a strong ESL teacher because of the course. I have gained a renewed appreciation for tenses, something I took for granted. Learning how to write a lesson plan has also been very rewarding and has helped me to appreciate the effort of many of my past...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about Class TESOL Weekend 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: R.D. - Japan said: This TEFL course has been extremely useful in honing and clarifying what I already know about teaching english in a foreign country, as well as offering a vast number of ideas and valid new points about teaching. Currently I am an ALT on the JET programme in Japan. As a result I began teaching english in a classroom with another teacher always present, but essentially learning on the job with little prior knowledge of TEFL teaching. As a result, some of the course content was familiar to me...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Renhuai 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.B. – U.S. said: Unit thirteen is very interesting as it deals with two uncommon subjects, pronunciation and phonology.It deals not only with the theorical aspect of these two notions but also goes far by giving techniques to teach them. Phonology is define as the study, science, analysis, and classification of the physical properties of sounds, when phonetics is define as an area of knowledge that deals with the production of speech sounds by humans. These two terms are often used interchangeably but the term...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about Institute 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: K.S. - U.S.A. said: Cultural Sensitivity in the ClassroomThe learning environment for the student is vitally important, and no less delicate then a multi layered Baklava. The learning environment can make a sudden shift, be it from a student’s mood or a serious electrical problem. However, nothing else can speedily disrupt the learning environment in a classroom as when a teacher is unaware of stepping on the toes of a student’s cultural views. A teacher must therefore be aware of the areas of...  [Read more]

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Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jobs Brazil Jaragu Do Sul 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 covered two broad issues: what defines a good teacher and what defines a good learner. From this unit i’ve learnt about the key characteristics of a teacher, for example, he or she should be patient and kind, willing to listen, able to motivate the students, understand them, their weaknesses and tackle them accordingly. Useful was also the info about the roles of the teacher - Manager, tutor, organizer, assessor, facilitator, participant etc. It is crucial to perform these...  [Read more]