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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]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Tees Toh Arizona 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: Basically this content unit featured and explained four aspects of the present tense. These tenses were (1) present simple (2) present continuous (3) present perfect and (4) present perfect continuous. The unit further explained the sentence structure differences for each of them while providing their usages and teaching ideas. From this unit, I learnt about the 4 aspects of the present tenses. I learnt how to structure each one for sentences. I also learnt on how to use each of them for positive,...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Glenview 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: This unit reflects on the use of course books, authentic materials and created materials. Course books can be useful because they provide a graded syllabus which is suited for the level of the students. They can also be changed by either supplementing with more suitable material or omitting unsuitable material. Authentic materials such as newspapers, magazines, etc. can be useful because they are more interesting and suited to the interests of the class. Created materials are useful because they...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jobs China Zhuji 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 able to provide a simple guideline of the role of a teacher and a learner. A teacher should have 9 roles to play in the classroom depending on the age of the learners. The definitions of the teaching roles give the teacher a chance to review their methods and insights to their lessons. It defines a fine line between the differences of an adult learner and a young learner. Their learning is further defined through their English levels.le to provide a simple guideline of the role of a...  [Read more]

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]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Olive Branch Mississippi 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 lesson planning using the ESA method or technique. This unit was particularly hard as i have been reading what i believed to be conflicting information in your own documentation. Different sheets (unit 3 and the current unit) appear to give conflicting information about when to use elicit. I was also confused about what i was using to create the lesson plan as it did not clearly define (at least in my opinion) what was to be use to create the plan. It could also be left open...  [Read more]

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]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jobs South Bend 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: This unit offers a brief review of the different language levels established by ALTE, while explaining how to evaluate the students' level at the start of the course in order to conduct a needs analysis and to define a syllabus that is adapted to these needs. It defines the different syllabus types and the situations in which they should be used. The unit also gives an overview of the different examinations and assessments the students might pass during their course, and how and when they...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about Course TESOL Centres 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.P. – Korea said: I have gained a number of things from this course: The first has been a revision of many challenging grammatical concepts that I learned in school. They are so easy to forget, and since I am teaching most of them, it is nice to be able to remember the technical reasons for speaking the way we do. This will be very handy in class, when some more challenging questions are asked! The second was learning about the different stages of lesson planning (ESA). This will be very useful in my future...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Arendtsville Pennsylvania 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: To recap, Unit #19 covered teaching special groups of students. These included beginners, individual students, children, business english, and multilingual & monolingual classes. I taught previously in China and it was mainly individual student arrangement. I taught children to teenagers to older men and women wanting to improve their business english. Therefore, I am not that familiar with classroom teaching, though I did teach groups of 6 year olds in Shenyang, China briefly - which...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Certification Alwar 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: After this unit, I totally agreed that the choice of topic is very important because it would be counter-productive to teach a topic that the students are not interested in or consider a boring one. If students are interested in the topic, they are more likely to be very participative and motivated to learn more in class. Therefore, I have to think about the topic which my students would be interested in.During my teaching years,I've found myself teaching English to children,teen-agers and...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Port Wing 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: Unit four teen as other units ,is equally vital because i have learned how to go about books and materials as a teacher.Most teachers find course books important and they are so attached to them especially the lazy teachers but this unit has thought me that teachers do not only depend on course books but try to come out with other materials as a supplement.I learned that every teacher who loves his or her job go extra miles to create their materials. More over,this unit teaches me that as a...  [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]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jobs Brazil Sapucaia 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: In this unit I was able to get a clear idea of the different language levels and what they are exactly; I used to think there were only three, beginner, intermediate and advanced. I have been a student of different subjects and teachers for most of my life so I had a good idea of what makes a good student and a successful teacher. I never thought about that as an experienced student you come in to work with a new teacher with a fixed mind about how a teacher should be, this sometimes can...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Pooler Georgia 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 am glad to finally finish with the twelve tenses. The way that future tenses work is quite interesting, especially how there are technically seven, and the way the future perfect refers to the past of the future. I personally believe that I will need to spend a little bit more time in the future getting the absolute specifics of each form down to a tee, as the usages have a quite a bit of almost overlap. This is especially evident with the use of predictions. I believe that though I understand each...  [Read more]

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]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Certification Braila Romania 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's aim was to define the various parts of speech of the English language and to demonstrate how each one is used. It has brought much clarity to me regarding the identification of the different types of nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs, articles, prepositions, infinitives, gerunds and conjunctions. I feel more equipped at empowering future students to attain fluency.Unit 5 covered classroom management. I learned the pros and cons of the different types of class groupings and...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Union Grove Alabama 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 outlined how we read and listen as individuals. Some of the highlights include; predictive skills, specific information via scanning, general idea via skimming, detailed information, and deduction from context. Teaching reading to non native speakers can be a challenge. AS my of my students get stuck on the vocabulary. Some things I employ in the classroom is annotation of text especially words the students may not know. As they read they are encouraged to circle the words. Then after...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Colonial Village District Of Columbia 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 chapter talks about classroom management which is the behaviour of teachers in the class and towards their students. I t can also be define as the skill of organising and managing the class, jhaving a friendly, relaxed manner and mantaining dicipline. As a good teacher, he or she needs to have eye contact with the students so as to maintain confidence because a teacher who doesnot look their students in class shows sihn of lack of confidence in what he \\ she is saying or...  [Read more]