Do China Speak English

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Shady Oregon 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: Well, we?ve reached the end of the road. Do I feel ready to go to China and teach a class? Nope. Have I done most of the work I need to get certified to do exactly that? Yep. This doesn?t give me a lot of confidence in being an English teacher, but I guess I?ll roll with it. English teachers in other countries have the reputation of being too stupid to get by in their country of origin. Like washed up Americans with no marketable skills but their ability to speak the English language. Or even worse -...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jobs Netherlands Amersfoort 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 covers a broad range of the types of students and it gives a rough idea of what we can expect depending on the class we are teaching. For me, I relate most to the sections - teaching young children and the monolingual and the multilingual class. At the moment, I am teaching young children from China. It is very true that sometimes classes conducted can be interrupted by disruptive behaviours. Furthermore, they speak one common language and will communicate amongst themselves in...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jobs Colombia Maicao 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 reminds me how I learned languages. I do speak four languages; Korean, English, Chinese and Spanish. When I learned Chinese in China, I focused on the grammar, vocabulary and the usage of them, because Chinese grammar is completely different my native language,Korean, It took a long time to get used to use new language structure. Moreover, I could guess Chinese words based on Korean words, so I was hard and fun at the same time to learn Chinese grammar and vocabs. Since I'm living in the...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Certification Ireland Limerick 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: One of the most important aspects of language that is often underestimated is writing. I remember when I lived in China that the problem of illiteracy plagued me from day one. How can you get about and understand choices to make if you cannot even read or identify those choices? Writing is often more intense, and gives teachers pause. However, if we are to effectively prepare students under our charge for the real world, we must incorporate this element. A balanced approach allows...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jingjiang 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.K. - Canada said: As a English language instructor in a university in China, I have a tendency to lecture on various social topics or things of interest to warm up each class. These are diversions and rarely related to the language we will be studying that day. I don't know if that would be considered appropriate by international TEFL standards or not, but it helps to break the ice with shy Chinese students in large classes who are often reluctant to speak out on their own for even the simplest language. In an...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Certification Laiyang 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: Again, it?s helpful to have this review in English. I speak English as a first language, so it feels natural to me to use different forms of present tense depending on context, but obviously EFL students may need to learn it more explicitly. It was also interesting to see the common errors that EFL students make - how similar are the errors across those with different first languages? That would be interesting to know.As i said in past units as native English speakers once we get out of...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jobs China Xilinhaote 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 10 Ideally, the goal of increasing participation is not to have every student participate in the same way or at the same rate. Instead, it is to create an environment in which all participants have the opportunity to learn and in which the class explores issues and ideas in depth, from a variety of viewpoints. Some students will raise their voices more than others; this variation is a result of differences in learning preferences as well as differences in personalities. For example, some...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jobs China Yizheng 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: Teaching pronunciation and phonology will be the most challenging part of teaching the English language. some words do not sound how they appear which is confusing for the student. The teacher should create a clear and organized lesson plan that will provide many helpful tools for the students learning process. Teaching when to put stress on a word is vital for speaking. Stress marks, gestures, choral work, and the board can all assist the teacher in helping teach the students. Sounding joining...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jobs China Lengshuitan 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 really liked this unit because it went over a variety of English learners and suggestions of how to react to each of them best. I had never learned of \"In Loco Parentis\" before, but that is certainly what teachers are when children are away from home and at school. When teaching to children we should do our utmost to only speak in English. After all, if we continue doing it for long enough, most of the children will come to understand. However, I just wonder if that would be as effective for...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jobs China Dali 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 learned that by teaching children, patient repetition, encouragement and praise are the most important parts in language growing process. There are some basic rules I need to follow, 1, I need to speak english all the time and persist the students should do the same too. 2, When doing the instructions, I need to put the instructions short and clearly, at the same time I will use gestures to help students to understand. 3, make fun of myself, kids love people to be silly. Another two things i have...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jobs China Wuyishan 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 really interesting to see what a difference the attitude of the teacher can make on the class. The first lesson was so dull, boring, and intimidating because the teacher never smiled or seemed enthusiastic about the subject. The students hardly participated at all in the first lesson. The bright, engaging, enthusiastic attitude of the teacher in the second lesson really made students more comfortable with answering questions and participating. It's also really interesting what knowing...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jobs Vila Velha Brazil 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: As an english teacher in a public school in China class size is always a big problem to me , plus culture influence most of the students are really reluctant in the class some of the is because of confidence issues while some of them are simply don't like taking english course but they have no choice since they must do it, playing some games and avoiding them from using their mother tongue language is just part of the problem i have been facing but thanks to this unit at least now i know how...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Certification China Huhehaote 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 information provided in this unit focused my attention on the parts of speech in the English language. There are many different designations to the components of everyday conversation and sentence structure that are important to learn for the students as well as any individual who desires to learn to speak, read, and write in English. These examples given within the unit served as a great refresher for me. I utilize these components in my everyday communications but very seldom do I...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Certification Guangshui 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: The main goal of taking this course, after all, is to understand how to present new language material to students in a way that will remain with them and ultimately make them a more fluent speaker. So, to learn that teaching vocabulary, grammatical structures, and language function in the ways established in the questions above is extremely important and in my opinion will really help execute teaching English successfully.The unit reminded me how important listening, writing, reading and...  [Read more]

  This is a TESOL review from Steffie from the Netherlands who decided to take her 120-hour online TEFL/TESOL course to pursue a teaching career in China. Her husband is currently working at a university in China and Steffie also wanted to start working as a teacher there. The course gave her a lot of joy and she learned all the skills and techniques she needs to succeed as a teacher. Are you ready to live and teach abroad? Click here and get started today: https://www.teflcourse.net/?cu=YTDESCRIPTION Below you can read feedback from an ITTT graduate regarding one section of their online TEFL certification course. Each of our online courses is broken down into concise units that focus on specific areas of English language teaching. This convenient, highly structured design means...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Certification China Changshi 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 class was all about the different teaching situation. The type of teaching vary from Individual teaching which is less formal but it focuses on one person so the learning level is higher and usually the student is more motivated, and of course it's more expensive. Then we have the absolute beginner, which are students who do not speak the language at all. Then we have, The young beginner and the list go on on. The type of teaching changes from the structure to the phycology and to...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Certification Fujin City 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: teaching in Special groups or mixed class needs experience for teachers so in this unite I learned about it and how to teach and what must ,must't do while teaching.I level classes teacher always encourage students and make them speak about a topic. Business class should be related with the topic.Multilingual class teacher should spent more effort.For teacher presentation is important should be prepared in professional wayI never really understood the reason for diagnostic test before....  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Certification Zhoushan 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 teaches productive skills, i.e. speaking and writing. For speaking there are two important activities, accuracy and fluency. Accuracy activities are focused on producing correct language, while fluency activities allow students to be creative. Students should always be encouraged to speak in the classroom. Meanwhile, writing activities should consider issues such as handwriting, spelling and punctuation.This unit has to do with the different present tenses, a topic that can be...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Certification Jinhua 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 talking about the different equipment and teaching aids that you can use in an EFL class, it clearly explained the advantages and disadvantaged of using the following equipment board, CD/DVDS, OHP,resource books, photocopiers and computers. I have learnt this unit some of the good resources that i can use when teaching whether it is websites for teaching ideas or activities or different online dictionaries.This unit covers two different pieces of grammar, conditionals and...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jobs Anshan 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 a bit intimidating. We are getting deeper into the process of instruction and student interaction. As a native speaker of English, it's easy for me to speak and understand. I can now see were it will be a slow and laborious process to teach an L2 to someone who wants to learn the new language. As previous units pointed out, some students learn faster than others. With the ESA process, I can see where everyone can learn and try to keep up. I say this unit was intimidating; it was,...  [Read more]