Dr Shannon Lewis

Lewis believed in a different approach to that of teaching English as a set of grammar structures into which vocabulary could be placed. He shifted the emphasis through 180 degrees, suggesting that the basis of language should be ‘lexis’, i.e. groups of words which are naturally put together (collocations). By learning about the lexical chunks of language these could be used for real communicative tasks rather than striving for grammatical mastery.  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Foxfield Delaware 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 is the last unit that discusses about the English language tense system, and this one in particular covers the Future tenses, that according to it is one of the most complex tenses in the English language grammar. In agreement with the other two units that covered the tense system, this one also shows us the structure and usage of the seven different forms and displays as well a number of interesting ideas for activities appropriated to different stages of the lesson. These three units (unit 4,6...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Talladega 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: Unit 9 discusses the differences between authentic materials, and created materials. Authentic materials generally refer to articles of daily use, such as Menus, Newspapers, and Posters. Created materials refer to materials created for the purpose of education or leisure, such as crossword puzzles, course books, or prompt cards. It is highlighted in the unit that authentic materials can be rather difficult for beginners to understand, and created materials should be used instead. This is to be...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Homer 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 covered the different teaching situations that are likely to be encountered when teaching EFL. This covered the different beginner levels that will be encountered (true beginner, false beginner, adult learner, young learner and beginner with no roman alphabet) and what is likely to be the differences. It also covered teaching the young and what they need in terms of lesson planning. Teaching business english was also covered which is where the teacher is expert in english and not their...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Leland 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: I did not know about a lot of these theories,methods and techniques .The\" Engage Study and Activate\" method really showed me how to organise myself to teach a lesson and therefore be prepared for the lesson. For example if I'm going to teach about the weather I can ask my students how they feel about todays weather, I think most people have an opinion about the weather so this will get them talking in english .In the study stage, I would teach them how to make up a questions by giving the answer:...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Kearny New Mexico 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 18 covered modal and phrasal verbs, passive versus active voice, and relative clauses. Again with this unit, I could see just how difficult learning English could be for some non-native speakers and the special care that teachers of English as a foreign language must take to avoid muddying the waters. Phrasal verbs struck me as a particularly daunting minefield, with three types all needing slightly different treatment and the fact that some of the phrases themselves, like catch up, get over it,...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Agar 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: Lesson planning has by far been my greatest struggle as a new teacher. Therefore, Unit 9 was extremely helpful. I have struggled to get a grasp on how to lesson plan to the best of my abilities because I did not have all of this specific information until now. I felt very overwhelmed by all the factors that have to do with teaching students. Now, however, I will be able to return to this unit when I think that I might have left a necessary detail out of my lesson plan, or if I need to find some extra...  [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 Ducktown Tennessee 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 seven future tenses in the English language: future simple, future progressive, future perfect, future perfect progressive, ?going to? future, present simple and present progressive. The last three are more frequently used than the others. While the present simple and present progressive are normally used in the present, they still have future applications. In addition, this unit discusses teaching ideas for each future tense that can be employed in a lesson. I learned that the future perfect...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL East Point 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: In this unit we learn about how to teach receptive skills. Receptive skills are part of the four language skills, reading, listening, writing and speaking. All four of these skills are equally important and as teachers we should always try and include all four skills while teaching. When using our receptive skills our reason and motive when are completely different from one another. There are two categories we can divide our reason and motivation, for purpose and for entertainment. Reading or...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Plain City Utah 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 a lot about Modal Auxiliary Verbs, Passive Voice, Relative Clauses and Phrasal Verbs. The Modal Auxiliary Verbs are used before other verbs to add meaning to the main verb (can, could, will, would, shall, should, may, might, must, have to,...etc.). They can express obligation, advice, permission, possibility and ability, as well as a degree of formality like 'May I' or 'Could I'. Reviewing the Passive Clauses was really interesting as I wasn't too familiar with it and feel much...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Danby Vermont 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 analyzes the way English should be presented to students in the classroom. An ESL teacher must be able to teach English in a way that is relevant to his/her students age and English level. This unit provides the tools necessary for teachers to successfully introduce new language as well as review previous topics. First 3 phases in a lesson act as guide points for activities, lectures, and or class work. There are many examples given for proper engage, study and activate activities. An important...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Whiting Kansas 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 problems that an EFL teacher can face in the classroom. I found this helpful because I don't have any experience teaching any subject let alone English. Seeing that there are always issues teaching makes me feel better about my future career because that means I won't be the only one who has problems in the classroom. I learned a lot about troubleshooting including why students will use their native tongue instead of speaking English, what to do when some students are further...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Ladd Hill 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: This unit was more challenging, but I have actually successfully taught the second conditional with \"what would you do.. if...\" scenarios. It is overwhelming grammatically, but using it is fun. The zero conditional is used for general truths, issues/situations, and when things are certain to happen. The first conditional is used when there are likely results of possible future situations, promises, threats or warnings and back up plans. The second conditional is used for dreams, fantasies, and...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Milton Kentucky 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 Learnt about The Silent Way is a language-teaching method created by Caleb Gattegno that makes extensive use of silence as a teaching method. Gattegno introduced the method in 1963, in his book Teaching Foreign Languages in Schools: The Silent Way.[1] Gattegno was critical of mainstream language education at the time, and he based the method on his general theories of education rather than on existing language pedagogy. It is usually regarded as an \"alternative\" language-teaching method; Cook...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Certification Israel Eilat 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: When I was a college, I had a course about pronunciation and phonology. This unit helps me review what I learned before.I taught students International Phonetic Alphabet of 48 phonemic symbols.There are 4 more symbols than this unit.These are /tr/,/dr/,/ts/ and /dz/.It's good for a teacher to know the manner and place of articulation.Then she/he can teach in a professional way.But I don't think it's an effective way.The teacher can mention the speech organs a little bit but learner don't...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jobs Tanzania Dar Es Salaam 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 Teaching receptive skills which are reading and listening has shown me that there are many different reasons for how we read. For example to read a novel at bedtime helps a lot of people to relax and feel they are in the story whilst helping the reader to fall asleep. Reading for work or an important task we need to fully concentrate to get the task done! But if a person just wants to look for TV programme times in a newspaper, this can be done without reading a full newspaper...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jobs Cheonan South Korea 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: Whew! This unit was brutal. The review of the present tense was worthwhile, if only to show me how easily I was confused by it. The present simple is simple enough, but the present continuous, present perfect and present perfect continuous must be the topic of a Dr. Seuss story. It helped some when I saw continuous and progressive as the same. I noticed that the activate exercises are repetitive and made me wonder if there are any fun ways to learn verbs.This unit concentrates on...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about Company TESOL Language 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.P. - Canada said: BritishEnglish Vs AmericanEnglishWhen I was sixteen, I left my home in Yorkshire, england and moved to a community in Northern British Columbia, Canada, which was settled primarily by Texans. One of the issues of culture shock was the language barrier. "What language barrier?” you might ask. "Don't we all speak english?" Yes, we do. However, when I was asked if I liked "garage saling" and was requested to "Comet the sink", I began to doubt this. (I discovered later that the garage...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about Cost Celta 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: J.R. - Chile said: British english vs American EnglishFirst of all, there is no right or wrong between British and American english: • American english is the form of english used in the united states. It includes all english dialects used within the united states (US). • British english is the form of english used in the United Kingdom. It includes all english dialects used within the United Kingdom (UK). American english is the most widespread form of english; students are more likely to encounter...  [Read more]