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Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Buckeye 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: The receptive skill which is consist of two parts listening and reading just as important as speaking and writing. In my opinion, we start everything from the listening part. When we listen to something whether it is entertaining or simply informative, we memorize and mimic the way the other people form their words and save it in out mind. Reading on the other hand needs a little bit more effort to do. For students who like to read, well reading would be easy for them. But for others, it could be a...  [Read more]

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  Within the teaching of ESL throughout the world, there is a whole spectrum of the types of groups that you may be involved in. It's worth breaking those types of groups down to have a look at some of the more specific things we need to do when we're teaching those groups - and this is what this video focuses on. 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 that you can quickly get to grips with each section before moving onto the next. This unit focused on receptive skills. Receptive skills includes both reading and listening which...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Certification Germany Munich 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 use of course books in the ESL classroom is very common because the course books have the advantages of being visually appealing, easy for the teacher to prepare, and the activities fits well into the timetable. However, from the researcher’s own teaching experience, there are several problems and issues with the course books such as uninteresting topics, repetitive activities, and not enough language exposure. This in terms may affect the student’s learning attitude and...  [Read more]

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Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Ahwaz 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.K. - Canada said: Course books is always an emotive topic for teachers. Some of them are in favor of course books while others do not like the limitations that might arise because of their usage. Usually the teacher has to make her own material that has to go along with the course books. That material is used to assist his/her teachings and replace some of the materials of the course books that is not suitable for the class.That material can be divided into two categories: authentic material and created material....  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jobs India Aurangabad 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 11 covers the teaching of receptive skills. Those are reading and listening abilities. The reasons why we read and listen are two: The first one is because we have a purpose, we need to achieve a goal, for example, reading before taking a test, the object is passing the test. The second reason is for entertainment, we listen or read different materials because we enjoy doing it. The goal of story books or TV series is to please people. When the students are reading or listening they will...  [Read more]

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Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Layton Corners 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: I've learnt what are receptive skills - reading and listening. There are two reasons why we use those skills - for a purpose and for entertainment - for example, looking for a certain piece of information in the paper to help us decide how to invest our money is reading for a purpose. Reading a book is an example for reading for entertainment. The students might have problems with long words and sentences, difficult structure, words that they aren't familiar with. Doing a listening...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about Centre TESOL Certificate 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.A. - Spain said: Coursebook reviewWhen I started with the course, I had no idea about what a TEFL course could include, as I am new teacher and I have no experience in teaching, except of doing some one-to-one classes nearby my city. The course has been very profitable for me, as in order to be an english teacher, in my view one should have taken at least a basic teacher course and only then can tackle the challenge with some confidence. The course has several areas which I have divided. The...  [Read more]

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  This presentation is going to have a look at the idea of receptive skills and how we can go about teaching receptive skills lessons. There are two receptive skills and they are reading and listening. If we think about first of all, why do we read or listen, then there are probably two main answers to that. Firstly, it could either be for entertainment or it could be for a specific purpose. Within the reading and listening areas there are a number of sub-skills that we can teach our students. Firstly, what we can do is to show different examples of reading. So, let's say, for example, that we have just bought ourselves a new video camera and along with that video camera came a whole book of instructions. In order to find out how to get that camera working, then we would need to...  [Read more]

  A first example of a teaching idea for the present simple tense will be a classic activity called 'Find someone who'. Here, we will be trying to find someone who has a general truth such as the ability to play a musical instrument or the fact that they have a brother and a sister. This results in students going around the room asking questions in the present simple tense, such as 'Do you play a musical instrument?' 'Are you a teacher?' 'Do you have a brother and a sister?' The answers resulting will also be in the present simple tense. They will be generally 'Yes I do,' or 'No I don't.' The students will go around trying to find somebody who fits the general truth and when they do, they will write their name in the appropriate space. The students will mill around the room for...  [Read more]