English Novels

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Waynesboro Viriginia 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 used to thinking about the four skill areas; however, it is nice to see them broken down into different parts, and to have more detailed knowledge presented about each part. The terms \"authentic\" and \"non-authentic\" are new to me, but relate to what my previous academy (employer) practiced. We used novels (authentic) for some middle school students, yet condensed texts (non-authentic) for older elementary students. One activity that we used before in the Activate phase was to have...  [Read more]

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Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Mayfield 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: The receptive skills are listening and reading, because learners do not need to produce language to do these, they receive and understand it. When planning for a receptive skill lesson it is important for the teacher to choose text which is interesting to the learner, make use of different materials and engage the students in interesting activities derived from the main text. The teacher can write new vocabulary from the text on flash cards and pre-teach the words. There is quite a variety of...  [Read more]

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Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Certification Nandyal 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: This section focuses on the different kinds of evaluations that students may be required to take. I found this section very useful as it highlighted various ways to evaluate students prior to teaching them, as well as in the classroom to gage their progress. It also explained the various types of external examinations that students may have to take and how to best prepare them for these examinations.Receptive Skills. Reading and listening skills very important skills. They help us achieve...  [Read more]

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  Former trainee Pam completed her TEFL/TESOL training in Phuket Thailand. In this TEFL review video Pam talks about her experiences during the second week of her four week course. She outlines some of the input sessions of the course including the grammar and teaching skills components as well as the teaching practice sessions. 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. Learning that reading and listening are equally important receptive skills. I can...  [Read more]

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Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Milan 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: C.M. - United Kingdom said: This unit discusses course materials, which fall into two general categories, authentic and created materials. Authentic materials are created and read/listened to by native English speakers. For example, newspaper articles, menus, radio programs, and novels are authentic materials. They were not created for language learners. This material, when chosen appropriately, can be really interesting to students and build their confidence in using the language with native speakers. However,...  [Read more]

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Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Certification Joliet United States 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 find phrasal verbs rather confusing and I do not feel confident about this section. Certainly I will need to review it again later. I can see that this will be a difficult subject to teach. I find the charts for usages of modal verbs very helpful. I think this part will require a highly structured approach. Keeping it engaging will be a big challenge as well.This section discussed the different types of students one might encounter during their time teaching English. It can vary in...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Georgetown 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: For any language, there are four basic skills - reading, listening, speaking and writing. Reading and listening are receptive skills. Students will receive information or pleasure by practicing these skills through a medium such as a newspaper, novel, radio, etc. Speaking and writing are called productive skills. Students must practice what they learned or already know and relay information to their friends or the audience. However, there are often problems that prohibit or hinder students...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jobs Ukraine Pavlohrad 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 have learned how to teach reading and listening. There are two fairly wide-ranging categories for the reasons and motives for reading, they are for a purpose (this type of reading and listening takes place because it will help us achieve some particular aim or goal), and for entertainment (this type is to find pleasure and enjoyable activity such as reading a novel or listening to a joke from the examples above. I also learned how to read and listen. Some skills include: predictive skills,...  [Read more]

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Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Ossining New York 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: Reading and listening are known as receptive skills as opposed to speaking and writing, which are productive skills. There are a number of different reasons and purposes why we read or listen and different skills for each purpose. For example, reading a novel is reading for entertainment, and one would not likely use the skimming technique for this text. When choosing a text for students, it is important to choose a topic they will be interested in and one that is appropriate for their skill level....  [Read more]