English Problems

  This video focuses on some of the problems teachers of business English might encounter. How is business Enligsh different to general English? Will you be able to teach business English? Find out in this video. 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. I found the content of this module to be very useful and informative, further solidifying the foundation of my educating knowledge. In particular, I found the \"Lesson Plan\" sheet to be very insightful...  [Read more]

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Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jobs China Jinchang 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 20 focuses on common problem situations. The first problem that is encountered is the first lesson. From my experience, planning the first lesson or demo lesson was one of the more challenging aspects of teaching. I can see why the first lesson is considered a \"problem\". The portion covering the first lesson touches on the difference of new groups vs existing group and what should be done in the first lesson including suggestions for warmers to start lessons. The next problem mentioned is...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Dashiqiao 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.B. - U.S. said: In the teaching field,teachers often face problems especially when teaching a class for the first time and when the students do not like the subject .In this unit , I have learned the possible problems a teacher can encounter in the classroom and how to come against these problems. Also after going through this unit I learned that before knowing how to solve these problems a teacher should know the group and the existing group. More so, after reading through this unit I learned that a...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL South Miami Florida 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 introduce future teachers to the most common problem situations. They frequently appear during every stage of teaching of any group of students. In unit 20 it is suggested, described and advised how to deal with certain problems. According to the unit 20 teachers will be exposed to various problem situations which may occur during first lessons or/and warm ups. Moreover, a teacher should prepared for large groups, which are not easy to organize and often students' level may vary. Other...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jobs Bangladesh Rajshahi 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 examines some common problems situations that are faced by teachers in a classroom and also look into ways to remedy this situation. The first problem that a teacher is faced with is meeting a number of new classes for the first time being able in establishing a good rapport with students, such classes fall into two categories namely new groups and Existing group. In order to remedy this problem, an experienced teacher will bring up activities to motivate learners, look into the...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Certification Philippines Navotas 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 troubleshooting potential problems, one can often find the solution by tackling the source of the problem. For example, if your class is reluctant with working together, that means they're not comfortable with each other. So you must find a way to get them comfortable through rapport building and establishing that trust. There are a number of different problem one can come across while teaching a class, such as students having different levels, excessive use of native language, a...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Certification China Qufu 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 20 appears to be the final unit of the course program and its main focus are on the various difficulties a teacher might face in the classroom .in this unit we are presented with the teachers first lesson which is divided into the new group and the Existing group of students.the problems that the teacher might face and possible solutions them.This unit explores different ways by which a class could be warmed up or made interesting at the beigining of the lesson, the problem faced when...  [Read more]

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Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jobs Ukraine Kiev 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 explains common problem situations and typical problems and difficulties we would come across while teaching English. One of the most important problems is the beginning of each class; we need to establish rapport and build trust. The general most important thing I have learned through this course and this final unit just underlines it: the teacher must be well prepaired before each lesson, pay attention to all the circumstances around the class as much as try to get to know and measure...  [Read more]

  Before we go into looking at the actual receptive skills lesson, if we were thinking about what potential problems there could be in these lessons. So, what things could go wrong in a reading lesson? Well, firstly the students when they are reading in a language that is not their native language, they tend to read every word as a separate piece and by reading word to word it?s very difficult to get an overall impression of what that particular text is saying. Secondly, the sentence length in a lot of articles that we will get will be very long and many of our students will not be used to that structure of language. So, here it's important to have a think about the way in which the text has actually been written and will it be fairly easy to read. The final thing is the actual...  [Read more]

  So, some of the ways in which we can avoid these problems occurring in the first place is to reteach the vocabulary that's going to be required in the particular activity and the grammar. Now, having said this, it doesn't mean that if we think about a particular article that they're going to read or a listening activity that they're going to listen to. They don't have to know every single word in there but they do need to know a certain number of words in order to actually make sense out of it. Secondly, most of the materials that we'll be using for both reading and possibly for listening will be what's called an authentic material. In other words, it's a real piece of material from a newspaper or magazine that hasn't been created for a particular class and so we need a very...  [Read more]

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Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Hunnewell 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: Teachers come across several problems while teaching. First lesson is really crucial to establish a good rapport. The teacher can use warmers (hangman, pictionary, memory games, etc) to warm up instead of handling them grammar. In terms of teaching different level, the teacher must prepare various materials based on stronger adn weaker students' knowledge and give them equal attention. Teaching large classes is not easy. The teacher can use worksheets, pairworks, choral repetition, etc in order to...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jobs Japan Kitakyushu 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: Through this lesson I learned how to effectively teach the class and maintain the appropriate classroom atmosphere. As a student learning another foreign language myself, I realized there were reasons the teachers were carrying out some actions they did. Also, I learned the many different factors which should be considered to manage classes such as size of the class, age of the students and student personality. How to react to the different types of situation that can happen in a classroom as...  [Read more]