English Speaking Teacher

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English is one of the most commonly used second languages across much of the world and it is currently being studied by tens of millions of people from all backgrounds and cultures. How and where they choose to study can vary considerably, but one thing that most English language students have in common is that their studies are led by a tutor known as a TESOL teacher (or something similar such as ESL teacher, TEFL teacher, etc). The role of a TESOL teacher is to slowly build up their student's abilities in the four language skills; reading, writing, speaking, and listening, to enable them to reach their individual study goals, which could be for work, study, travel, or a variety of other reasons. Please note: the acronym TESOL stands for Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages. ...  [Read more]

  Strictly speaking the answer is no, you do not have to possess a TEFL certificate in order to find work as an English language teacher. In some countries around the world it is still possible to secure employment simply by being a native English speaker. However, there are several reasons why we would strongly recommend that you complete a TEFL training course before you set off to teach English abroad. In recent years many popular destinations for EFL teachers have begun to tighten the requirements necessary for teaching English in schools and language centers. A recognized TEFL certificate is now required in order to secure a work permit in many countries, whilst the ever growing number of teachers with a TEFL qualification means that employers in the majority of countries...  [Read more]

  Globalization and the increasing demand for English speaking professionals all over the world, especially in emerging regions, has brought about a new, steadily growing sector: English as a Second Language (ESL). An ESL teacher is, therefore, an educator who works with English Language Learners (ELLs) whose native language is not English. The goal of the ESL teacher is to help the students reach a certain level of fluency in English, on both a spoken and written level. ESL educators are not to be confused with foreign language teachers. ESL teachers do not share the same native language and are specifically trained to offer explanations and directed teaching methods to non-English speakers. This teaching style is mainly focused on repetition, drills, demonstrations, and...  [Read more]

  Globalization and the increasing demand for English speaking professionals all over the world, especially in emerging regions, has brought about a new, steadily growing sector: English as a Second Language (ESL). An ESL teacher is, therefore, an educator who works with English Language Learners (ELLs) whose native language is not English. The goal of the ESL teacher is to help the students reach a certain level of fluency in English, on both a spoken and written level. ESL educators are not to be confused with foreign language teachers. ESL teachers do not share the same native language and are specifically trained to offer explanations and directed teaching methods to non-English speakers. This teaching style is mainly focused on repetition, drills, demonstrations, and...  [Read more]

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Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jobs Braunschweig Germany 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 unit 19 i learned that there are different types of groups that one as a teacher might be exposed to so not only do we have to be flexible but accept the fact that we will not always know everything or the backgrounds of what the student does or how to do their job but we must always remember we are there to teach English, nothing more. It is also important to analyze the students needs and wants to be able to integrate it in the mandatory material that must be covered to fulfill the...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jobs Turkey Balikesir 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: Throughout unit one of this course I have acquired a more broad understanding of an English teacher’s role in the classroom. English teachers should not be passive in their method of teaching, but they must also avoid being overbearing upon their students. As an individual who has taken foreign language in the past, I understand the fear students may face when speaking an unfamiliar language. Thus it is a teacher’s job to be able to provide feedback in a manner that is upbeat and...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Certification China Heyuan 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 focuses on the productive skills (speaking and writing). It later includes games where students can be involved either for competition or cooperation. If a teacher wishes to introduce a communicative activity to students, he/she must bring in a number of reasons why people communicate; they have communicative purpose, they want to say something, they want to listen to something and they are interested in what is being said. Some of the speaking activities in the classroom are;...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jobs Ukraine Horlivka 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, speaking and writing skills need to be practised and based on student's English knowledge. Therefore, when a teacher teaches speaking or writing, a stage of 'pre-teaching' also carries great importance. Sometimes, I was confused if I should correct every mistake students made but I found it was impossible and would break the pace of the lesson. But when I read the part of accuracy and fluency activities, I realised that I didn't do wrong. Knowing the aim or purpose of each teaching stage...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Certification Franco Da Rocha 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: The four basic skills in any language are reading, listening, speaking and writing. Receptive skills are the reading and listening, and the productive skills are the specking and writing. Predictive skills are specific information - scanning, general idea- skimming, detailed information and deducted from context. An example of purpose reading is reading map. An example of entertainment reading is listing to jokes or reading a novel.This unit was very enlightening in terms of...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Superior Nebraska 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 about the productive skills, namely speaking and writing. Writing is more difficult than speaking in that it requires accuracy, whereas speaking requires fluency, but less accuracy. When a teacher prepares content for this lesson, the content should be interesting enough to create a need and desire to speak. There are three types of activities that are used in speaking and writing lessons - controlled, guided, and creative. Controlled activities are accuracy- based, and are...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Certification India Vadodara 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: Sometimes teachers need to incorporate different skills into lessons if they need a balanced approach. There are four basic skills like: receptive skills-reading and listening, and productive skills-speaking and writing. In this units are talking about the receptive skills-reading and listening. We divided the reasons and motives into two categories: For a purpose and for entertainment. When a teacher teaches the class on how to read and listen, they can focus on the following areas:...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Qianjiang 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.W. - U.S.A. said: In this lesson, I leaned a lot about productive skills including Speaking and Writing. In English learning and teaching, students and teachers always pay more attention to Speaking which is generally used in communicating and considered as the most important part. So writing is the most neglected skill. For teachers, it is obvious that the content of an English class can not be covered by four English skills, time is not enough for that.so they will leave part of them they can practice by...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Certification Allahabad 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: Speaking and writing are equally as important as reading and listening. Speaking will be concentrated on accuracy and fluency while writing should be concentrated on grammar. Teachers should encourage students with speaking by having them do controlled activities, guided activities, and creative communication. Writing should be encouraged to help students with grammar and different pronunciation of words.The attitude that the teacher comes into class with will have a profound effect on...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Kenansville North Carolina 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: Speaking and writing are equally important productive skills. Most teachers find writing more difficult to teach than to teach speaking. When teaching speaking skills the teacher must be prepared for an incorporate accuracy and fluency activities. Accuracy activities focus on producing correct language (e.g. grammar and vocabulary usage and the output of accuracy activities are controlled by the teacher. Fluency activities focus on allowing students to experiment with speak creatively and...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Certification Lengshuijiang 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: Evaluation is both important to the teacher and the learner.The teacher can have a way of evaluating whatever she or he has taught per lesson.In most cases learners not like the teachers testing them though it may be for their benefit as well as the teachers benefit.Placement tests are important for the learnersif English as a second language since they can help the teacher to place the learner at his or her right level.From this unit I learned that teaching productive skills is...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Alhambra 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 productive skills, which are speaking and writing. This unit recognized that most people?teachers and students?commonly consider speaking the ?more important? skill and may therefore devote less time and learning to writing skills. Speaking English may satisfy a more immediate need/desire for more students than writing, and yet it is up to the teacher to foster interest in writing skills and give merit to their value. Lessons that focus on speaking skills should aim to build...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Certification Iran Khoy 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: With productive skills, I agree that most students and teachers focus their efforts in the classroom around speaking and less with writing as most students attend EFL classes to improve their speaking skills. There are two key areas with speaking that a teacher should also think about to focus on when teaching, which are accuracy and fluency. Both are important to have a good balance in and to be done in that order to ensure improvement of the student's ability. With accuracy, controlled...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jobs Kasukabe Japan 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 learnt about Productive skills speaking and writing. This is the most ignored aspect of learning English, because it is time consuming and teachers dont like the quiet time. But we as teachers need to make sure that students are developing their writing skills as well as speaking. Using many games and the ESA method, we can help students gain confidence in their writing skills. Pronunciation is also an important aspect where the teacher is controlling the activity like drilling.This...  [Read more]