Enlgish To Ukraine

The Orange Revolution which saw free and fair elections finally bought to the Ukraine in 2004/5 has led to a great enthusiasm for change, and brought about a great sense of freedom. This is reflected in bold fashions and enthusiasm for partying and living the good life, where possible. The population of forty-eight millions fits snugly into a landmass of two hundred and thirty square miles. Ukrainian is the official language, but also Russian, Romanian, Polish and Hungarian are spoken. Religions observed include Ukrainian Orthodox, Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox, Ukrainian Catholic, Islam, Judaism and Protestantism. In other words, quite a mix. Since 1989 the transition to a market economy in what was the old Soviet Bloc has led to huge demand for English language skills. Everything...  [Read more]

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Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jobs Bila Tserkva Ukraine 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: Productive skills are made up of writing and speaking. Accuracy and fluency are very important parts of speaking. Accuracy deals with correct production of language whereas fluency deals creativity with language. Both however, are equally important. Many students are reluctant to speak and should be encouraged to do so by creating a comfortable atmosphere where they would not be afraid to make mistakes but enjoy speaking to both classmates and teacherThis lesson was on the different groups of...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jobs Krasnyi Luch Ukraine 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 is a very important component of teaching as it ensures the materials are covered accurately and on schedule. This ensures the students learn the appropriate material at the appropriate times. Proper notes are recommended as they show what has been covered with the students allowing a substitute to step in or for the next teacher to know where to pick up. This unit definitely explained clearly why lesson plans are so very important.I am very interested in classroom...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jobs Ukraine Bila Tserkva 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 lesson I learned intonation, stress, articulation, teaching techniques for the pronunciation of individual sounds and when to teach pronunciation. Intonation is generally considered to be the variation in volume and pitch in a whole sentence whereas stress is concerned with individual words. Articulation needs the speech organs. Human speech is an enormously complex area of study. There are place of articulation: velar,palatal,palatal-alveolar,alveolar,dental, labio-dental, bilabial...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jobs Lviv Ukraine 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 truly a grammar capstone quiz! The advice on many websites given in Unit 17 is to learn phrasal verbs as vocabulary and not by analysis and it seems like solid advice...as that is how they are learned by native learners. I remember blanking out on transitive and intransitive in middle school grammar classes and have to say, I still have the same tendency. The terminology seems so unnecessary and confusing! Oh well, the review was worth it.It was hard but ?mportant unit. I have learnt...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jobs Ukraine Ivano-Frankivsk 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 lesson I have learnt that every language has four parts which are listening and reading (receptive skills) as well speaking and grammar but they all curry the same importance. Just like grammar lessons, reading and listening also follow the ESA form of teaching. I have also learn that, while selecting the topic for students to listen or read, make sure that you choose a topic which is for the interest of the students not for the teacher because what’s good for the teacher...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jobs Ukraine Luhansk 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 learned about the different types of conditionals involved in the process of speech. The breakdown of each conditional will help a student to see the cause and effect of an action in a sentence. At times it may be difficult for a student to see the difference between conditionals 1, and 2, and the 3rd and mixed conditionals. I believe that activities that cover the different types of conditionals will help to sharpen students' understanding of the conditionals. Reported speech is a way for...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jobs Kherson Ukraine 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 really appreciated this lesson. It was very beneficial in helping me to better understand and consider way to better organize my classes. I especially like that it focused on building relationships with students as a foundation to better classroom management. It was also insightful to see the importance placed on TTT and STT. It's far too easy to spend too much of the class in TTT. I believe I will refer back to this lesson frequently in the future.During that unit, I learned the difference of...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jobs Luhansk Ukraine 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 don't know how this unit will help me in teaching new language. Most of the information here are already covered in the teaching methodology, of which for me, were more thorough than this unit. The title itself is misleading, I expected more material in teaching new language than what has been given. I believe that this unit should be the core of this course and more discussion should be given on how to effectively teach a new language to students.This unit was extremely enjoyable and nice to...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Certification Dnipropetrovsk Ukraine 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 covered different aspects of being an effective teacher when it comes to using all sorts of technology. The best teachers know and understand how to practically use all types such as dvds, interactive white boards, video cameras, and many more. We covered all the practical advantages and disadvantages to utilizing these different tools in the classroom.This Unit was a good reminder about Future Tense and about some frequently used other Tenses (Present Simple, Present...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jobs Kiev Ukraine 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 future tense helps students communicate with others when they need to express something that is going to happen in the future. It also helps others to understand a future plan or something that is going to happen. So it will not confuse the timeline in the communication process. However, the complication (eg. when to use simple future and when to use be going + infinitive or present continuous)in this tense may sometimes confuse students in usage.I found this unit particularly useful and...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jobs Ukraine Donetsk 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 unit has introduced me to the techniques of teaching a new lanvuage. How would one go about teaching a new language. The techniques of teaching vocabulary and grammar. The unit has highlighted that the learner of a new language would be interested in; exposure to the new language, its meaning, practicing it nd producing it. The teacher of vocabulary should be guided by the appropriateness of the language to the student, to the task, how often will the student use the word and how easy is it...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jobs Kharkiv Ukraine 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 unit emphasizes the importance of structure ? the teacher can?t simply ask students to talk to each other for two minutes. I think that, even if students speak good English outside the classroom, the lessons should incorporate words for things or concepts that go beyond a certain area of their lives. It seems that the writing component would feature lower down the priority list because of the amount of time required to teach how to write well.Authentic materials are taken from real life...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jobs Ivano-Frankivsk Ukraine 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: teaching new language opens up a new range of possibilities when it comes to how to teach different aspects of the English language. It begs me to ask myself how you learn grammar functions as well as vocabulary and also how to best teach that to new learners. For me I feel that it is easier to grasp and teach vocabulary rather than grammar and that I think I need to work more on by furthering my knowledge about in this case grammar and its functions.After reading this unit, I feel I have...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jobs Donetsk Ukraine 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 lesson is confusing yet exciting to study and teach at the same time. I've learned the different meanings of intonation, I was reminded of how to read using the IPA, the techniques for indicating and teaching stress and everything in this unit. Wow! I'm learning a lot from these lessons. The textbook in my class covers about phonemic too but not as extensive as this, somehow, I will be using this information in my class when I get back to work.This unit was about Parts of Speech. It consist...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jobs Ukraine Kharkiv 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 focus of unit 12 is on the two productive skills, namely speaking and writing. The unit has two sections: One deals with the speaking skill and the other deals with the writing skill. The speaking section starts by discussing the difference between accuracy (where emphasis is put on correct language production) and fluency (where emphasis is put on creativity and flow of the communication) activities. It also contains a list of controlled, guided, and creative speaking activities that teachers...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jobs Ukraine Krasnyi Luch 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 14 is about coursebooks and materials: their uses; the advantages and disadvantages of using them; the need for supplementary material to make the lessons more appropriate to the particular group of students; the factors that have to be taken into account when choosing the coursebooks; and how to use these if they are available/chosen. Examples of exercises from coursebooks, such as crossword puzzles, conversational exercises and pictures were also shown. An important part of the unit...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jobs Ukraine Lviv 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 should be flexible and creative, and make a decision about how to use the provided coursebook based on the needs of their students. Coursebooks provide researched material, in an organized fashion, and are usually expected by the students. The disadvantage is they don't necessarily meet the needs of all students, because they are written for a general audience. Teachers can create their own materials or search for authentic materials to supplement or replace the given curriculum. Authentic...  [Read more]

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]