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Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Certification Japan Chiba 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: Like the present and past tense, the future tense has simple, continuous, perfect, and perfect continuous variations. However, infinitive statements, present simple, and present continuous can also be used in the future tense. Future simple has many usages such as describing future facts, predictions, and spontaneous decisions. Future continuous can indicate an activity will be in progress at a future time. Future perfect indicates an action completed before a time in the future. Future...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jobs Japan Noda 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: From this unit,I've learnt four present tenses:present simple,present continuous,present perfect and present perfect continuous.And the structure of each tense,the usage of each tense and some good activities for teaching those tenses.And also some typical students errors in each tenses and how to correct them during teaching. Present simple: Subject + base form and use for talking about daily routine ,facts,directions and instructions and so on.For example:I get up at 7 o'clock everyday. Present...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jobs Japan Sasebo 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 got to admit, it was a nice wake up call in a way that one would never have thought the basic grammar could be confusing. So thank you for pointing out this part of grammar. There are five conditionals: Zero conditional used for irrefutable facts-if/when+ present tense, present tense First conditional used for possible future-if+ present simple, will Second conditional used for impossible situation-if+ past simple, would/could/might+ base form Third conditional used for hypothetical past-if+ past...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL East Greenwich Rhode Island 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 focused on equipment and teaching aids. I didn't learn very much from this unit - many of the tips were things I had to learn the hard way. In fact, there are many things this unit did NOT cover. I found a laptop extremely useful because I never had time to prepare everything on the classroom computer. I had to walk into the computer and start immediately, and my personal laptop allowed me to do that. I also found powerpoint to be a critical tool in my lessons, but this unit...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jobs Japan Handa 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, it gives a brief overview on how the four different present tenses (present simple, present continuous, present perfect and present perfect continuous) shall be used. It has given a clear explanation on how to use all the present tenses in either forming sentences or questionnaires. For example, present simple is used to talk about habits and facts. While, present continuous is used to mention about things that are happening at the moment of speaking. Present perfect is used to talk...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about Accreditation Onsite TESOL 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: A.J. – Japan said: I have worked as an english teacher for 5 years now in Japan. When I began my position I had no qualification for teaching english as a second language other than the fact that I spoke english. My position was to teach oral communication but I soon found it necessary to be looking up the names of certain tenses and the usages of certain structures. This course has deepened my understanding of the tenses and grammar structures of the english language. It has especially helped me to...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jobs Toyama 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: The present tense is an extremely important lesson since it challenges students greatly. In summary, the present simple discusses habits, routines, and facts. The present continuous discusses actions in progress at the time of speaking, temporary actions around the time of speaking and a changing/developing situations. The present perfect discusses completed at an indefinite time/general experience, past actions that continue at the time of speaking, and past actions with present results.In this...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jobs Kamagaya 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: We live in a world where technological advances are being made all the time, and where those advances are making way to a classroom setting. Whether it be videos, visual aids, projectors or interactive whiteboards, technology has allowed teachers to make learning more engaging, colorful and practical for their students. Not only have the equipment and teaching aids mentioned in this lesson allowed teachers to be more creative, but given students the ability to be part of a more hands-on lesson.I...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jobs Ikeda 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: I found this unit to be quite difficult and came to the conclusion that I don't actually know as much as I thought. Although English is my Native language, it's actually hard. This unit covered past tenses; usages, typical mistakes made by students, and teaching ideas. I learned how to distinguish between each of the four past tenses; past simple, past perfect, past continuous, and past perfect continuous and how to teach students with the help of affirmative, negative and question style forms.Unit...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Certification Japan Toda 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 I just started teaching I often conducted impromptu lessons and the fact that they were pretty good and the students were generally happy made me debate against lesson planning even more. However, after 5-6 lessons with the same group, especially when you have more than 3-4 groups of students at about the same level, I had to realise how important lesson planning actually is. The fact is, without it I started to forget what I taught to which group, which examples I brought up etc. Also,...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Certification Japan Kiryu 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 is full of insights. We began by pointing the importance of how teachers can influence their students by the use of eyes, voice and gestures. We also looked at the most relevant approaches to classroom set up in order to fit the needs of the classroom when teaching a lesson. We also looked into the differences of group classrooms, pairs, and individual approaches to teaching, We added congruence to the development of the lecture by explaining rapport, discipline constrictions, and...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jobs Rio Claro 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: Reading and listening: The 2 Receptive skills. The focus of both accuracy and fluency. Different types of activities for different phases of the ESA lessons. Especially useful part was the bit where the unit talked about SPEAKING skills and presented a sample ESA lesson plan. Here in Japan, where I teach English training to this day, has been heavily focused on developing writing skills. So many of my students are good writers, but they don't do so well in speaking. Not only for cultural reasons,...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jobs Japan Tachikawa 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 have learned about importance of teaching productive skills and the challenges teacher faces during this lessons. I agree that the most challenging part in speaking sessions are encouraging students to participate specially while teaching beginner or elementary students.I would try to overcome this challenge by introducing many controlled activities before fluency activity and add more peer group activities in the lesson plan specially those which give students some time to think...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Certification Higashimurayama 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: The two productive skills are speaking and writing. Our li is all about communication, so, teaching how to speak is very important. A teacher should use different methods to get students to talk and use the new grammar and language, for instance, pair-work and group work, lots of communicative exercises, dialogues, story-building, controlled and guided activities to encourage students to talk.I learnt the different methods, techniques and theories to planning and conducting a class....  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Certification Japan Tottori 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 and testing is a sensitive topic amongst teachers, which is alluded to as well in this unit. But the fact is, that you normally have to present a certain number of testresults at the end of a course. What I missed to some point in this unit is that it helps yourself as a teacher and your students as well if you think carefully beforehand about the goals of a topic you want to evaluate. For and after a diagnostic test, it helps to get already an overview of what the goal will be...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jobs Japan Toda 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 13, Teaching pronunciation and phonology, provides general guidelines to the teaching of applied phonetics of the English language. The unit summarizes a variety of approaches for the teaching of intonation and stress, and the use of the International Phonetic Alphabet. The section on speech articulation illustrates the complexity of speech production and how speech organs and places of articulation can best be exploited to result in an exact pronunciation of the English language. I learned from...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jobs Japan Niihama 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 talks of pronunciation and phonology.Under phonology it looks at intonation and makes it clear that the normal pattern for intonation in a statement is the rise/fall pattern. it goes further to look at the techniques for indicating and teaching intonation and mention points like:nonsense words, gesture, humming and singing and the board.It also looks at stress and the rules for stressing words.Not leaving out the techniques for indicating and teaching stress. Much more, it treats the...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Certification Takarazuka 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: course books are one way to plan the teacher's lesson as he/she is going to think deeply of the students and their levels and interest around which he/she can design their topics. Course books are important to both students and teachers. The latter will be more organized and will know what they are doing and the former will know what they are doing and won't be lost by having such material.Testing is a highly controversial topic. It is perceived differently from one country to the next....  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Certification Japan Funabashi 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 think the biggest lesson I learned from this section was the fact that these parts of speech can allow English speakers to be well spoken and clear in conveying what they want to say. I was able to understand clearly what each parts of speech purpose in a sentence. I also have a better understanding in adjectives and how there is a rule to describe things. It goes from size,age,color,material,then noun. Even after speaking English for over a decade, I was still able to grasp something...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Certification Kushiro 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: A good resource unit with plenty of information on the topic. I don?t know whether it?s a fact but I?ve always believed that it takes a special kind of person to teach children (younger than, say, 12). In addition to delivering fun-filled and entertaining classes, such teachers surely need abundant patience, a quality I don?t have. I believe I would be best suited to teaching adults.I have learnt speaking and writing is equally important though one deals with accuracy and the other deals...  [Read more]