Facts For English

  The two most common usages for the present simple tense are habits and routines, as well as general facts and truths. Our example of routine would be 'I teach every Monday.' We've used our subject 'I', our base form 'teach' and 'every Monday' speaking about the routine that I have. We also have our general facts 'The sun rises in the east.' Here, 'the sun' would follow under the pronoun 'it' so we've had to conjugate our verb per our pattern and finish our sentence. We could also talk about general truths such as likes or dislikes. 'I like football,' or 'He likes football.' Of course, there are other usages but these are the two most common. Below you can read feedback from an ITTT graduate regarding one section of their online TEFL certification course. Each of our online...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Sandown New Hampshire 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: Despite the fact that there are a number of tenses for the future, this unit has helped to solidify some of the patterns that have been emerging with previous tenses (past and present). I am finding it now quite a bit easier to identify the basic tenses (simple, perfect, continuous, perfect continuous) in all forms. However, again, as in previous lessons, distinguishing the nuances in usage continues to sometimes be tricky. I find it difficult to memorize which forms are used for predictions...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Certification Guangxi Yulin 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 Course Books and Lesson Materials chapter was very short but is incredibly important to consider when thinking about teaching. In my particular position I do not choose the lesson materials so this is not incredibly helpful for me but it must be considered by teachers who select textbooks. Some of the facts about textbook pros and cons, however, I found were a little obvious. For example, the fact that when you make your own materials you have more freedom to make it appropriate to the...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jobs Germany Solingen 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 will have to agree that the future tense is the most complex of the tenses covered in this material. The future simple and future perfect continuous are for me the easier of the future forms to understand. The simple tense, using shall/will plus the verb is used to describe things such as future facts, predictions, promises and assumptions. For example: Christmas will be here in 2 months (future fact). The future perfect continuous takes will + have been + a verb ending in \"-ing\" to describe...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jobs Bangalore 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: The use of assessment is critical in creating a successful student body. Monitoring their progress and their knowledge is vital in providing feedback that helps them move forward and what they need to work on. I also find that the placement and diagnostic exams are to similar to really deserve two different titles. That is just my opinion and it is slightly confusing. We use placement exams at my school for the simple fact that they are given at the beginning of the year to determine which class a...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Allen Texas 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 tenses has 7 forms: the future simple, the future continuous, the future perfect, the future perfect continuous, the present simple, \"going to\" + future, and the present continuous forms have their various usages including describing facts and speculating (future simple), predict the present and refer to fixed future event (future continuous), to describe an action completed by a certain time in the future (future perfect), to describe how long an action will continue in the future (future...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Longkou 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: J.D. - U.S.A. said: I have learnt that there are in-fact four present tenses, the: Present Simple - Form: 'I work, you work etc...' (subject = base form [=s/es]) Negative: I don't work, you don't work etc..' (subject + aux verb 'do' + not = base form) Question: 'Do I work? Do you work? etc..' (aux verb 'do' + subject = base form) Usages for this - habitual or routine actions (He goes swimming every week), permanent situations and facts (the sun rises in the East), Commentaries (Ann passes the baton to John who...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about Colleges Courses 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: J.J. - U.K. said: Games in the classroom1. Introduction Nowadays, using diverse games for language students in the classroom has gained its popularity all over the world as a valuable method. The aim of this research article is therefore to see how the games, as the medium of educational purpose, can become one of effective methods. Also we will be investigating how various games can effectively be applied to the classroom especially for young learners. Accordingly, the research has been carried out through...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Wenzhou 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: D. M. - Korea said: In this unit we talk about conditionals, direct and report speech. There are five main conditionals: -Zero conditional: it used for actions or facts that are thruth. If and when are interchangeable. -First conditional: it used for action or facts that are possible, even certain. -Second conditional: it used for action or facts possible but improbable. -Third conditional: it used for past facts and actions that didn't happen. -Mix conditional: it used to talk about past facts and actions that could...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jobs Russia Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky 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: There are seven future tenses, although two to three of them are actually present tenses used in a special way. The future simple is used in promises, threats, predictions without evidence, definite future facts, and more. The future continuous is used to demonstrate a process that is happening at a point in the future, or it can be used to ask for others' plans without affecting their decisions. Future perfect refers to tasks that will be completed by a point in the future. ...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL El Alto 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: N.D. - Mauritius said: This unit was about conditionals and reporting speech. It was a good opportunity for me to review some of the grammars. I did not know about the terms of zero, first, second, third, and mixed conditionals until I studied the unit. Zero conditional's form is to refer to actions and facts that are undeniable (scientific facts etc). First conditional's form refers a real situation in the future that is probable once the condition has been satisfied. (promises, threats, backup plans) The second...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about Discounted TESOL Center 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. S.- Ukraine said: Problems for learnners in the UkraineEnglish is the language I love, and if you love something you accept both its negative and positive traits. But the people who have not started loving the language yet, feel entirely different. The moment they encounter a problem, they begin complaining and demand explanations. They cannot accept the fact that languages are different, and just the same as with your mother tongue you have to take the foreign language for granted. The english and...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Cartersville Georgia 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 provides an overview of future tenses and addresses their complex landscape in a well structured way including \"pure\" future tenses as well as present tenses and going to future as structures used to express future actions and events - facts, predictions, plans, decisions of different sort, duration, sequence, etc. Examples illustrate well the intended usage and help with getting a better understanding of nuances and differences between various structures, like for instance, expressing...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Calvin Michigan 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 8 is yet another brain teaser describing the various Future Tenses. Future simple expresses facts or certainties; he'll be a certified ESL teacher after finishing this course. It also expresses predictions, speculations and spontaneity. Future Perfect is used to say that something will have been done. Future Continuous indicates that something will be in progress at a certain moment in the future. It is also used for polite enquiries. Future Perfect Continuous expresses how long something will...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Riesel Texas 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: There are several forms of future tenses such as future simple, future continuous, future perfect, future perfect continuous, going to future form, present simple, and present continuous. Future simple is used for expressing future facts, predictions with no evidences, promises, assumptions, spontaneous decisions, and threats. The usages of the future continuous are the following ; an activity in progress at a specific future time, predict the present, polite enquiries. The future perfect is used for...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Wisner Louisiana 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 I learned about the future tenses. I learned that not only is there a 5th extra future tense, the \"going to\" future tense, but one can also use the present simple tense, and present continuous tense to have future meanings as well. I learned that the present simple tense is used for making spontaneous decisions, describing future facts, making predictions without evidence, and making threats and promises. The future continuous is for describing actions in progress in the future, or...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about Companies TESOL Language 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: J.M. - Spain said: english as a global languageWhat is a global language? In his book english as a Global Language, Crystal (1997) asserts, “A language achieves a genuinely global status when it develops a special role that is recognized in every country” (p. 2). The definition hinges on the special role, which Crystal describes as serving as the native language of the majority (such as english does in the united states or Australia), serving as the official language, or ...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about Course TESOL Universities 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: J.W. - Canada said: english as a global languageThis paper shall ask the question "Is english a global language?" The question will be answered by comparing and contrasting two seperate articles on the subject, which take opposing viewpoints on the subject. The first article is 'Why a global language?'. This article is actually the first chapter of a book entitled 'english as a Global Language.' by David Crystal. The second article is entitled 'What Global Language?', and was written by Barbara Wallraff....  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Certification United Kingdom Derby 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: There are 7 sentences used for future meaning. How to usages is mentioned below: Simple present tense: Used for promises,predictions, future facts and certainties,spontaneous decisions and speculations. Future continuous tense : Used for an action in progress at a specific future time Future perfect tense : Used for an action completed before a time in the future Future perfect continuous tense : It mentiones how long something will have been happening by a future time Going to...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Farmersville Texas 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 based on the types of materials that can be used in the classroom as teaching aids. The materials are into two forms, Authentic materials that have been produced for a purpose other than the classroom, such as magazines and Non-Authentic materials that have been produced by an educational company or individual teachers for the specific purpose of being a teaching aids. The unit emphasized on how these materials can be designed for the students and put to use. The unit is also based on...  [Read more]