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Check out tefl tesol about TESOL New Home 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: I would like to begin by saying that the Silent Method sounds very unusual and unnatural, and I would not be comfortable teaching in that manner. I'm glad you advocate for a different approach! In the classes I have taught in the past, it is very difficult to predict what the students will and won't understand. Therefore, I believe that, based on the description, I would prefer to use Patchwork ESA as a model for my classes. While many of the activity suggestions would work very well for children, I...  [Read more]

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New York City is justifiably one of the most famous and popular cities in the world and is the perfect location for taking a TESOL course. Spend just five minutes in New York and you will understand why it’s like nowhere else in the world. Only in New York City will you see everything that is the spirit of the USA in one city. The diversity, the culture, and the style of the USA are all here in one fascinating place. There are so many things for the visitor to see and do. See the Empire State and Chrysler Buildings, the Statue of Liberty, Rockefeller Center, Times Square, the Bronx Zoo, Staten Island Ferry, Brooklyn Bridge as well as many other well known attractions. There is also a wide variety of restaurants, shows, museums and sporting events to visit. New York in reality is a city...  [Read more]

New Technology in the Classroom Just 20 years ago, cell phones, internet, laptops and digital cameras, to list a few, were restricted to scientists and the science fiction world. Today, these technologies have gained public acceptance and it is almost impossible to imagine our lives without them! It is clear that, in today’s Digital Era, students must learn how to use technology to live, learn and work successfully. As teachers, we hear the call to provide our students with the skills and access to technology they require as citizens of the information and communication age we live in. As a consequence, we have ended up adding one more duty to our list: “The development and use of new educational technologies in our classrooms.” We are constantly exploring ways of incorporating...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL New Hartford New York 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: Conditional sentences contain words such as if or when which refer to past, present or future possibilities. The teaching ideas provided in this unit are excellent: Mixing up split sentences for students to complete. Asking students to complete conditional sentences with their own ideas. Chain conditional activity would provide fun and be humorous as each student provides an idea. Giving students a dilemma to solve in conditional question would be a creative exercise. Direct speech changing to...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Anderson Wisconsin 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 focuses on course books and lesson materials. The unit covers authentic materials and created materials such as crossword puzzles, word searches, flashcards, picture stories, and role-play cards. Also covered within the unit is a discussion on course books pertaining to advantages, disadvantages, how to best use a course book, and how to analyze factors that make an effective course book. I enjoyed the fact that an entire unit was devoted to course books and lesson materials. When I...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Sherburne New York 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 gave 2 examples of how a lesson might be executed - both an ineffective lesson as well as an effective, engaging lesson. I learned that the attitude, tone, and rapport that the teacher uses are critical to the receptiveness of the students to the lesson. I also learned how important it is to introduce the objective at the beginning of a lesson and use gestures to help the students understand instructions. Using established gestures definitely helped the students in the 2nd video of this...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jobs Manchester 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: I found this unit informative and useful. I have some experience teaching, planning lessons etc, but no formal training. It has been nice to see that I naturally did most of the things in this unit out of common sense. I have also made note of some things which I didn't do - but can see value in such as standing at the door to greet students as they enter. This unit has been very helpful. The last several questions of this test were a little tricky - but I think I got them right.This is a...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Griswold Iowa 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 first lesson had every single bad feature of a teacher - he was repeating how easy it is which in fact made the students feel incompetent and humiliated. he spoke fast, used grammar concepts difficult for them and did not seem like he was enthusiastic to teach. Students were pretty bored and probably counting the minutes for the lesson to end. He did not really care if they understood or not. He kept asking them what there name was and did not even keep note of it. he did not introduce himself - All...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Fieldsboro New Jersey 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 provides two videos made by the same teacher and the same students with totally different teaching results. As seen in the second lesson, the teacher is more cheerful, presents more accurate gestures, speaks slowly and clearly and responds to the students better, etc. These changes on the teacher's side lead to the enthusiasm and quality participation from the students. In the lesson one, the students look confused and intimidated and the results of the lesson are not satisfactory. ...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Raymond 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: This unit has very specifically focused on the present tense and the four tenses within it. Subsequently, it has allowed me to really study this tense in detail and perfect my understanding of it as well as my ability to teach it to others. I like the way that it was structured into forms, usages and common mistakes. Not only did it make it easy to learn the tenses but also offers a good example of how one can organise the information to be able to teach it to others. I also found that describing...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Brigantine New Mexico 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 various forms of present tense, (present simple, present continuous, present perfect and present perfect continuous), and how / when to use these various tenses within a sentence. Each tense was explained by first going through it's form, it's usage and then the common mistakes students often make when first learning how to use them. An example of such a mistake may look something like the following sentence; \" I'm practicing hard every morning.\" Here the student would...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Rochester New York 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, we learned about some different methodologies of TEFL such as the Lexical Approach, the Silent Way, Task-Based Learning, etc. The one we focused on was the Engage-Study-Activate(ESA) method. A lesson does not have to be taught in the \"straight-arrow\" ESA sequence; it can also be taught in a \"boomerang\" sequence (EASA), or a \"patchwork\" containing any order as long it begins with Engage and ends with Activate. We were also given a number of Engage, Study, and Activate phase...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Conway South 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: Difficult students are something that every ESL/EFL teacher including myself must deal with almost daily. Over the years I have had my fair share of students/learners who were either slow, unmotivated/reluctant, or overwhelmed studying English. For the most part, I have used many of the techniques that are detailed in unit 20 and found many of them especially partner roll playing to work very well motivating my younger learners. In the future I will also incorporate using a voice recorder for...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Riverhead New York 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 12 focused on teaching the two productive skills, speaking and writing. The unit described both fluency (allowing the students to be creative with language) and accuracy (producing correct language) activities and gave examples of both, including controlled activities which are focused on accuracy and creative communication which focuses on fluency. Unit 12 continued with examples of both speaking and writing activities and also typical ESA lesson outlines for both. This unit was helpful in...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Red House New York 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 like the Straight arrow teaching method. The engage phase is a good way to get students to start talking and relax. Its good for relieving the stress of starting class. The study phase is the actual teaching portion where I can introduce new lessons to the students and show them the correct and incorrect way of using the new things. Worksheets are a good thing to use during this phase as the student get to hone their new skills and I can monitor whether or not they understand by how well they...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Smithtown New York 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 about the 2 reproductive skills. In the speaking skill there are 2 types of activities accuracy and fluency activities which are both equally important in language development. The accuracy involves precision in language like drilling and prompting and are controlled by the teacher , where as in the fluency activities are more creative communication like role plays,discussions or debates which are not controlled by the teacher. This unit also talks about the importance of writing and...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL meta Missouri 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 believe effective classroom management will help establish a classroom free of behavioral problems and will make a better learning environment. There are many classroom management tips and tricks teachers use everyday. Through implementing those managing classroom routines and rules do we have an idea of whether those are effective or not. I would love to make my classroom more efficient by having good management. I would try to find a balance in how I manage my classroom as a whole. To have a greater...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Seneca Falls New York 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: students need as much exposure to language as possible.students need certain amount of input from the teacher. Anxiety and stress need to low for effective language learning.Engage,study,activate is the most effective and logical of all the methodologies for the new teachers to learn and apply in the classroom.During engage stage you should ensure that each student speaks some English.During study stage students should be learning new English language concepts.In the activate stage you are trying...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL New Chapel Hill 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 covered two major grammar points: conditionals, and reported speech. There are 4 different types of conditionals, as well as mixed conditionals. Each type uses different tenses and is appropriate for distinct situations. For example, the zero conditional uses the present simple tense and applies to irrefutable facts or certainties. Mixed conditionals generally combine past perfect and present tenses to describe hypothetical past actions and the hypothetical present consequences. ...  [Read more]