Fun Fluency Activities

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Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Certification Jordan Amman 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 deals with the teaching of the two productive skills; speaking and writing. Both are equally important. For speaking, the differences between the activities for accuracy and fluency is explained to show that an alternative approach is required, moving from controlled activities for language accuracy to creative communication for language fluency. The text covers how to encourage students to speak, thus getting them engaged and interacting with each other. The unit moves onto writing;...  [Read more]

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Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Libertyville 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: The teacher must create the need and desire in the students to communicate the language with purpose, saying something, listening to something and make what is being said interesting. Through accuracy activities we produce correct language, and through fluency activities we experiment to be creative in language and flow in communication. Speaking activities with interesting topics. are used to encourage students to speak. Writing issues of handwriting, spelling, layout, punctuation and creativity...  [Read more]