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Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Staples Minnesota 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 19 covered teaching special groups, which are beginners, individuals (one to one), young learners, business English, monolingual and multilingual students. I learned that there is a big difference between teaching adults and children. Adult students for example mostly choose to take English classes and therefore they might be more motivated and eager to learn a language, while youth students very often need to become motivated by the teacher with fun, games and frequent changing activities....  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL El Paso 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: C.W. - U.S.A. said: This lesson helpfully contrasts and compares the different needs of young learners and adults. For example, a young beginner in English learning will have different motivations for studying than an adult beginner. Generally speaking, an adult beginner will be intrinsically motivated to learn English for reasons such as employment benefits. Meanwhile, a young learner usually requires further external motivation to continue studying in the form of an interesting classroom environment, fun teacher,...  [Read more]

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Check out tefl tesol about Getting TESOL Certificate 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.K. - U.S.A. said: Problems for learners in ItalyI have been living In Florence, Italy for about five years. I first came to Italy in 2006 to continue my studies with design as well as the italian language and culture. Although italian is one of the most romantic languages in the world it can be difficult for foreigners to learn and difficult for Italians to forget while trying to learn and speak in english. While living here, I have learned that many Italians start learning english from elementary...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Certification Philippines Koronadal City 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 this unit is intended to let the ESL teacher KNOW about all types of students that he will find on the way as a teacher. There, they will have kids who are always very young and depend on their teachers for progress and approval. There also have young learners, who could be highly or low motivated to learn. This condition could be influenced by the fact that they might have problems at home, and this really affects them and the teacher has no way to control this. ...  [Read more]

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Check out tefl tesol about Inexpensive 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: K.P. - U.S.A. said: Teaching beginner studentsTeaching beginner students can be very intimidating to inexperienced teachers, however; many of them find the experience rewarding and worth the challenge. The term “beginner” can fall under many categories. One being the absolute beginner, another being the false beginner, the adult beginner, the young beginner, and even the beginner without Roman alphabet. Teaching an absolute beginner is working with a student who has no english skills at all. A false...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about Dates Fast 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: K. B. - U.S.A. said: Motivating StudentsBoth young and old students can lack motivation at some point along the way and therefore the teacher must have a plan to keep the students motivated. First the teacher must know the students interests, goals, and previous knowledge of the english language. This enables the teacher to accommodate the student to the greatest level, as well as keep them interested in their continuing studies. With the information the teacher has acquired they then can make their lesson...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jobs China Rizhao 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 the teachers and students in an English language class. The first part went over what makes a good teacher by looking at qualities, personalities, and abilities of successful teachers. Then it described the types of roles that a teacher may take in the classroom and why. In the latter part the focus shifted to what makes a good learner, so that the teacher knows what qualities to try and instill in their students and to improve upon. Next by breaking down the learners into...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jobs Poland Bialystok 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 am personally taking away many helpful tips and methods concerning how to manage classes. When I was teaching English in Mexico, I had a class of around 7 adults on some nights and then during the days, I had about 80 young children. Obviously, the ways in which I approached these two very different classes also very much varied. I appreciate the emphasis on how careful and self-aware the teacher must be, especially in terms of hogging attention or commanding too much in front. This is not an...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jobs India Raiganj 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 teaching of the English language has evolved over centuries of years with many methods still in place. The ESA (Engage, Study, Activate) method is a successful method taught by ITTT that incorporates many of the styles that came before it. The ESA method motivates students, exposes them to slightly challenging material building on the knowledge they have already acquired, and then presents an environment for them to put to all the knowledge they have so far in a realistic context. For children...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Calamus 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: This unit came in the form of two videos meant to show a lesson being taught to a group of Thai adults. The first video showed a teacher making numerous mistakes in his way of teaching, leading to a confused classroom when the second one showed a more effective way of teaching. The main difference in these two videos was the behaviour of the teacher, first very detached, unconcerned and intimidating then very cheerful, caring and patient, using effective techniques to teach his class. The main point of...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Certification India Malegaon 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: After reading this unit, I have a clearer idea of the different roles a language teacher can choose from. I have also realized the importance of switching and adapting the teacher's role according to student age, language level, cultural background, learning experiences, classroom activities, etc. I like how the unit starts with a list of qualities for good teacher and good student, which provides me a chance to reflect on building qualities that I might lack to become a better teacher. I...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jobs New Delhi 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: This unit was significantly easier than the previous units. It's possible that once you being to learn linguistic patterns, they become easier to recognize and process later on. For \"be going to\" I actually wonder how it isn't defined as usually used to express facts with concrete evidence since \"be going to\" and \"will\" are used so interchangeably. However, whether this is a result of common mistakes by native speakers, changing uses, or simply my own lack of understanding of the material I...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Huntington Oregon 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 horseshoe seating arrangement is the best setting. I have experienced it when I took many language courses as an adult. It is quite intimate and everyone is involved. Groups at tables is my least favorite - I do not like working in pairs so much - makes me uncomfortable but classes do become interesting even though it is long waiting for your turn to speak. I do like the way you focus on how the teacher should not shout. this also goes for parenting the more you shout the less children...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about Discount 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. R. - Japan said: Classroom ManagementClassroom management is an issue that all teachers must address whether they are teaching children or adults, as many problems arise from similar internal and external sources. Because of the various difficulties regarding classroom management, there are likewise, many ways to address them. Some methods are focused on dealing with the student, while others focus on the teacher's behavior in class. When teachers discuss classroom management, they usually refer to...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Royal Kunia Hawaii 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: Saying exactly what someone has said is called direct speech (sometimes called quoted speech). Here what a person says appears within quotation marks. Indirect speech (sometimes called reported speech), doesn't use quotation marks to enclose what the person said and it doesn't have to be word for word. Conditional tenses are used to speculate about what could happen, what might have happened, and what we wish would happen. In English, most sentences using the conditional contain the word if. Many...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Certification Pakistan Dadu 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 the importance of teacher role adaptability and why it can be very useful to be able to change roles quickly to suit a given situation, for example whilst taking a manager role at the front of a class and you notice the learners become more distracted and less motivated it may be wise to switch to a facilitator role and give the leaners a task to do in which they use their initiative. Within this unit I have also learned about different language levels learners...  [Read more]

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Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jobs Japan Hitachi 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 special groups of students and the unique issues and requirements for those learners. It discussed teaching beginners and the different categories that even that level can fall into such as absolute beginners, false beginners, beginners who use a different alphabet system etc. The unit talked about teaching children and the ways it can be interesting and fun as well as some of the challenges of engaging children, maintaining their interest and motivation and classroom discipline....  [Read more]