How To Say How Old You Are In Chinese

Check out tefl tesol about Course TESOL Rates 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. -Australia said: Problem for learners in Hong KongHong Kong had been the colony of england for one and a half century until she was returned to China on 1/7/1997. Mandarin won over english and has become a massively growing language in Hong Kong since then. Although nowadays there are still loads of Hongkongers who prefer to have english as their second language, the chances for them to be exposed to it are getting less and less as there are lots of problems for english learners in Hong Kong such as...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about Agency Global 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. C. - China said: Problems for learners in China The population of China is 1.3 billion and more than a quarter of chinese are learning english at this moment. The problems for chinese learners can over most of the learning areas because of the difference in both language, chinese and english. Most of the chinese thought the major problem of learning english is the grammar but I say no. The speaking is the biggest problem in China. Our chinese students have spent years and years in school to learn english...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about Cost Legit 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.S. - England said: Child DevelopmentI chose this topic because i have some experience of child development when i taught in a kindergarton and also adults in Wuhan, China for one year. First all of the job satisfaction when teaching english to children was great, and those children having the exposure of an native english speaking teacher helped the child's development further. In addition because i could not speak chinese to children, they had no choice other than to try to communicate to me in english I also...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about Inexpensive TESOL Lessons 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. - U.S.A. said: Is english the New RussianIn 1963, at the height of the Cold War between the united states and the former Soviet Union, I was ten years old and my older brother a junior in high school. As a young man keen to study politics when he got to university, he elected to study Russian to fulfill his foreign language requirement. The Soviet Union seemed a genuine threat to our economy and our military, indeed to our very existence, and thus it was felt by many educators and national leaders...  [Read more]

This TESOL glossary presents terms which are links to the description of that term. All the terms are in general use throughout the teaching industry with a particular focus on EFL. Some slight variations in meaning may be possible depending upon the specific area the term relates to, but on the whole, we have chosen those terms with generally accepted meaning and minimal ambiguity. Simply click on the TESOL glossary link term below for the full definition. When learning the English language students are regularly confronted with vocabulary that is new and unfamiliar to them. In order to learn how to pronounce these words correctly the student needs to hear... READ MORE Recognition that professional standards have been met. Recognition that academic and other standards have been...  [Read more]

British english vs american English With English being recognised as the global language of choice, which one is considered the official language? So just how did American English diverge from British English in the first place? American English roots back to the early colonial days of the late 16th century, were a whole gamut of cultures converged into a single society. In some colonies English wasn’t even a spoken language and in those colonies that did speak English it was quite different from the English we know today. The Elizabethan English of the day consisted of many varieties of regional English dialects. All these different dialects, intermingled with a multitude of cultures formed one big boiling pot, of which over time, a new variant was produced – American English. And...  [Read more]

English as a Global Language In the last few months that I have been traveling, it has become even more apparent to me how important it is to be able to speak English to interact in the world today. Many of the people that I have been talking with over the last few months have not been native English speakers. And it became very clear to me that if they had not learned English, I would not be able to communicate with them, they have to learn a second language to be able to broaden their opportunities for travel, work, and general communication with people from other countries. As a native English speaker, you take this for granted. And as a result, many native English speakers only speak the one language. As a result of the Industrial Revolution, the British economic predominance in the...  [Read more]