How To Teach English In Indonesia

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jobs Zurich Switzerland 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 been a bit challenging for me, as I have never really learned the phonetic alphabet, so its been really great to go over that. Here where I teach in Indonesia pronunciation is something that is really very important to teach and often over looked. I have so far only had experience teaching speakers of Indonesian the English language, I know there are different aspects that need to be worked on in different manners depending on who you teach.This unit covered types of examinations...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Lowry City 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: Teaching pronunciation and phonemes is very useful to students to support their speaking. Students speaking Indonesian often have difficulty in the phonemes /ð/ and /?/ which appear as TH in English words. Also, Indonesian only has six to seven vowels compared to English's much more vowels, including diphthongs, triphthongs, and long vowels. Indonesian learners also oftentimes (empirically speaking) omit some phonemes such as /k/ and /s/ in |asks| and many more. This, and also the fact that...  [Read more]

Concerns of Learning Tesol Via The Internet Having moved to Indonesia to be with my Indonesian wife, I found it impossible to obtain work without a piece of paper qualifying me for something. This stipulation, a Government requirement, made life very difficult to settle in this foreign country. My options where very limited although my training as a music teacher inspired me to consider learning a certificate in English. I had 2 major concerns here and one was that my Educational background is extremely limited and the second was cost and time learning in Australia. Numerous phone calls where made to various institutions around Australia and none suited my needs. When I asked if I should study via the internet it was suggested that I could loose my money and the certificate would be...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about Centre Offering 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.A. & K.N. - Singapore said: Pronunciation problem in SingaporeIt is very important as a teacher to enable students to master their four major language skills such as listening, speaking, reading and writing. These skills support one another. But in the world today the most important thing to consider is their acquisition and production of the english language through speaking because it is the biggest thing people will notice. Even though we need to keep the balance, it is a must for students to...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jobs Usak Turkey 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 found a very useful presentation of theories ,methods and techniques to teach English as a second language.For example,I learned that it is helpful to elicit English vocabulary of what students have already learned ,if teacher will be aware of some student's native language vocabulary. To be aware of student's traditions and culture will help to build positive relationship as well. This will help to increase motivation to learn English.Having experience in teaching reading skill to...  [Read more]

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Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Hamlet Nebraska 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: From all kinds of tests mentioned in the unit, based on my experience placement test and diagnostic test are the ones that are never administered to students in public schools. This is important because in public schools in Indonesia typically there are 30 to 40 students in one class, each student is different from another student in term of language level. This lack results in the difficulty to manage classes and conduct lessons because students are in ranging levels. Even though the curriculum made...  [Read more]

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Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jobs Karur 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: Reflecting back from my experience of teaching English to students with Indonesian as their first language, future tenses (Future Simple, Future-going to, and Present Continuous) is fairly easy. This is due to the fact that future tenses does not need verb conjugation (apart from Future Continuous, Future Perfect and Future Perfect Continuous), unlike past tenses where they need to conjugate the verbs into past form (or as they call it \"V2\"). And the concept of future is easily comprehensible by the...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Certification Padang Indonesia 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 covers conditional sentences and reported speech in English. The five main conditionals and their forms and usages are discussed along with examples. There are teaching ideas given after the explanation. The unit then explains the difference between reported and directed speech and elaborates on the possible change in pronouns, verb tenses, and time expressions when using reported speech.The conditional are sentences that contains \"if\",when the sentence refers to past present...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Certification Indonesia Kediri 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 provided helpful suggestions for how one might structure a lesson on the first day of class. Rather than diving right into the material, the unit suggested using an introductory activity to establish rapport within the classroom, to learn about the students needs/interests/motivations, and to identify students' individual language levels. Moreover, I learned about different types of \"warmer\" activities that a teacher might use to get the students motivated and using English...  [Read more]

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Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Certification Ujung Pandang Indonesia 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 about future tense, which is the most complex tense in the English Language. This makes it particularly difficult to teach and learn. Going over the present and past tenses in earlier units made it much easier to comprehend. There are seven forms of Future tense. Future Simple, Future Continuous, Future Perfect, Future Perfect Continuous, Be Going + Infinitive, and Present ContinuousThis unit discussed course books and classroom materials, more specifically the...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Certification Indonesia Cirebon 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 gives a various information about phonology and phonetics. These areas of language often neglected by teachers. There are several areas that can be taught: intonation, rhythm, articulation, stress and phonemic alphabet. Phonemic alphabet is the Universal for any English language system of sound symbols which includes 44 sounds. Each symbol represents only one sound and can be spelled by a combination of different letters. It is useful because the written English is often...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Certification Indonesia Palangkaraya 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: Common problem situations. With first lessons it is vital that the teacher establishes rapport with the students. Usually not using the course book but using different activities to get to know the students. This will help to understand the type of lessons to teach the students at what ever level of English understanding they are at. If you start the lesson with a game this should have all students involved and get to know each other. Problems may occur when teaching a large class,...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Certification Medan Indonesia 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 explained how to form lesson plans and how those lesson plans may change as the teacher becomes more experienced. It was helpful to see how the engage, study, and activate phases worked together. By seeing a working lesson plan and the number of handouts, I was able to start gathering my own ideas for lessons. The open lesson planning page will be a great resource in creating my own plans.In this unit, I learned about teaching special groups. There are several different...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Certification Indonesia Pakalongan 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've learned a lot in this unit about the way we pronounce and stress words in the English language. I imagine that teaching pronunciation can depend a lot on what native language students speak. Some languages will have very similar letters and pronunciation in many areas to english and I imagine that the pronunciation that students will struggle with would depend on their native language. I imagine that as a teacher I will have to gauge which areas of pronunciation my students...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Certification Indonesia Palembang 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 was an exceptionally difficult unit, as I was not familiar with the phonemic symbols at all. It was never taught at school or at university, so this was all very new to me. It was, however, interesting and is a good way to teach more advanced students pronunciation. I guess you could just learn the phonemic symbols table, like you would learn the periodic table in high school. It was also interesting to learn about the place of articulation and manner of articulation. Connected...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Certification Tegal Indonesia 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 perticular unit of conditional and reported speachg was at first confusing for me. The groups between Intermediaries ,reporting verbs and media interviews have different ideas of teaching. in groups, a role plays have stoped speaking and will communicaste only through another. Higher levels can be asked first to make a list as many verbs and then check that it contains all the one necessarys/This unit is about teaching students receptive skills: reading and listening. It explains...  [Read more]