How To Teach English To Kids

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Warrensburg 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: Going through this unit, I realized that a lot of the information on here holds true to when I was a student. As a kid in school I remember always feeling most comfortable working on my assignments when the teacher wasn't around (when the teacher was usually sitting behind her desk). However, when the teacher would walk around the classroom checking on peoples work, it made me feel a bit uneasy and kind of threw me off focus from my assignments. The teachers position in the classroom definitely...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Certification India Mandya 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 specifies general learning patterns and theories (maturation, environmental, constructive and others), as well as explains language learning/acquisition process, student levels/knowledge, as well as reminds about the teaching methods (ESA, Boomerang and others). The student groups are divided by age (5-9 and 9-13) and it's explained what is interesting for students of both groups and what's better to avoid (e.g. singing for bigger kids or quiet and longer activities for younger...  [Read more]

Discipline in the Classroom Eight out of ten TESOL teachers who do not return after their first year of teaching drop out because they are unable to control their problem in the classroom. According to the researches, that have done recently, discipline ranked as the number one problem in the schools. What is discipline? According to the Webster’s dictionary discipline is the “training that corrects, molds, or perfect the mental faculties or moral character.” How can a teacher maintain discipline in a classroom? There will be many ideas to maintain discipline in the classroom. For sure those suggestions will be helpful, but first of all, teacher should know the main reasons for students’ misbehavior. The students have not learned the behaviors that are expected of them Good...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jobs Guigang China 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 tells me the differences between three categories. Such as course book is up to date so it might make the kids not interested in the topic. Secondly, authentic materials they are realistic and so more interesting and motivating for the kids to learn. Lastly, created materials is letting the teacher to use their creativity to let the kids more interested in the topic. However, in those three categories I think Created Materials is the best way to teach the kids because teachers could use...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about Class TESOL Teaching 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.D. - Japan said: Large Classes Teaching large monolingual classes is truly a real challenge for a foreign teacher. Teaching large classes where students are of varying levels and sometimes an inclusion of a ‘special child’ (at least one in each class) can be quiet taxing. The responsibility that each student should be equally taught effectively and that those students will equally learn with the same amount of knowledge as the rest are quite a tall task. I am teaching an Elementary class in a public...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Certification China Hancheng 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 Unite aims at guiding the teachers on things they are to do at the begining and at the end of a lesson and also how to plan a lesson wwhich also goes further to advice teachers on things they are to avoid when planing or having lesson which is all in the aim of ensuring a smooth class in a nutshell this unites guides the teacher to always avoiding informing the kids about the lesson he has to teach ahead of time or allowing the students make sitting arrangements on their own it also...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Certification China Ruzhou 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 while short was very helpful to me. In my own study of Japanese, one of the hardest things for me is to memorize the vocabulary words. How to memorize, what to look for, I was trying to self teach myself these things, but then after reading the textbook I have a better idea of how to memorize new words. This unit is especially helpful in terms of referencing to teach new vocabulary to preschool kids and elementary school students. A lot of preschool kids know the English word...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jobs Gorakhpur 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: In this lesson,I get a lot of information about Classroom Management,Classroom Management is the skill of organising and managing the class,having a friendly,relaxed manner and maintaining discipline.we can use Eye contact,gesture and the voice?Teachers give kids some rules and let kids listen to orders.And,we also can divide into teams,students working together.And giving kids individual attention.there are a lots of ways we can use for classroom management,it can ensure a higher quality of...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Ogunquit Maine 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 is quite interesting because it generally discussed on teaching different group such as teaching children, mixed group, business students, how to deal with company's clients and also how to discipline kids. from this unit, I have understood and known that how to make need analysis for business English learners and what to expect while teaching these specific groups. The other thing is that the important points illustrated on what to do and don't while teaching and disciplining kids....  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Certification United Kingdom Edinburgh 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: What I've learnt is that motivation and understanding are very important skills in teaching, especially when dealing with the youngest. First of all, this is due to the fact that kids are forced to go to school and learn new subjects, therefore they could percieve it as an obligation and then refuse to learn as an act of rebellion. In this cases it's up to the teacher to bring up new activities to encourage the kids' curiosity and learning desire. Second of all, every student has...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Certification Daugavpils Latvia 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 4 which is all about present tense enrich my knowledge on the different forms of present tense and how to use it effectively in constructing sentence,including negative forms and constructing question in different forms of present tense and using it effectively in my everyday routines and in my career.That there are proper usage of present tense in every situation and every sentence.This unit was very for me to get some insight in the way to teach young kids. I will probably...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Augusta Kansas 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 teaching beginners, children, and business English. Beginners are not always true beginners. Sometimes students can be false beginners(studied before but did not retain much). Adult beginners tend to be more motivated than young beginners. Teaching children has it`s unique points to keep in mind. For example, kids can become bored very easily so it important to keep the class fun with more short activities which change often. Positive encouragement and pointing out mistakes so much...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Tarentum Pennsylvania 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: My classes range from 9 to 15 kids and is likely to jump to about 20 kids soon. With larger classes I use a lot of group and pair work especially when it comes to games. I assign them each a number and alternate the students per question asked. That way all students get to participate and because they're in a group they help each other. It works well for our classes here and the students know how it works so it goes pretty smoothly. One of the things we ant to start incorporating more of is music...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Konya 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: M.T. - U.S.A. said: At the moment I can only relate to teaching children and find that the things that were outlined in this unit is very true in a classroom setting. One of the toughest things to control for us is to minimize the amount of Japanese the children speak. Some kids are great but you get a few students who don't stop talking in Japanese. It might have something to do with classroom management and the fact that they know they can get away with it, however, I also think it has to do with the fact that they...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Riverton Utah 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 is about past tenses. It includes past simple, past continuous, past perfect and past perfect continuous. A lot of verbs have an irregular simple past form. They have to be learnt as there are no rules to them.Past simple is used for actions in the past which happened at a certain time. There are different games how teachers can teach kids irregular forms, such as card games, interview-role play and so on. Past continuous almost alway requires some form of time description. Often used together...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Certification Xianyang China 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 tend to get a bit aflutter when imagining how my first lesson will go as an English teacher. Looking back at all the units for this course I realize that there's a lot of things you have to remember to take into account when teaching kids. This unit definitely helps to see how a first lesson on the first day of the job should be like and that establishing a good rapport with students is vital to helping kids learn.Some people are good at lesson plans and make them look easy. Others take...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jobs Latvia Daugavpils 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 teaching pronunciation and basic knowledge of phonology is of great importance in English-teaching. One of the basic purpose of learn to speak a language is to communicate with others. However, I don't think phonetic alphabet should be taught to young kids without little English-speaking experience because there are abstract symbols which is too difficult for students to understand. Besides, I think pronunciation should be taught in every lesson, and one of the most efficient way is to...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jobs Orlando United States 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 given me a lot of exciting ideas about lesson planning. I've been writing some of my ideas down as I go through the lesson. I did feel like this unit was not focused on elementary learning. I, personally, am most interested in working with elementary level students so I had to think how I would adapt the suggestions to a younger style of learning. Younger kids tend to need more structure and leading than older kids and adults do.Vocabulary is very important to the students,...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jobs China Nanchong 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 our teaching career we encounter different types of students. First of all we can grade them by levels. Teaching beginners we should put stronger students with weaker ones, be sensitive to students, praise and encourage a lot, explain our methods. We should not rush, have a book open all the time and overcorrect. Teaching individual students we can use short stories, articles from newspapers, horoscopes, idioms, personal history, photos. Teaching kids we must always use English as the language...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jobs Fujimi Japan 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 goes thru the range and types of teaching materials suggesting there are positives and negatives to be aware of. I am a believer in created materials for the young kids I am teaching working parallel with the course books for structure. Authentic materials are wonderful for class interest levels and keeping subjects current, fresh and relevant is always a bonus. My older kids will bring up a daily news story on their phone to open class and get other classmates comments as an ice...  [Read more]