How To Teach Someone English

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jobs Chile Villa Del Mar 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 conditionals and reported speech. I learned that conditionals are sentences containing the word \"if\" which refers to the past, present, or maybe future possibilities. Basically, in simple terms, that if 'this' happens, \"that' happens. There are five main conditionals and this chapter showed and explained examples of each one. The five conditionals are zero conditional, first conditional, second conditional, third conditional, and mixed conditional. I also learned about...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Certification Bari Italy 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 this lesson, I learned 3 ways to assess a student'language level:tutorials, evaluation by the students and tests. Test is the common way we use to evaluate a student's language level with different purpose. There are placement tests, progress tests, diagnostic tests, practice tests, general external examinations and Cambridge assessment.For differnt purpose, we choose differnt type of test.Unit Sixteen was a unit on conditions and reported speeches. Although they are complex parts to the...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Fortaleza 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.T. - Japan said: Unit six was basically about the different etiquette from around the world and how to make sure not to offend the people of the country you end up in through unintentional means. Researching any country one is looking at possibly teaching in should be at least moderately understood, culturally speaking, before arriving or even considering teaching in that country. One should learn the cultural norms of the country (do and don't) such as not showing someone in Thailand the bottom of our feet or...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Empire Nevada 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 conditionals and reported speech. Conditionals are sentences containing 'if/when' which refer to past, present, and future possibilities using two clauses, such as \"If I had the money, I would buy a car.\" The different types are the zero conditional, first conditional, second conditional, third conditional, and mixed conditional, which use different grammar structures and are used for expressing different types of possibilities. Reported speech refers to when someone is reporting what...  [Read more]

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Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Darnestown Maryland 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: Simple Future has two different forms in English: \"will\" and \"be going to.\" Although the two forms can sometimes be used interchangeably, they often express two very different meanings. These different meanings might seem too abstract at first, but with time and practice, the differences will become clear. Both \"will\" and \"be going to\" refer to a specific time in the future.\"Will\" often suggests that a speaker will do something voluntarily. A voluntary action is one the speaker offers to...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jobs China Shishi 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: In this Unit, there is detailed information about Conditionals and Reported Speech. Starting with Conditionals, these are sentences that contain the 'if' word or if clause with another part of the sentence being the action or outcome of the condition. There are five different conditionals explained in this unit and each of these conditionals carries a unique meaning and way of usage in English Grammar. Reported Speech is the other term explained in detail in this Unit. Reported speech comes...  [Read more]

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Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Vail 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 covered both conditional sentences and the difference between direct and reported speech. First, the unit discussed the different kinds of conditional sentences one may create in English. Namely, there are zero, first, second, third, and mixed conditional sentences. The unit then hints that students might have problems with the second conditional, as well as distinguishing between certain types of conditionals. Next, was reported speech, which is when someone else describes what someone else had...  [Read more]

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Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Dummer New Hampshire 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 teaching one of the \"most neglected aspect of English language teaching.\" It is not hard to see why when it is very difficult to comprehend, let allow teach to someone who does not know the sounds. The thought of having to explain the difference between the \"s\" sound versus the sound \"z\" makes is intimidating. Moreover, there are sounds we change or drop without even thinking about the fact that we do. This unit taught me that I still have a lot to understand about my own...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Cooper 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: In Unit 16, we learn conditional sentences are those that uses if/when to make reference to past, present, and future possibilities. It explains that sentences using 'if' or 'when' form two types of clauses known as the 'if' clause and the main clause. Also, it states the five main conditionals to be Zero, First, Second, Third, and Mixed. This unit also brings into focus reported speech and direct speech. The unit explains in depth how reported speech is how it sounds, someone reporting back to the third...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Delton Michigan 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 lesson was both interesting and confusing. Interesting because growing I never learned to speak words like this. This maybe because I was always surrounding by English. I can see that this is made for the intent to teach someone English as a second language. Phonemes in this lesson allow someone who speaks a different language to learn the sounds of letter combinations in the English language which may different very much from their own native language. The most confusing thing for me in the...  [Read more]

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Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Certification China Lanzhou 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 focused on the description of the teacher and the learner. The unit gives a brief overview of what constructs a good teacher and learner inside of the classroom. The unit begins by listing an effective teacher as someone holding the ability to manage, organize, assess, prompt, participate, tutor, facilitate, model, and monitor. A considerate teachers also take into account a learners age, learning experiences, motivation, nervousness, language awareness, and life experiences....  [Read more]

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Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Maple Lake 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: I have been thinking about pronunciation lately. Considering my students may have learned English in the past from someone from the UK or Australia versus someone from the United States, I wondered how it might affect the way my students would pronounce certain words and whether it would be up to me to change anything or not. This unit was a huge insight into this issue and more, as I had just been beginning research into pronunciation techniques and methods for students. Stresses, intonation, and...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Certification China Fushun 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: Direct and indirect speech can be a source of confusion for English learners. Let's first define the terms, then look at how to talk about what someone said, and how to convert speech from direct to indirect or vice-versa. You can answer the question What did he say? in two ways: by repeating the words spoken (direct speech) by reporting the words spoken (indirect or reported speech). DIRECT SPEECH Direct speech repeats, or quotes, the exact words spoken. When we use direct speech in...  [Read more]

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