Information Gap Task

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Modesto Indiana 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 gives a good and clear summary of the approaches, the methods and the techniques may be used in the teaching process, the detailed variations of the structured lessons, the ideas for each phase. The useful information for me was the clear understanding of the ESA lessons (?Straight Arrow?, ?Boomerang?, ?Patchwork? )thanks to the very deep explanations with the useful schemes of the lessons. I?ve caught some ideas for an Engage phase (Fizz-buzz, Alphabet relay, I spy, Word linking, etc.), for...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jobs China Laohekou 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 new language, grammar, and functions unit provided great insights on building lesson plans for the classroom. Teaching vocabulary is very important to the students. Selecting vocabulary can be guided by the course but here are some tips: Appropriacy to the students/task, frequency and coverage, and tech -ability.The straight arrow structure ESA vocabulary lesson for lower level with a learning objective. There are important techniques for teaching and presenting language structures such as...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Observatory Circle District Of Columbia 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 the difficulties that teachers come across in different classes and cultures. More likely, teachers of new groups have more difficulties since they don't know the students and students don't know each other, either. It contains difficulties about using native language and how to make students feel comfotable with speaking English. For example, teachers should avoid answering questions in native language. Teachers should speak the level that students can...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Astana 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: A.L. - U.S.A. said: This unit guides the teacher on how to teach vocabulary, grammar and functions to his/her students. The ESA methods are easily used to introduce new language. Teaching vocabulary depends on a number of factors, including the spelling and pronunciation of the words, approriacy, similarity to the student's own language and to other English words. Students will need to understand the meaning of the words, and the usage, grammar, spelling etc. when dealing with grammatical structures, the teacher must...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about Fee Comprehensive 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.C. - U.S.A. said: Young learners vs Adult learners ‘With age comes experience’ and ‘You’re as young as you feel’ are two commonly held ideals among many groups of people the world over. While they both have a ring of truth to them, sometimes the way we feel and the experiences we have encountered in our lives can have a positive or negative effect on us. Aside from the age differences that exist between young learners and adult learners there are many more variances between the two that...  [Read more]

  So, having elicited this particular structure, what I'm now able to do is to move on to the actual study activities. Typically, they will be in the form of worksheets to check that the students actually understand this information. So, I might prepare three activities. They may not do them all but, for example, I could prepare these three study activities. So, the first one is going to be a fairly straightforward matching activity, where perhaps they match the subject to its correct verb "to be" in that part of the sentence. The second one is going to be a gap fill. For example, I might use this verb here and ask them to complete a sentence using that verb, so that I can check that any spelling changes that take place are correct and the final one is going to be an unscramble,...  [Read more]

Computer Aided Language Learning With the advent of the internet and its increasing importance in the classroom, Computer Aided Language Learning, or CALL, has become a viable and useful source for both teachers and students. CALL first became prevalent in US classrooms in the late 1070’s. Since its introduction it has gone from a primitive, structured Q&A program, to full-fledged language programs such as Rosetta stone. Although programs like Rosetta Stone have experienced success, many experts believe that CALL should be used to augment rather than replace face-to-face learning environments. This was one of the big questions facing ESL teachers in the late 90s, how to integrate CALL and its resulting technological concerns successfully into the classroom. Such things as whether an...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about Fulltime TESOL Classes 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.G. - South Africa said: Managing equipment and teaching aidsThere are so many factors that contribute to understanding and effective learning. The teacher needs to consider and realize all these contributing factors and adopt various roles and methodologies to promote learning. Teaching students in a language other than their mother tongue presents a greater challenge for the teacher as he/she cannot rely merely on spoken words for explanation, but has to apply a more visual teaching approach. Thus the EFL...  [Read more]

Japan can present the traveller with a bewildering combination of culture, manners, beauty, architecture and personalities. Whether one goes to Fuji San - mount Fuji, to admire it’s serene beauty, or one parties all night long in Roppongi - the nightclub district of Tokyo, one is constantly taken aback and presented with the unexpected. At times a shade frustrating, such as when you are on a train so crowded that you go three stops past the one you wanted because you cannot move. Hence, the ‘gaijin’, or foreigner learns to laugh about these things and accepts them as a part of life. A population of one-hundred and twenty seven millions is jammed into a landmass of one-hundred and forty five square miles. Indeed, the population density in the big cities is amazing. The official...  [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]

Building Confidence in Students Education is certainly the birthright of all people. The motivation of every nation should be to generate literate, well-educated and intelligent residents who are able to add to the proper progress and progress of the whole society. There is still mystery on how accurately a foreign language is learnt. On the subject of building confidence there are yet more theories which are even more difficult to confirm. I myself do not trust that confidence is built using one magic activity, but rather it is continuously acquired all over the learning process. That’s why, all the theories I pick to focus on three things Grammar, Drilling, and of course the role of the teacher. All of these will prepare the student for circumstances they might meet later. [1] After...  [Read more]