Information Gap

A communicative speaking (and reading) activity where students are presented with incomplete information, which they must complete by interacting with others who do have that information. Typically undertaken as a milling activity with all students interacting with all others.  [Read more]

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 Juárez 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.M. - China said: Unit seven is based on the method of teaching the grammar, vocabularies, and the importance of language function. Here we learn how to use the method of ESA to teach the students about them.memorizing vocabularies is difficult for students, so the appropriate vocabularies related to the lesson are chosen then by getting advantage of realia, pictures,mime,etc. the engage part will be started, then for study section there are other ways like crosswords, gap-fill exercises or the other ones, and it...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Fredonia Kentucky 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 learned about ways to implement speaking and writing activities into the classroom as well as the difference between accuracy and fluency in relating to those activities. Accuracy activities are concentrated on producing correct language and these activities are controlled to reproduce such language. Fluency activities are concentrated on allowing the students to experiment and be creative with language. Some examples that lesson highlights for controlled activities include; drilling, prompting,...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Loretto 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: Unit 12: For Unit 12, Teaching Productive Skills was introduced. The skills used in this lesson are speaking and writing. Speaking is the skill most commonly thought of when teaching English, because it is covered in the classroom. Writing is an often neglected part of learning the English language, mostly because it is left as homework. Accuracy and fluency are equally important skills to develop in the classroom. During the Study Phase, accuracy is emphasized, drilling exercises are often...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Schellsburg 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: This unit is to summarize Present tenses. introduced four types of present tenses (including simple present,present continuous,present perfect, and present perfect continuous?and the form, usage, common errors and some teaching ideas of each present tense.There are 3 forms of all four present tense, which are positive form, negative form and question form.Teaching tips such as \"find someone who, a day in life, guess my profession, information gap, action in progress and telling stories etc....  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Newbern Tennessee 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 12, I studied the productive skills. These are speaking and writing. Speaking (it requires a greater degree of fluency) It is part of the activate phase. It allows the students to experiment and be creative with the language. The activities can be classified into: -controlled (drilling, prompting) -guided (model dialogues, guided role play) -creative (free role play, discussions, information gap, debates, etc) Writing (it requires a greater degree of accuray) It is part of the study...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Certification Zhengzhou 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 provides information on the teaching of special groups, including beginners, individual students, children and Business English learners (or people learning English for specific purposes). The text provides the features of each group, ideas of teaching, class management schemes, and the general dos and don?ts. These pieces of information are very specific and can be really helpful in real-life teaching.This unit, together with the productive and receptive skill video, has helped...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Farwell 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: I have always considered reading comprehension as one of the most important elements of learning. Therefore, learning how to teach Receptive Skills is crucial to teaching a language. I was curious as to the method of checking for student's understanding. After reading Unit 11, I have learned the solution to monitoring student's reading and listening comprehension is asking questions about the text/dialogue. Examples of the types of questions to ask: true or false, open ended, gap fill, this or that as...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Certification Brazil Taboo Da Serra 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 productive skills are speaking and writing. In teaching them accuracy activities (concentrated on producing correct language)and fluency (concentrated on allowing the students to experiment and be creative with the language)should be considered. Accuracy based activities are drilling, prompting, model dialogues and guided role-play. Fluency based activities are free role-play, discussions, debates, information gap, simulations and communication games. There are some techniques...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jobs Japan Chigasaki 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 talks about the two perceptive skills humans have; reading and listening. It explains that we read and listen for a purpose or for entertainment and that we need several different skills for obtaining exactly what we want. We use different skills for when we want general information or for more detailed information or for when we need to understand the complete context of a specific sentence, e.g. a warning/rule like 'Mind the gap'. It is important that a teacher teaches all these...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Sour Lake Texas 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 learned that accuracy and fluency are equally important- with emphasis on each being dependent on the phase of the lesson. Accuracy is the focus in the study phase where the students are learning the structure of the language. Fluency is the focus in the activate phase where the purpose is to basically get the students to speak. Drilling exercises and prompting are strategies to help with accuracy. Free role play, discussions,information gap, debates, simulation and communication games serve to...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Comstock Northwest 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: The speaking and writing phases are critical to the development of the learner. When a student is learning a new skill, it is imperative that they develop a full working knowledge of that language. Reading and listening are only a part of the equation. The higher level skills are speaking and writing. As we examine communication skills accuracy and fluency are equally important, but are obtained in different ways. Accuracy focuses on, just as the name implies, correctly producing the...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Certification Damascus Syria 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 like how course material is suggested in this unit (and the other units), it makes lesson planning a lot quicker and easier. Suggestions about course books helps as well. I currently live in a non-English speaking country where I don't know the language, and one of my goals is to be able to read a menu, so I appreciate the use of authentic materials as learning aids.Accuracy activities are usually part of the study phase. Fluency activities are usually part of the activate phase....  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jobs Spain Madrid 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 learned how to teach speaking activities in the classroom: controlled activities (drilling and prompting), guided activities (model dialogues and guided role-play), creative communication (free role-play, discussions, debates, simulations, communication games, information gap). Encouraging students to speak, students seem reluctant to speak in the classroom, the reasons including lack of confidence, fear of making mistakes, peer intimidation, lack of interest in the topic, previous learning...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jobs Ukraine Chernihiv 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 lesson planning and how to teach new vocabulary or lesson structures, it didn't really go in to terrible detail, but instead revisited the esl teaching structures and what would be considered good ways to teach vocab and new structure in correspondence with the phase activate, engage, study. For example in the engage phase we could ask students to bring in a house to teach house vocab, we could have a discussion, we could do scenario building, we could use pictures, and more....  [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 Jobs India Vellore 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 12 discusses the teaching of productive skills- speaking and writing. Accuracy and fluency in speaking/writing are both equally as important. Activities can be geared to address each of these factors. During a controlled accuracy activity the teacher can use techniques such as drilling or prompting, and the language must be controlled by the teacher. In a guided accuracy activity the output is controlled by the teacher but the exact language is not. During fluency based activities, the scenario...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jobs Turkey Siirt 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 a number of situations that may arise when teaching. Situations such as reluctant students, skills gaps, problems with listening activities, and use of the students native language. The unit also covers first classes, warm ups, and large classes. Each situation has unique considerations and solutions. The unit encourages the teacher to focus the first class on rapport and understanding the students and their level. Take the time early on to get an understanding of the students so...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Certification Algeria El Khroub 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 absolutely loved reading about the different methods for teaching another language. When I was a French teacher in the United States I used a lot of Grammar-Translation, PPP, and Communicative Language Teaching. Although I had previous learned about the other methods I had forgotten about them over time. Unit 3 was a great way for me to revisit and revise these methods. I also really enjoyed reading about the Engage, Study, and Activate (ESA) teaching method. This is something...  [Read more]