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Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jobs Japan Miyazaki 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 special groups such as beginners, individuals, business, young learners and multilingual and monolingual groups. The portion on teaching business English was particularly helpful because I have no experience teaching this sort of English. It was interesting reading about the use of a needs analysis in order to better understand the students' strength and weaknesses in English, interests, needs, and goals for the course. This is something that I would like to try to...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about Location 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.D. – U.S.A. said: I have gained an incredible insight in the way of teaching. Before I took this course, I had prior teaching experience, but I didn’t really know what I was doing. If only I’d had this course before I went to teach on the JET program in Japan. I was never really good at grammar, but this course gave me a greater understanding of all of that. Now I can go into a classroom and have the proper confidence to teach things like grammar and correct tenses. Confidence is a good thing to have...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jobs Bijapur 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: I feel like this lesson was the least applicable to my situation. I work as an ALT in Japan and I have rather large classrooms. I feel like most of these activities were focused on smaller classrooms. For example the alphabet game would be great in a ten person class but I have 30 students. I can separate my class into groups but it would be harder to monitor their progress. It was interesting to learn about some of the different teaching styles. My favorite is the silent model. The color sticks...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Donora 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 was about receptive skills: reading and listening, different ways in which we use receptive skills, and how to teach them in the classroom. The main points that stuck out to me were to pick my curriculum very carefully (not too hard, not too easy, and must be interesting), pre-teach anything that I think might give them trouble in a text, and make sure I address all the different skills. To be honest, I never thought too much about them when I taught in Japan. The public school...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Troutdale Washington 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 smaller or more unique groups. As I am currently teaching at a middle school in Japan and may teach at an elementary school in the future, I found the section on teaching children to be particularly helpful. I learnt about the different ways to handle teaching English to children, and different techniques I may choose to employ to make a lesson smoother and catered towards young children. The teaching Business English section was also interesting and may be relevant...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Courses Virginia 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: V. M. – U.S.A. said: This unit focused on language production, i.e. speaking and writing. In order for students to develop these skills, they need to be very comfortable making mistakes. This is a sensitive part of language acquisition because this is the part where mistakes can suddenly be seen. The lesson mentions using games to help practice speaking and writing techniques, and I couldn't agree more. Games help break the tension of the classroom and mistakes are downplayed in the interest of continuing...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jobs Japan Saga 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 11 covered the teaching of receptive skills. Receptive skills are reading and listening. While productive skills are speaking and writing. The unit covered the specialist skills that readers and listeners use when reading or listening and in turn how much they will understand depends on their expertise in these areas. The specialist skills were; predictive skills, specific information (scanning), general idea (skimming), detailed information and deduction from context. Another focal point of...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jobs Chinandega Nicaragua 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 introduced some of the possible teaching methods one would use to teach English. Particular focus was given to the E.S.A. methodology as it is the one used by this course. It allowed me to compare the various methods as well as begin forming ideas based on my chosen area of employment (Japan) as to which method would be most suited to the cultural context found there, and also caused me to begin thinking over which method would best suit my own personality as a teacher.This unit...  [Read more]

  In this episode, we cover the pronunciation of the word captious. This word describes a person who likes to point out flaws and errors and enjoys raising objections to other people's statements or opinions. Common synonyms for captious can be critical, faultfinding, and judgmental. Below you can read feedback from an ITTT graduate regarding one section of their online TEFL certification course. Each of our online courses is broken down into concise units that focus on specific areas of English language teaching. This convenient, highly structured design means that you can quickly get to grips with each section before moving onto the next. Unit 3 covers teaching techniques and classroom activities that can help to make lessons more interesting and productive.part of...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jobs Tuticorin 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: As a skilled audio/visual technician, I know the basics for setting up presentation technology and preparing such equipment for the classroom. This unit is tremendously generous with online sources, most of which look interesting, especially The Many Roads to Japan. It's good for a training teacher to become acquainted with a variety of sources and equipment brands, but the helpful note when exploring these avenues are to stick to what you know, so that a well-founded teaching method doesn't go...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jobs Murwara 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: I found the breakdown of methodologies very interesting. It was fascinating to look at the acquisition of language in a different manner from the usual philosophies taught in the basic foundations of education like Piaget, Bloom's taxonomy, Gagne or Bronwell. Your selection was much more practical. I particularly liked the ESA structure definition. While I have used this method in an informal way, the actual naming of activities will help me add structure to the thought process when formulating...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Certification Japan Ikoma 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 have learned many different parts of grammar with different sets of rules, as well as different exceptions to rules. As a native English speaker, you do not realize all the things of English grammar. I did not realize that there are five different types of nouns: proper, common, compound, abstract, and collective. Also, when speaking and describing something. It was interesting to find out that there is an order of adjectives that native English speakers usually put them in. ...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Certification Japan Toyama 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 learnt that there are 5 skills for reading : predictive skills, scanning, scanning, read for detailed information and deductive reading. As a teacher, it is good to impart these 5 skills to students because they come in handy in all situations. I find the solution of pre-teaching difficult vocabulary to students very helpful as I have done that in my own lessons. It is essential to clarify difficult words to beginners in order that they will not be turned off by the language. In...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jobs Ichihara 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: This unit returns the lesson to the subject of grammar, with the study of conditional and reported speech. Conditionals are sentences containing \"if\" or \"when\", which refer to past, present, and future possibilities. The last half of the chapter discussed reported speech, or if one were to report speech that has already been said. Both are tricky subjects because they involve many different tense shifts, but the unit offers helpful teaching ideas and games to help the foreign learners...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jobs Gifu 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: This unit shows us a difference between a good and a bad teacher. In the first lesson teacher was acting rude and scowling, he was kind of pressing students. Such a pleasure was to watch the second lesson. I was completely involved, that was interesting. That unit shows us how should act a good teacher. That teacher was polite and cheerful, he talk more slowly and more clear, and he also used proper lesson structure. He made his class interesting and involved students, I'm sure they enjoyed it.This...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Certification Hitachinaka 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: Very interesting unit. Learners can either have fun this or they will find it very difficult. Teachers must try to make it fun for the learners as the concept is not hard to grasp. My suggestion for TEFL is to update the videos as it is hard to focus and concentrate during the presentation as the instructor is really boring. I apologise for my comment but I really feel strongly about this.there are 2 type of materials in this unit that we could choose, authentic material and created...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jobs Japan Uji 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 overview of this unit had to do with managing classes. It discussed the importance of classroom discipline, structure, teacher's responsibilities as well as building rapport with students. One of the interesting topics that I benefited from was the section about teacher's positions for each particular activity. This is beneficial in order to maintain a positive classroom environment, effective learning and a standard set for students within the classroom setting. Secondly, the topic of balance...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jobs Japan Seto 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: Having grown up speaking English & learning proper grammar from the American school system, it's interesting to be reintroduced to the proper terms for tenses that are second nature. As a teacher it is important to have a complete understanding of the grammar you are teaching to students. Some of the proper linguistic classifications are forgotten over time in one's native language, or sometimes never fully introduced. Having studied German language, it is also very interesting to see the...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jobs Higashimurayama 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: This unit provides useful soft skills for teaching English, especially for the focus of teaching a new language to our students. Now, it is clear that the grammar of a language is the most important element to deliver to the student. At the meantime, the best teaching approach can lead the students to fully understand the grammar, vocabulary and functions of the new language. So the typical ESA lesson plans are some good examples for us to apply the best teaching approach of using ESA...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jobs Chittagong Bangladesh 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 section proved itself to be quite a struggle in comparison to previous units. I have not Idea that tenses go so in depth within the english language. I have learned in this section the structure of the language that I speak on a daily basis. I learned the difference between Present Simple Present Continuous, Present Perfect, and Present Perfect Continuous along with the different forms each can come in (Affirmative, negative, and question). I had no Idea that present tenses were this...  [Read more]