Interesting Information About Japan

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 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 Okazaki 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 was mostly general information regarding aids. While the actual coursebook had plenty of information, it was all fairly standard. The information does seem a bit dated though since I don't imagine that many schools would still utilize an overhead projector, or a physical cassette player, or cassettes. The information towards the end of the course related to obtaining resources is very helpful though. Its important that we keep the students attention and use the best aids...  [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 Habikino 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 included information on the four past tenses, past simple, past continuous, past perfect, and past perfect continuous. I like the units centered around grammar because, much like in unit 4 with the present tenses, this unit made me think about how we as English speakers actually talk. Once are accustomed to a language, you don?t really think about how to it works, you just know it.This unit discusses the importance of teaching equipment used in the classroom. It describes what...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Certification Muroran 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 addressed the various learning aides available to many teachers today. It was interesting to reflect back and think about what aids were used while I was growing up in the schools I attended. Technology is quickly changing and requires teaching methods to adapt. We are lucky to have so many different methods of teaching that other teachers around the world may not have access to.I had found the information that was presented in this unit was very simple and basic. It was all so...  [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 Japan Iida 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 the receptive skills, reading and listening. I found the specialist skills that go a long with reading and listening quite interesting. Prediction, scanning, skimming, deducing from context, and trying to gain detailed information are all skills that I use everyday without thinking. Since my pre-existent knowledge of English language is greater than a non-native speaker it is easier for me to understand the contents of English newspaper articles and interviews. Even...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jobs Koshigaya 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 has been a very deep and resourceful aspect of the English Language for me to revisit, as it consisted of modals, phrasal verbs and passive voice, which are also another of the aspects that one must learn when mastering the English Language. This unit allowed me to recall aspects that are important, as these 3 aspects would allow a new learner to be able to be increasingly fluent when using the language, as well as to know the proper rules and its meaning when structuring sentences.This...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Certification Japan Ota 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 did not realize that there were so many future tenses in the English language, but I can see how they would be confusing for a second-language learner. It was interesting that this was the grammar unit that also explained mistakes in function that students may make, because while the future tenses and their differences are relatively difficult, so are some of the past tenses, especially the past perfect and the past perfect continuous. Either way, information about the function mistakes that...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Certification Handa 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 is all about pronunciation, phonology, stress, the phonemic symbols, and an explanation on how and where sounds are produced in the mouth. Stress is explained in detail with examples showing where to apply the stress. Information is added to explain which components of sentences usually don?t use stress. The phonetic symbols are introduced and we are taught to be able to read them.This unit focuses on productive skills- speaking and writing. Speaking and writing, while different,...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jobs Noda 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: I found it extremely interesting to learn about the different test options for English fluency. I noticed how some are tailored to specific needs. I am interested to see which tests the students typically take in Spain. Maybe there are multiple tests for those students depending on their future career goals. I would be interested to see those test structures to help me best prepare my students. I however do not want to rely on the external testing alone. I am excited to see student success.In this unit...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Certification Iwatsuki 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: Although I feel I have rushed this unit I do believe I have an overall decent general idea about managing the classroom, and I found it interesting relating the seating arrangements to all of my previous learning career experiences such as primary school all the way to university, and the explanations provided me with a good perspective on descriptive ways a classroom environment is laid out.This unit covered different means of evaluating and testing the students. It gave a detailed...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Certification Maebashi 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 topic shares information about the various ways to assess students and the time at which assessments most effectively need to take place. It also covers the external exams available along with Cambridge assessments and their purpose for various students. I will find the different ways to assess students very useful as this has been an area that I am not as confident or familiar with.This unit consisted of two videos, each showing and actual classroom scenario. In both videos, a...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jobs Japan Ibaraki 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 receptive skills - reading and listening - the different skills that they comprise, and methods for teaching them effectively. According to the text, there are different styles of reading and listening, which can be applied to different situations. They are: skimming, scanning, understanding from context, predictive skills, and getting detailed information. All of these skills are important for students, and can help them in a variety of ways. It's become clear over the length...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Certification Niiza 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: The future tense has some complexity although using the future simple and the going to tense is very easy. When the student can identify the usage of each tense, constructing sentences and expressing ideas becomes an enjoyable task. In this lesson it was helpful to see the common mistakes the students could make so we can use the study stage to include exercises in order to help them better.This was an interesting chapter and a subject I have not given much thought to, and to which I have not...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Certification Otaru 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: Honestly speaking,this test has given me tons of new information and data I had never heard of before.It's incredible to see how many different types of teaching can be applied to allow students to learn a language following their capacity and potential.I have found this part of the unit very interesting and helpful to a point that I will use what I have learnt with awareness and gratitude.in this unit have a demostration of the esa of the two video lesson first lesson have the teacher...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Certification Atsugi 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: There is a lot of resources for effective teaching of the language, we use technology to make the learning experience more conducive. Many teaching aid can be used to make lessons more interesting,effective and less dependent on textbook. One of the most useful tool available to students is dictionary. Besides that, the Internet and online resources is a vast network of information to be used.This unit taught me how to manage not only my classroom but helped inform me on how to manage my...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jobs Tsukuba 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 a lot of useful and interesting information. Students will learn about the roles of a teacher, the categories of students they may teach with corresponding advantages and disadvantages for each category,The topic of teaching skills (listening, reading, speaking and writing) is presented in detail, with emphasis on teaching English in a business environment.Lastly, various teaching methodologies are being described with accent on the ESA (Engage, Study, Activate) method.Unit 9...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jobs Japan Takasaki 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 receptive skills: listening and reading are equally important when teaching english. People can read or listen for a purpose or for entertainment, and the way the are able to do it depends on the pre existing knowledge that they already have. As we see, it has to do with our minds as all, that is, the way we process information. To develop these skills while learning a new language it is very important to expose the students to reading or listening materials, that can be authentic (from an...  [Read more]