Is Valentine's Day Just For Couples

  Just to finish off this particular section on lesson planning, we're going to go through a couple of procedures that should take place during the study phase periods, particularly when we're doing the activities. It is quite important that before we actually go into a study activity that we go through a process of showing how that activity is going to work and one acronym that is often used for this is D-E-GO. The D part of this stands for a demonstration of the activity. Now, it's very important that you don't try to explain how the activity is going to work but rather you actually demonstrate the process. An example of the demonstration of the process of the activity could be something as simple as taking the first question and using it and writing it on the board. This will...  [Read more]

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Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Certification Luton United Kingdom 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 clearly meant more as a resource for lesson planning than a study guide before applying for positions. This unit will one day be incredibly helpful as just looking through a couple of the links provided has already proven. The most difficult part of the unit was understanding the section about a cassette player, but I suppose that is showing my age.i have loved the whole TEFL course. in this unit i really got to understand how the teacher is supposed to act in a...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jingjiang 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: G.K. - Canada said: As a English language instructor in a university in China, I have a tendency to lecture on various social topics or things of interest to warm up each class. These are diversions and rarely related to the language we will be studying that day. I don't know if that would be considered appropriate by international TEFL standards or not, but it helps to break the ice with shy Chinese students in large classes who are often reluctant to speak out on their own for even the simplest language. In an...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Woodbury 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: For this unit the topic is about managing the classroom. Varying factors come into play when learning how to manage a classroom but there are still some details that should remain consistent. A teacher's attitude should be positive and knowing how to balance teacher talk time versus student talk time are a couple examples of concepts that are consistent when it comes to teaching. On the other hand, details such as how many students and the personality of the students are factors that differ...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Yaroslave 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: D.C. - U.S.A. said: In Unit 12, I learned about the difference between Accuracy Activities and Fluency Activities. This was useful. I recently had my high advance students write a piece for Valentines. Before we started the Activity phase, we discussed what the holiday meant to them, if it is celebrated in their country and it what way. Then we listened to a song by Jeff Buckley called Hallelujah. Each student read one stanza of the song. We discussed the meaning, what it meant to them. Here is where I got stuck....  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Certification Japan Utsunomiya 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 reading and listening to students. In order to teach listening and reading skills effectively, the students' level of English must be carefully considered. New vocabulary must be introduced before the students listen or read new material, but it is also important that only the most essential vocabulary is introduced, since in every day life, they should be able to meet a couple unfamiliar words now and then and still be able to understand the general idea....  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jobs Grozny Russia 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: Watching this couple of videos is a good way to have visual of a lesson. The two videos were in great contrast. The teacher clearly showed a terrible attitude in the first one, while in the second one, he shows a lot more optimism and involves himself enough to catch the students attention, by miming a lot for example. Though, there are a few facts said in the videos that can be contradicted for cheetahs can jump up to 2 m, elephant can crawl, and ostriches can swim.Classroom management and the...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Southeast New York 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 enjoyed this unit on lesson planning. I strongly believe in being prepared for class and writing out not only daily but weekly lesson plans. I like to look at the week as the perfect t time to pick a concept and theme to learn and spend the rest of the week focused on that. I think a week is just the right amount of time for students to focus on a concept. It gives them time to really dive into it, and work on it, and they also know that next week there will be something new to work on. of course,...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Certification India Bally 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 grammar is finally starting to stick with me! I am so happy, and I think that this section the future was easier than the previous ones. We learned about future simple, future perfect, future continuous, and future perfect continuous as well as going to and past simple and present simple and present continuous. Each one is used for different events and some are quite close in sound and usage, Future simple uses just \"Will\" future perfect uses \"will have + past participle\" future...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about College Complete 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: J.F. - Ecuador said: Problems for learners in EcuadorI have lived in Ecuador for the last 5 years, and the longer I live there the more disappointed I become with their educational system. My experience with teaching other subjects and dealing with the general public there has made me appreciate the education I received in the US. Although, it was not perfect by any means I learned to reason, study, and pay attention. These things all seem to be lacking in the Ecuadorian educational system. Students seem...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Range Alabama 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 to think about in terms of what to use as a course book or even if one is necessary. It was good to see some real recommendations of a couple of industry standard course books and some example supplemental materials. Those recommendations really help give an inexperienced teacher something to look to in order to get started with a standardized syllabus. That is a valuable tool for someone just getting into teaching language. It is a subject that can be hard to map out a syllabus...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jobs Kishiwada 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: Equipment and teaching aid lesson has enriched me a lot on the various teaching materials required in a classroom and how to use them effectively. some of the equipment include, white/black boards,interactive white boards,overhead projectors,worksheets and cards,CDs,DVDs, cassettes,video cameras,dictionaries,computers,course books, resource books dictionaries just to name a few.it is not important just to know these equipment but how to use them effectively in class is of paramount...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Certification Iraq Amarah 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 that past tense forms of things can get tricky when you are trying to talk about actions and their length in the past, and how to indicate whether they are still going on, whether they are completed, whether one action interrupts another, and how to best convey this in the English language. I've personally never had a problem simply writing sentences like this to convey the correct timing and intention, but the terminology is the thing that makes it confusing. It isn't as much a...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jobs China Xiantao 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 topics of this unit are a phonology in the English language, how and when we should teach pronunciation, and the international phonetic alphabet. Like most people, I learned English phonology just by getting exposed to the language on an everyday basis and not by studying some obscure phonological rules. I also until this day had no idea how to use the phonetic alphabet, so there were a ton of new information for me. I do not think that pronunciation and phonological rules should be prioritized...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Certification Burhanpur 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: In this unit I was able to recognize and recap the differences between the present simple, the present continuous, the present perfect, and the present perfect continuous, along with when to use it - making it useful for me to explain to second language learners. The typical student errors/mistakes section allowed me to identify mistakes I will often see in the future and how to effectively correct them.I took a Grammar course a couple of years ago at University, and this brought back a...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Changyi 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.L. - Netherlands said: SIMPLE PRESENT Form: Base form of the verb: I/we/you/they do. Base form of the verb + s/es: he/she/it does. The verb BE: I am; he/she/it is; we/you/they are. Habitual, regular action in the present. Adverbs of frequency: usually; regularly; every day; every week; every year; often; frequently; sometimes; occasionally; seldom; rarely; never (i.e., zero regularity); always (i.e., regularly, usually); on Fridays; on weekends PRESENT CONTINUOUS Form: BE + present participle (I am doing;...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jobs Kanhangad 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: In this unit I have discovered that there are twelve tenses if you go into full dept instead of just the basic three. Most of these tenses we use in our daily lives naturally without even noticing it. This unit will help me a great deal with teaching day to day as they gave me a few scenarios and prepares one to look out for certain errors/mistakes of students and teachers. The Form, Usage,Typical student errors and Activate stage teaching ideas are just a few of the great helpful materials given...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Walters 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: In unit 19 we talked about teaching special groups and looked at a couple of them and what t would take when working with some of those groups. We looked at teaching young learners and some of the things that were recommended when teaching them as well as some things you shouldn?t do. The next group was teaching English with a specific purpose. In this case it was motivated by business. Taking into consideration the many variables of time and place as well as work position, location and motivation...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Shangyu 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.R. - Germany said: Question 18 is unfair. We don''t know when the speech is being reported. Moreover, in American speech anyway, it is always OK to use 'tomorrow' even if it happened long in the past. I don't think I would ever say, 'She asked him if he was working the following day,' as there would always be a context in which she was asking him the day before, and that is frozen in time. Do you follow me? In American English I'm also happy with, 'if he were' instead of 'was,' and I don't mind 'be going to'...  [Read more]