Jessi Oh

  Here we have a set of five words, which all share one sound: the ?oh? sound, as in ?go?, ?show?, ?dough?, ?note? and ?boat?. They?re five different spelling patterns to tell our students so they can identify when to make the ?oh? sound. We can have a simple letter ?o?, ?ow?, ?ough?, ?o? with the magic ?e? which turns our vowel into what we knew as long sounds and the ?oa? as in ?boat?. Now, for a non-native learner, perhaps they can handle something like this. They remember that these spelling combinations help to produce the ?oh? sound and they can go about their business looking at the words and memorizing this knowing that these spelling patterns will produce the sound ?oh?. Now that?s okay until we get to a situation where we can also have words like ?to?, ?cow? and also...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jobs South Korea Wonju 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: Congratulations! You have finished teaching the 20 Unit ITTT TEFL course. Take a night off. Have a beer. Don’t drink alcohol? Enjoy an hour at a coffee house. Or go to a movie with your partner. Maybe some fun will occur afterwards. Oh, I’m sorry. You have other students who haven’t finished the course. My mistake. If I were with you I would buy you dinner at Hix Oyster and Chop House. Unfortunately I am in the colonies. Oh well, maybe we will bump into each other when I...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Certification Egypt Suhaj 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: Perhaps one of the biggest things to remember in lesson planning is to be flexible. Activities that you have planned may take longer than you expected or students may need more time to grasp a particular subject, so don't be too stuck on your structured lessons, anticipate the need for changes. When planning a lesson remember that it is important to be organized; having a plan will help give you a realistic expectation of the class and keep things on schedule. Also remember to include both...  [Read more]

  Linda updates us on her progress with ITTT's 120-hour online TEFL course. In the ninth part of her TEFL review video journal, Linda tells us about her progress with units 9 and 10 on the course. As Linda points out these two units are closely related with unit 9 covering lesson planning while unit 10 looks at two very different lessons, one good and one bad, taught by the same teacher. 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. Guest speakers, either in...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jobs Lviv Ukraine 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 is truly a grammar capstone quiz! The advice on many websites given in Unit 17 is to learn phrasal verbs as vocabulary and not by analysis and it seems like solid advice...as that is how they are learned by native learners. I remember blanking out on transitive and intransitive in middle school grammar classes and have to say, I still have the same tendency. The terminology seems so unnecessary and confusing! Oh well, the review was worth it.It was hard but ?mportant unit. I have learnt...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jobs China Kashgar 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 6 covered the business etiquette of a teacher teaching in other countries. Although I do not plan to pursue that avenue, I do plan on teaching online and feel as though the same etiquette applies. Never discuss your political views. Always have a fond understanding of the cultures of the county one may be living/teaching in, or even teaching remotely online. Understand the formal greetings of those countries (and teach them the same of a teachers home country - sharing :-) ). There are...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jobs Chimalhuacan Mexico 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 6 goes through the 4 forms of the past tense: past simple, past continuous, past perfect, and past perfect continuous. It provides several examples, common student errors, and sample teaching activities for each, allowing me to truly learn them. Since I have a better idea and definition of the Past Tense verbiage, I am able to teach it properly in a classroom setting now. It was a great way to review the old subject matter and be able to brush up on what I learned along time ago.The unit...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jobs Shibin El-Kom Egypt 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 first video hard to watch as I saw a plethora of things that the teacher was doing wrong, he destroyed their confidence by repeating \"oh this is easy, anyone can do this\". He didn't bother to learn their names or anything. The second lesson was much better. first of all his attitude was much better, he introduced himself and learnt their names to build rapport, then broke the lesson down in to concepts that they could understand. Seeing these in practice makes it much easier to...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jobs Antofagasta Chile 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 chapter talks about the four aspects of the past tense: past simple, past continuous, past perfect, and past perfect continuous. The \"sample activate stage teaching ideas\" are especially inspiring, since although it's easy to simply \"give out\" the form and usage to the students, it requires carful thoughts and preparation to help the students practice the grammar effectively. I especially like the idea of interview role-play and the detective game, where several aspects of the past tense...  [Read more]

  http://www.teflonline.net The teaching idea covered here is one that would be particularly appropriate for more advanced English language learners, those who can use different tenses accurately. The activity is a board game that focuses on comparing and contrasting the tenses, focusing on the Present Perfect and the Present Perfect Continuous. Each student takes a turn at rolling the dice and moving around the board. For example a student could land on a square that says "Something you have been learning for a long time." An appropriate answer for the student could be "I have been learning English for a long time." The next student takes a turn and could land on a square that says "A beautiful place you have visited." This time the student could use the Present Perfect rather...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Xinyi 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: S.M. - U.S. said: I loved having the opportunity to learn from this unit because it also confirmed some things that I had learned from when I took a class on providing a natural educational environment effective for learning at Kent State University in North Canton, OH. Learning about different seating arrangements and their advantages/disadvantages has been very helpful. For instance, having learned that the horse-shoe/circular desk arrangement (my personal favorite for smaller classroom sizes) provides an...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Ankang 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: N.W. - Australia said: One of the dangers that I perceive to be lurking within the engage phase is the possibility of evoking undue frustration in the event of purposefully challenging students to do what we know they cannot yet do. In some way, or for some students, can't it be said to be potentially cruel or diminishing--a redundant proving of that which is already known: that you don't know how to say or do a particular thing? In this light, how can teachers engage students to wade into new learning objectives...  [Read more]

Difficulties with Spoken English Recently, I greeted a German intern working with our company in the lobby of our office building while walking into work. “Good morning,” I said, and he returned. I did not know much about him yet as he had just started. I knew he was from Germany as we had recently been introduced, but I decided to find out more about him. “Where are you coming from,” I asked. He was confused and embarrassed. This is a common question others in the office have often asked meaning Where do you live, or How do you get to work everyday etc. especially since the locale of the office is downtown DC, so not everyone comes from the same place. I realized, however, as soon as it came out of my mouth and by the strained look on his face, that I should have constructed the...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about Locations Cheaper 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: S.B. – U.S.A. said: I gained a greater knowledge and understanding of the english language from taking TEFL course. I think we as native english speakers take the language for granted. At least I know I have. I knew I would learn from the TEFL course. This course has produced this thirst in me about the english language. Sounds crazy right? It does to me. I love languages; at least I love other languages. I am learning italian right now and I want to learn German and french. I never would have...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about Agency Discount 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. B. - U.S.A. said: Volunteer TeachingGetting education is a huge part of a person’s life. It is about learning and growing. Countless organizations have been providing education in various countries. As education is continually provided, the demand for volunteer teachers has been growing rapidly for several years. For teachers, it is a way of gaining suitable experience for themselves and passing it on to others. The experience, of course, can vary for different persons. Volunteer Teaching has become a...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about Easy TESOL Program 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.B. - Japan said: Problems for learners in JapanIn Japan, there are some issues students face regarding learning english. Teaching here since 2000, I have seen many of these problems in the classroom, not to mention in my everyday interactions in english outside the classroom here in Japan. One problem that would become apparent to an EFL teacher in Japan is pronunciation. The japanese language consists of only five vowel sounds, a (“ah” as in “father”), i (“ee” as in “meet”), u (“oo” as in...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about College TESOL International 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.H. - Germany said: Teaching ESL in a KindergartenThis article will outline the benefits of children learning a second language at the kindergarten level (in this case english) and review some of the recommended methods of teaching english to this age group: 2-6 years. There is an increasing trend for kindergartens to offer a second language. english is the primary choice. The benefits of having ESL at an early age is supported by quantitative and qualitative research and linguistic experts....  [Read more]

Common Linguistic problems Contronyms, Heteronyms, Idioms, Oh my! English is an extremely complex language. Before a student can be considered truly proficient, he/she must not only master a variety of tenses and irregular verbs, sentence structure and parts of speech, but he/she must also work to understand and master lexical and structural ambiguities. Lexical ambiguities are very common and have a variety of names and definitions depending on the level of ambiguity. Homonyms are words that have the same spelling, but two or more meanings. An example of this is: mean. Is it describing an unkind person? Is it an average? Is someone talking about the definition of a word? Another type of lexical ambiguity is the heteronym. These are words that are spelled the same, but have different...  [Read more]

Teaching Grammar The acquisition of new grammar presents interesting challenges for both the student and the teacher. There are factors that need to be considered from the student's point of view, as well as the teacher's point of view. Grammar should be taught and learned a natural form. Teacher should avoid using technical terms related to grammar. The aforementioned factors can cause other difficulties that will be discussed in this article. Learning grammar in a natural form depends mostly on the way on which the teacher presents the grammar. The teacher must present the grammar using natural situations and examples that the students can relate to. In order to achieve this it is necessary, that the teacher plan ahead, know his students well, have a firm grasp of the grammar topic and...  [Read more]

Online vs. Onsite Courses Becoming certified to teach English as a second language can be done onsite or online. On online course was the most efficient, economical and in many ways the superior way for me. This article explains my background and situation. It also touches on the process I went through to get to this, the final lesson. Online is not for everyone. It takes an open and creative mind to step into the world of computers and electronic tutors. An imagination and discipline were keys to my approach. Imagination was profound when I would take time away from class and Google some blogs about teaching English. Dave’s Café was just one of these places where you could find endless discussions on the joys and perils of teaching English in other countries. These stories were the...  [Read more]