Maryland Tesol

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Maryland 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.C. – U.S.A. said: This unit provided a breakdown in lesson planning, as well s many helpful examples. The key to lesson plans are to keep them as brief and flexible as possible, while still having all the details necessary to be able to fluidly conduct the class while staying on track and meeting our student and teacher objectives. This is best accomplished when you clearly (and briefly) define the teacher and learner goals, anticipated problems (and solutions) and procedures used in class step by step, as...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Chesapeake Ranch Estates Maryland 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 taught me about receptive skills. There are 4 basic skill, however this unit was focused on reading and listening. All receptive skills are equally important. The motives for reading and listening skills are for purposes and entertainment. In regards to the specialist skill, depends what I'm working on I use predictive, scanning, skimming, detailed and deduction of the text. In regards to the teaching portion, choosing the right topics to help motivate student by building...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Cockeysville Maryland 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 expressing people?s thoughts in terms of grammar rules using modal auxiliary verbs, and how to set the concentration on parts of the passive and active voice sentences. Also, it shows the differences in the meaning of sentences and clauses of different types when using phrasal verbs. I learned from this unit that, in order to make people get our targeted language points on a topic, we have to clarify our meaning using basic grammatical rules usages in addition to the...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Ellerslie Maryland 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 system and structure of the past tense. The past tense is divided into four:the past simple, the past continuous, the past perfect and the past perfect continues. The past tense is use to used to talk about actions in the past. The simple past tense is used to talk about past action when the time is given for example I called him yesterday. The present continuous tense is used to talk about interrupted past actions. The present perfect shows completed actions in the past...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Bensville Maryland 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 phonology and pronunciation. I learned how important intonation is in speech to convey meaning. It's interesting to note how sounds can change from their spelling (eg, butter/budder); also how stress of particular words in an utterance affect meaning (eg, \"He didn't mean to kick that dog\" has several possible interpretations depending on stress. Another aspect was the importance of knowing the phonemic alphabet as this is a standard which both a teacher and student can work to....  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Bier Maryland 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 the different reasons for why we read and listen. This will help me to teach students because it will help me to clarify directions for the students, and it has given me insight as to how the students will be reading and listening. I have also learned the different forms of material that will help with different aspects of the students language learning. For example I've learned how to choose texts and listening material to help include everyone's interests, and make sure that these...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Potomac Maryland 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 units discusses some of the differences between different groups of learners, such as adults, children, multilingual and monolingual classrooms and so on. However once again I think this unit is another which falls under the category of common sense for the most part. Actually one part of my current job which is a struggle for me is conversation classes including students of a wide age range, ranging from children (primary school age) all the way to adults as old as fifty or more. I would...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL McCoole Maryland 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 productive skills is quite a challenging concept, but is very important. This unit has taught me about ways in which I may teach speaking and writing to learners, as well as what kinds of activities I may use. I have learned that accuracy and fluency are of equal importance and one should never focus more on one or the other. I learned that even though handwriting is important for learners, especially to express themselves, it is not important for them to all have the same handwriting and...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Kingsville Maryland 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: My analysis of this unit, is that this may be particularly the most difficult section to get across to the students. There are a lot of differences in specifically this portion of my language as opposed to the foreigners. What I find most interesting, is that in America you consistently see the disappearance of a lot of these forms, mainly future perfect continuous. I find that the word \"shall\" can be much less abrasive and a more charismatic way for persuasion. I also found it interesting that...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Glassmanor Maryland 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 helps to understand the advantages of lesson planning. We can consider it a real universal remedy, especially for inexperienced teachers, because writing a lesson plan helps with the whole planning process, represents a support and a guide we can refer to during the lesson and acts as a record of what the class has done. Therefore it should be thought and written in a simple and flexible way. A classic lesson plan should include elements such as: teacher's name, date, level and number of...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Crofton Maryland 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: Clearly, there is no shortage of resources for the TEFL teacher. The lengthy list of online dictionaries, games, teaching resources, etc. was very impressive. Last year, during an immersion experience in Spanish, my teacher used internet sources that included music videos. On this particular website, we were able to read words to songs, sing along, and complete gap-fill exercises that accompanied the music video. It was great fun, and I quickly learned the skill being reinforced. Another teacher...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Crellin Maryland 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 18 is about Modals, passive voice and phrasal verbs. Modals are : can, could, may, might, shall, should, will, would, must, have, have got to, need to and ought to, etc. These are used before other verbs to add meadning to the main verb such as Obiligation, Possibility, Permission, Ability, Advie. The form of Passive voice is 'be+p.p'. The passive voice is most frequently used when it is not known, not important, or we don't want to say, exactly who performs an action. Relative Clauses have three...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Chillum Maryland 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 analyses conditionals and reported speech. The discourse starts with the explanation of the five main conditionals: the Zero Conditional (when a certain action has always the same consequence), the First Conditional (a condition that, if satisfied, has a possible, almost certain consequence), the Second Conditional (hypothetical present or future situation nearly impossible to realize), the Third Conditional (hypothetical past action and the hypothetical consequence), the Mixed Conditional...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Chester Maryland 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 describes how to use equipment and teaching aids during a lesson and which kinds of them exist. There is a variety of different kinds of equipment and teachning aids which can be used during a class, such as: CD/DVD, video cameras, interactive whiteboards, dictionaries, course books and so on. Each of them can be used in order to increase efficiency of a lesson. All of them has some own advantages and disadvantages and a teacher must know in details how to use the selected kind of equipment...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Linganore Maryland 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: When I started the lesson, had been enjoying the lesson in past tense. The clear ideas on constructing the proper past tense and grammar in the sentence are valuable things I had learned from this training. The best techniques using proper usage of past tense had made me realised that these are the correct way to use it both verbal and non-verbal communication. I will always follow the correct usage of the past tense system in all my endeavours and teaching sessions I am glad that the past simple...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Friendly Maryland 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 much points that students are likely to confuse with. it listed clearly item by item to clarify the difference and the usage. It is easier and clearer for teachers to understand and summarize so that students will be provided a clear and distinct summary to help with the study. In addition, the unit listed some common errors that students are likely to make, it makes teachers' work more predictable because teachers can teach the class in advance to avoid the mistakes. Also, the...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Mayo Maryland 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: Tests are used as an assessment for students to see what they have learnt and also what they understood from what was being taught in a class. There are different types of test that can be used to test a student learning ability. These are diagnostic test, placement test, progress test and practice test. Diagnostic test are used at the start of the class to see what the students remember or do not remember. It helps the teacher to plan future lessons on where to start. Placement test are used to place...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Germantown Maryland 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: Even as an observer, the first video was hard to watch. It lost my interest as a native speaker and a teacher, because he just repeated things and wasn't very creative in his presentation of the materials. It was also intimidating, since he never smiled. The second video was more fun and educational. He smiled more and created a welcoming, friendly environment for his students. He even had the students smiling and laughing. He also brought pictures and had actions for a lot of the things he wanted...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Lusby Maryland 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 3 is about theories, methods and techniques. This unit starts to get into the real meat of teaching in my opinion. Because in this lesson we learn the various methods one can implement in their teaching while addressing the pros and cons to these methods. The unit also has a breakdown of the Engage, Study and Activate lesson structure. This can be very helpful as a template for lesson structures. The unit then gives an extensive list of ideas for each of the stages of ESA. Towards the end it...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Clinton Maryland 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 are two clauses in a conditional sentence. They are the \"if\" clause and the main clause. The \"if' clause contains the condition that has to be satisfied before the consequence in the main clause can be completed. The five main conditionals I studied were the zero, first, second, third, and mixed conditionals. Each has an unique form and usage, depending on whether the situation is real or hypothetical, and whether the action and consequence is past, present or future. It is also essential to...  [Read more]