Matthew Barge

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL St. Matthews Kentucky 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 lesson was quite interesting because of the obvious differences in the two lessons. The first one seemed a bit exaggerated although it allowed to see the mistakes very clearly, especially I noticed that the teacher turned his back to the class and that his attitude was really terrible. In the second lesson I'd focus a bit less on the animal vocabulary, dedicate less time to this part and also chose not so exotic, complicated and difficult to pronounce animals. He also didn't mention that...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Barre Wisconsin 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 covers the four past tenses of the English tense system (past simple, past continuous, past perfect and past perfect continuous). For each tense the form or grammatical structure is explained. The different usages of these tenses are defined and examples are given to facilitate understanding. After that, common mistakes or errors are briefly stated and some activate teaching ideas are suggested. As well as having absorbed the grammatical structure, I was able to familiarize myself with the...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Dows Iowa 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 8 is about future tenses. Most common: -The future simple, the future continous, the future perfect, the future perfect continous, be going + infinitive,the present simple and the present continous. Future Tenses are also very very important, like any other tense. There are different ways that teachers can properly teach his/her students. Teaching ideas would be: invention of a successful career for example (the future simple ), illustrative situations ( the future continous ), how long will you...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Wiggins Mississippi 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 18 I learned about modal auxiliary verbs, the passive voice, phrasal verbs and relative clauses. Modal auxiliary verbs are can, could, may, might, shall, should, will, etc. They can be used to express obligation, possibility, permission, ability, and advice. Most of the modals can be used for different types of expressions. There are two voices in English: the passive voice and the active voice. The passive voice is used when it's not known, not important, or we don't want to say, who...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Dayton Nevada 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 about Past tense. For pat simple is use for when the time is given or asked about, the action clearly took place at a definite time even though this time is not mentioned and sometimes the time becomes definite as a result of a question and answer in the present prefect. Past continues is use for interrupted past actions, without a time expression can indicate gradual development that took place in the past, can express an action which began before that time and probably continued after it,...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Bulls Gap Tennessee 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 think that this unit could be beneficial for individuals who have never really worked in a classroom setting. Personally, I've worked in many different classrooms in elementary schools for a few years so it felt a little bit like common sense. Students want a teacher that they can relate to, feel comfortable with, and respect. Being positive with students will get you so much further. I think a lot of this stuff needs to be learned in real classroom settings. You can always tell if a teacher...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Merrill Michigan 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 quite comical in that it was so extreme in terms of the many things the teacher did wrong. I was interested in terms for guessing what he said at the beginning to warn them or prepare them for his harsh presentation of material, etc. One of the big things I got out of the second lesson was the transformation in the teacher and then the students when the teacher smiled. And also the use of names and its importance. The teacher also joked with the students to make them...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Lee 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: This unit reviewed many different types of teaching equipment that can be used in the classroom. These include white/black boards, interactive whiteboards, overhead projectors, visual aids, worksheets, cassette recorders, CD players, video/DVD players, video cameras, dictionaries, course books, resource books, photocopiers, computers, and online resources. Many of these teaching aids can be useful but they can also become overwhelming if used too much. Also, teachers might be limited to the resources...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Temple Terrace Florida 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 12 is all about teaching speaking and writing. Collectively these two are call the productive skills. In speaking, when a teacher wants to introduce a communicative activity to the class, it is important that a teacher creates a need or desire for the students to communicate in order for the activity to be a successful one. In these communicative activities, we train the students in accuracy and fluency. It is important to bare in mind the difference between these two activities and when...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jobs Uzbekistan Tashkent 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: on the first class teacher should establish rapport and set up the tone for the rest of course. teacher will have a number of new classes/, such us: -new groupe - where students don't know each other; -existing group-where student are already know each other and familiar with EFS teaching. teacher should use the course book on the first lesson. there bare sone numbers of activities which teacher can use for establish rapport: -questionnaire/survey -the game 'tell us about' -pass the ball...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jobs Russia Cheboksary 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 lesson circled back around to the Engage-Study-Activate model of teaching once again to provide some examples of how this method can be applied to teaching a new language. Specifically it gave examples of how lesson plans for the three main types of lessons you will encounter: vocabulary, grammar and structure, and function. Not much was said about what you should emphasize from these three areas depending on the skill level of the students. For example, for beginners should you focus...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Winslow West Arizona 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 pronunciation and phonology. We defined phonemes as the sounds in any given language and focused on the particular types of sounds that are made in English (plosives, fricatives, nasal, etc) and methods for teaching these with detailed instruction on intonation, stress of syllables, the use of the phonetic alphabet and articulation. I learned that good pronunciation is of particular concern to English language learners and that use of the phonetic alphabet is a good way to teach...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jobs Japan Sapporo 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 10 two different perspectives were provided on how to teach a lesson on understanding what a modul auxiliary verb is. In the first video the teacher is not speaking clearly. He is not smiling and he is not giving the students good energy or a welcoming vibe. He does not introduce himself and he does not know his students names. He does not effectively engage the students in the direction he would like the lesson to go. He assumes they understand the term module auxiliary verb and he comes...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jobs China Yangjiang 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 extremely helpful and clarifying in many ways. The articles are very easy to remember and understand, being that there are only 3. I now see the simplicity with transitive vs intransitive verbs and their differences which the unit clearly explains are the former does/performs an action upon another and the latter does not bare any consequence. The \"many\" and \"much\" difference made between countable and uncountable nouns was another concept I had never thought of before, but it...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jobs Jiuquan China 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 many ways to check the students' language level. They are tutorials, evaluation by the students, tests. Tests are divided into placement tests, usually made for placement of new students according to their level. Progress test are necessary to assess knowledge learnt. Diagnostic tests bare usually made at tge beginning of the course to see what students already know. Practice tests help students to prepare for some external examinations. General external exams include TOEFL,IELTS, TOEIC....  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about Fee Recognised 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. - Ireland said: British english vs American EnglishEnglish is the first language of over 375 million people, most of whom live in great britain (61 million) and America (215 million). It is the official second language in many countries, and these States have always looked to British or American english for their standards. However there has at times been resentment against American english importations into British english. American english differs in numerous ways, from pronunciation to points of...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Courses Mexico City 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.H. – U.S. said: This unit introduced four types of past tenses: simple past, past continuous, past perfect and past perfect continuous, the usage of all kinds, common mistakes and errors and their individual active teaching ideas.All these four tenses has three forms which are affirmative, negative and question.Past tense is associate with actions done in the past time periods. \"When the verb \"to be\" is in the past, it will be a past continuous tense. when the verb \"to have\" is in the past, then...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jerusalem 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.Y. - Japan said: This unit was an introduction to all the English grammar rules I have taken for granted in my life thus far. While I already knew the bare bones (such as the difference between a noun, pronoun, adjective, adverb, direct and indirect article, preposition, gerund, and conjunction), without this review, I would not have had the language to adequately separate the parts of speech into their proper subdivisions. Being a native speaker, everything contained in this unit seems deceptively simple, as...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about Certified 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. - Greece said: Motivating studentsI would hate to think that my students are bored. That would be a failing on my part' Can the way you teach motivate your class? I am motivated by people responding positively to me, so that is one thing I always try to be with my students." Published in TES Newspaper on 13 January 2006 by: Sarah Matthews ‘Motivation is an extremely important factor in learning and is closely tied to involvement and empowerment. In the twenty-first century this is not simply something to be...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Xiangfan 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: R. G. - U.S.A. said: Teaching different groups can be a difficult task for teachers as some of them enjoys teaching young ones while the others prefer to have lessons with the business people. All levels have one thing in common which is not to use student's native language all the time. Beginners and younger students might need to have some assistance with vocabulary and instructions in their mother language but if they know that teachers can speak their language, their motivations and ambition to learn and study...  [Read more]