Meredith Clarke

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Lake Clarke Shores 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: We get a glimpse at 2 real life examples of a class. It's pretty clear how the attitude of the teacher can change the whole dynamic of the classroom and students, we can see a big difference between the first and second video. In the first the teacher is boring and not making the lesson interesting, also not using all his resources to get the students to understand better so they just feel confused and uninterested. In the second video, the teacher is cheerful and engaging the students to...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Clare 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: This unit reviewed course development. It discussed how the first class of any course might be used to find out students' current level of English so that they can be grouped effectively, and to do a needs-analysis, to find out what skills or language points would most benefit the students. The unit then quickly discussed an example course planning, before launching a lengthy and detailed discussion on how tests can be used, and which types of tests are more useful for which purposes. Although I...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Clark 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 it very difficult to understand the teacher in the first video. I was confused about what he was asking for and trying to accomplish. After a bit, I realized that this was on purpose and this was how his students felt. The first video was a very important lesson to me because I learned a lot of things to avoid doing. The second video did a very good job of presenting ESA as a process. I found that I could clearly follow the teacher and each process was based on learning from the prior process....  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Fruit Heights Utah 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 was essentially another review lesson. I would've liked more content on actually teaching the past tense rather than a review of the tense itself. Pedagogy is particularly important to my situation because I live in Asia, where there is no past-tense, rather a particle is added to the end of a word to indicate its current state. Sometimes the English past tense can be difficult to convey to these students, particularly because this same particle is added to situations where we wouldn't use past...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Spencerville New 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: The purpose of Unit 3 called \"Managing classes\" was most useful for me because it is always a new and fresh experience to work with a new group of students, regardless of their age, nationality and/ or the size; every new experience makes you feel like you are teaching for the first time. It is very good, however, to keep in mind some of the basic rules including: addressing to students, which things are good to avoid, making the proper seating order, etc., but most importantly, it is...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Greenville Georgia 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 productive skills being speaking and writing. These are equally important to reading and listening. They are the more visible of the skills but just as important. There are many ways to do speaking and writing skills. It also discussed the difference between accuracy and fluency in a language. Accuracy being the correct use of the language and this is usually done during the study phase of the lesson and can be either controlled, i.e. drilling or prompting, or guided being...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Eagle Idaho 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: A teacher, who is able to communicate well with students, can inspire them to learn and participate in class. Communication is very important for all beings, communication skills are a part of the spoken and written language. These are the extra factors, which complete a communication process.Communication refers to the exchange of thoughts and ideas with the intention of conveying information. Communication is a two way street that includes vocalisation as well as gesticulation. The purpose of...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL West Almond 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 is about conditionals and reported speech. There are five types of conditionals; zero, first, second, third, and mixed. There are many ways to teach different types of conditionals such as giving students half of a sentence and have them finding or completing the other half. This part of the unit taught me the different types of conditionals. Although I had known the formation of some of them it helped describe their usages in a clear way. The second half of the unit was about reported...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Corona California 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: As one of the main aims of this course, this unit explains how Conditional and reported speech may be taught, following the ESA method. It is normal that the language topic is first taught to clarify the teacher on the subject matter before extending to how it is being taught. Hinds of possible students' errors have been given. Apart from learning how to teach conditional and reported speech, I have enriched myself with knowledge of how to classify conditional speech into zero, first, second, third...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Brundidge 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: Having a lesson plan is very important especially for none experienced teachers so they can be well organized. A lesson plan should be simple. Well structured and maintain the same structure. It should contain the anticipated time for each activity. Flexible and open for adaptation. To be well organised, always check that you have your lesson plan, make sure you have all the necessary aids and materials needed. Arrange the sitting as desired, clean board. Always be ready to chat with the students as...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Noon Oregon 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: Classroom Management is a skill each teacher must acquire and possess. It is vital to make the class be able to learn effectively. Flexibility on the part of the teacher is a must. Teacher should learn when to be firm and when to leave the students alone. In doing so, proper management inside the class is needed.This unit helps me in learning such skill.It provides ideas and discussions on how a teacher should act and make the atmosphere of the class a conducive environment for learning. Failing to do so,...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Richland 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 3, concerning various teaching methods and techniques, appears to be the most valuable unit for me so far. I found out that I unconsciously used most of the techniques and methods. I can reflect all my lessons and change not very successful moments since now I clearly see how the lesson should look like in order to be more effective and useful for my students. Moreover, the information about evaluation is of great use, too. Previously I have had many questions upon how and when I should...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Dawson North Dakota 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: According to the unit it is focusing on theories, methods and techniques that should be used when planning a lesson. Based on my understanding the different theories view's were stated based on how students should be taught and how they are expected to learn. I understand that repetition is a good strategy to apply whenever teaching students. This will help students to remember what they were taught and to see how effective this will be for them once they take this approach in learning. Small group...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Henry Nebraska 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 deals with modals, phrasal verbs, and passive voice. I liked all the teaching ideas suggested for the modal and passive voice lessons, and the reminders of the typical difficulties inherent with learning the passive voice such as using the auxiliary verb in the wrong tense. I feel that I learned something new in relative clauses. I'm not sure that I always knew the rule about separating out non-defining clauses with commas, and not using the separating commas with defining clauses. That...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Boutte Louisiana 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 contained two recorded ESL lessons of the same language point, to the same class, in order to highlight the differences in effectiveness between the two teaching styles. In this exercise, most of the previously learned approaches, methods and considerations were triggered in the comparison, such as the teacher's attitude towards the students, prompting rather than commanding, and lesson planning. The first video showed an ineffective way to teach the language point (modal auxiliary verbs),...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Rockwall Texas 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 was an intense overview of a couple of very difficult subjects: The Conditional, Reported, and Direct Speech. Sometimes it can be difficult for native speakers to explain WHY and HOW we change tenses during conditional clauses, but this unit simplified everything for teachers. I think that, like many other units, the most valuable part of the lesson was the teaching ideas in which I will most definitely employ the \"Complete the Conditional\" game, where I will split sentences into two pieces and...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Berlin Georgia 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: By watching those 2 videos and comparing them afterwards, I now know how a bad lesson looks like and also how to do a better one. In the first video, the teacher looked mad, uninterested and somewhat scary. The way he talked was confusing and fast. Even I found it hard to understand what he was saying. I couldn't spot when the engage activity was as well as the study and activate activity. So normally, the students were confused and found it hard to engage with the lesson. However, in the second...  [Read more]

  Located on the Malay Peninsula, Singapore is a thriving, modern metropolis and the world’s only island city-state. Formerly a British colony, Singapore was once known as the “Jewel of the British Empire” and even though the city has changed significantly since achieving independence, its British history can be seen all over in its place names, monuments and architecture. Singapore sees visitors from all over the world, with direct flights from hundreds of countries as well as ferries bringing passengers from the numerous ports in the region. It is also a major shopping destination for people from other Southeast Asian cities and the world famous Orchard Road is home to many shopping centers and hotels. Singapore has plenty of interesting things to see and do. A visit to...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about Global TESOL Classes 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.L. - U.S.A. said: Discipline in the classroomAs a teacher, one of the most interesting, yet challenging part of teaching is maintaining discipline in the classroom. Discipline can be defined as, “behaviour in accord with rules of conduct; behaviour and order maintained by training and control.” (Dictionary.com). This paper will discuss why teachers discipline, why students act inappropriately, prevention methods that can be used to improve discipline and effective responses teachers can make when needing...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about Company Recognition 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.O. - Cyprus said: Games in the Classroom The use of games is growing within classroom environments, as is highlighted in the memoirs of Katharine Birbalsingh, a teacher from an inner city school in London. In her comments, Birbalsingh suggests the use of games is negative as it is taking away from ‘proper teaching methods’. In this research article, I shall attempt to disprove Birbalsingh’s comments. Using the theories presented by Augusto Boal and other lead thinkers in the field of applied...  [Read more]