On The Mark Tefl

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Friendsville 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: I think this unit will not only be educational to the advanced student but also to a great number of teachers as I find that most native speakers are able to speak extremely fluent English without necessarily knowing the differences between a comparative adjective (bigger) or an adverb of frequency (often). In this unit we experiment with breaking up sentences to allot them to their grammar classifications. It is quite a surprise to understand that native speakers can speak so well and yet...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Certification Romania Baia Mare 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 made me realize that evaluation and assessment are extensively important. I figured that indeed it is necessary for a teacher to provide placement and diagnostic tests before the student starts learning the course; progress tests provide both the teacher and the student data to monitor the student's development; and finally, achievement tests evaluate whether the student achieved the learning objectives of the course or not. Moreover, in the perspective of learning English,...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Certification Baia Mare Romania 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 learned about importance of lesson plan and its functions,how a lesson plan should be written,basic principles of lesson planning and how a teacher should organised the lesson plan and important objects thats shold be focused (e.g learner objectives,personal aims,language points etc.i also leaned about planing a sequence of lesson issues (e.g flexibility, goals)As non native language speaker I find this unit a bit confusing. Going back to the days of classroom days, quite...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Certification Romania Satu Mare 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 16: Conditionals & Reported Speech I followed this unit relatively easily. The last question 20: if I choose 4 for direct speech it sounds grammatically incorrect, so this one I am not sure about. Learning the names for the conditionals was interesting this comes naturally to an English person, and I feel the lesson/unit should not be that difficult to explain to students. The Past Simple and Past Continuous are still difficult to grasp, these were not terms we learnt that...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Certification Villa Del Mar 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: In this unit, I learned the specific differences between the multiple forms of the past tense, including past simple, past continuous, past perfect, and past perfect continuous. I found the charts with irregulars to be particularly helpful, because being a native speaker, I oftentimes don?t notice small irregularities like those, but they need to be pointed out to new speakers. I also learned multiple teaching techniques.This unit covered the use of teaching aids and the various...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jobs Venezuela Catia La Mar 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 two gave a brief but comprehensive grammar lesson that I found enlightening. I actually have taught English before but still did not know a lot of this material. For example, I learned that the reason we say \"more beautiful\" instead of \"beautifuler\" is due to the number of syllables in beautiful being 3 or more. I also learned that a gerund is more than just an \"-ing\" verb, but it is the \"-ing\" form of a verb that acts as a noun. Therefore a gerund is called a gerund due to the...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jobs Catia La Mar Venezuela 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: Though some are opposed to lesson plans due to being restrictive it?s something that most new teachers need to do to keep them on track. Lesson plans should be a brief overview which one can easily glance at to get back on track need be. There is no standard for lesson plans, as different plans work for different people. Writing down feedback after a lesson lets the teacher improve future classes by looking at what works and what doesn?t.in this section we learn about teaching new language,...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jobs Chile Villa Del Mar 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 conditionals and reported speech. I learned that conditionals are sentences containing the word \"if\" which refers to the past, present, or maybe future possibilities. Basically, in simple terms, that if 'this' happens, \"that' happens. There are five main conditionals and this chapter showed and explained examples of each one. The five conditionals are zero conditional, first conditional, second conditional, third conditional, and mixed conditional. I also learned about...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jobs Villa Del Mar 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: This unit taught me a lot about the several parts of methodologies and theories that are used in teaching a second language. I learned that there are different ways to form a class and some of the exercises that can be used to engage and excite students. Also, I was enlightened about the most accurate ways to correct students who might be having trouble grasping certain concepts that might come easily to other students. This unit has given me the proper tools to create a lesson that not only...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jobs Rizal Taytay 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 the structure and usage of present tense forms. Specifically, this unit taught how to use present simple, present continuous, present perfect, and present perfect continuous tenses. I feel I have become much more aware of when each tense should be used. I know this intuitively as an English speaker, but this unit gave concrete reasons to use each tense with good examples. This understanding will help me to understand the mistakes students may make with tenses and be able to...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jobs Taytay Rizal 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 have four integrated skills in which listening and reading are reveptive skills and speaking and writing are productive skills. Some students may attach great importande to speaking, however writing is important alike. Teaching writing is more possible to get students feel boring and silence, we need more skills and funny games to avoid it. ESA lesson can go through all our classes, what we need to be clear are the learner objects and distinguishes amongst students.This unit provides a break from...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Mary Esther 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: This unit covered every I never knew about pronunciation and phonetics. It was honestly very overwhelming as it was entirely new and as a native speaker growing up in Canada, it was never taught in schools before. However, much of the information does make a lot of sense after giving it some thought - in particular the origins of sounds. It definitely made it easier that I had come across it previously while attempting to learn Korean. Overall, everything that the unit provided was new to me and...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jobs Romania Galati 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 covers the receptive skills of reading and writing, detailing the varying ways in which, and purposes for which, we use these skills. The unit also explains typical problems associated with listening and reading and ways teachers can combat those problems so that students will be able to understand the content while also remaining interested and challenged. From this unit the biggest takeaway I have is about how careful and purposive I need to be when selecting reading and listening...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jobs Galati Romania 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: Every teacher should be aware of troubleshooting techniques. Different learning groups will bear different difficulties. Either you have very young learners or a very large school group or reluctant students who do not really want to join in the lesson the troubleshooting will be always different. Things that work in one group might not work in the other group. Therefore teachers have to be well prepared to deal with all differnt kinds of troubles and troublemakers.Unit 10 provided good practical...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Venango 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: Depending on where we are teaching, the available resources, and the budget of the equipment, adapting and making use with what we have is really important. In every case, there will be different situations where we will have to rely on our own expense for certain equipment and not all the time the teacher is able to fulfill that need. Also, depending where we are teaching and the schools budget, there might be limited resources. Making the best with what we have and being creative is key. There are...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Springville 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: I think this unit did a decent job at reflecting how a classroom should be managed. However, I do not believe it is possible to manage people. People, no matter what age, have got to be inspired. I also do not think it is possible to really get a good assessment of how well a person will do with regard to \"classroom management\" until they have actually gone through the process because every individual is different and experiences are different so classroom management is going to have to be developed...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Griffin 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 focuses on the the ESA teaching model in a real classroom context. Two ESA demonstrations are presented in video form, both with the purpose of illustrating the factors that make a lesson plan effective. In both videos, the Tefl student is expected to identify the relevant factors affecting the student's ability to learn, and participate , in addition to how the teacher's attitude, manner and appropriateness of lesson plan, or procedure, impacts upon the learner objective of the class...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Eau Claire 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: The unit deals with the different theories, methods and techniques of teaching English. In this Unit I was informed about the origin of the teaching techniques currently used by teachers and that I could use to students. I learnt the method you choose to use to your students has an effect on what they can learn from the lesson, the advantages and disadvantages of each teaching technique. I learnt of the ESA method of teaching English which is currently being used by most teachers of the...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Certification Barcelona Venezuela 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 gives valid information about speaking and writing. Before the information I did know about these productive skills was vague, and I'm pleased that I have had some clear description, explanation and examples about them. U it 12 gives valid information About speaking and writing, it shares both what these skills are about and gave ideas how to,use them.This unit covers teaching theory, particularly reading and listening. It says receptive and productive skills are equally...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jobs Algeria Tiaret 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 a number of different teaching aids and materials that can be used in the ESL classroom. These include the whiteboard, which is one of the most common and widely used tool. A IWB, which is expensive and not as common in developing countries. The OHP which is still common even with increasing use of computers. Visual aids, worksheets and work cards, the cassette recorder - although this aid is increasingly less common and outdated. CD players are common, although the increasing use of...  [Read more]