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Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Certification Takarazuka Japan 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: course books are one way to plan the teacher's lesson as he/she is going to think deeply of the students and their levels and interest around which he/she can design their topics. Course books are important to both students and teachers. The latter will be more organized and will know what they are doing and the former will know what they are doing and won't be lost by having such material.Testing is a highly controversial topic. It is perceived differently from one country to the next....  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL StuartCounty Seat 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 taught me some problem solving skills for problems that teachers will often face. I learned about the difference between new and existing classes. For new classes, not only is it important that I establish rapport with the students, but that I try to help facilitate the students and getting better rapport with one another. I also learned some techniques for large classes, which is helpful because when I taught in Japan, I often teach classes of 40. I learned that worksheets, pair...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Ranchi 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: P.M. - Canada said: I have not gotten the results yet as I write this of course, but I expect to do very well. I have taught in Japan for many years and tense explanations was one of the most frequent requests or my adult students. Using 'English Grammar in Use,' I've gone over these structures and usages many, many times. I think it is tempting to make patent observations like 'English has a total of twelve tenses, while many Asian languages only have one.' These sorts of generalizations are highly misleading on the...  [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 TESOL Jobs Japan Toda 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 13, Teaching pronunciation and phonology, provides general guidelines to the teaching of applied phonetics of the English language. The unit summarizes a variety of approaches for the teaching of intonation and stress, and the use of the International Phonetic Alphabet. The section on speech articulation illustrates the complexity of speech production and how speech organs and places of articulation can best be exploited to result in an exact pronunciation of the English language. I learned from...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Certification Kushiro Japan 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 good resource unit with plenty of information on the topic. I don?t know whether it?s a fact but I?ve always believed that it takes a special kind of person to teach children (younger than, say, 12). In addition to delivering fun-filled and entertaining classes, such teachers surely need abundant patience, a quality I don?t have. I believe I would be best suited to teaching adults.I have learnt speaking and writing is equally important though one deals with accuracy and the other deals...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jobs Japan Hachinohe 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 13 deals with teaching pronunciation which is a vital aspect of language learning. For me, this has been the second most useful unit of the course so far (the first one being unit 3 about teaching techniques). The point is that most of my pronunciation learning took place through practice rather than learning theory. In fact, when I got my degree as a Spanish-English translator, Phonetics was a hard nut to crack because it was so full of rules and exceptions that you ended up doubting about...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jobs Kamakura Japan 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 previous units dealt with ESL education issues and techniques for the entire student body. This unit fines tunes the approach based on various classes the entire student population is divided into. The classes are the Beginners, the Individual learners, Young Learners, learners of Business English, and Monolingual/Multilingual. The topics discussed were initial reasons for enrolling, continuing motivation level, interests, discipline issues, psychological factors of the classes of students.This...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jobs Japan Toyokawa 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: These videos were very interesting. They are almost extreme opposites in terms of their effectiveness. I would like to say I have never encountered another teacher who had an attitude like the one shown in the first video, but I have both been taught by teachers like that and worked with teachers like that in my past. I think the second lesson does a great job of showing the proper attitude to have when conducting a class. I especially like how at the end when some students used real animals...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jobs Sakata Japan 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 has opened my eyes on minor mistakes I've been doing on my past teaching experiences, also added knowledge on how to improve my teaching techniques, especially on teaching the special groups. One thing to be highlighted related to my personal experience is when I taught Business English in the past, I have been always so worried about not having a broad knowledge of each department in the company. Now, having to know that that can be my advantage point, is such a big relief to me.In this...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jobs Japan Hitachinaka 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 and with the videos provided I could understand than the teacher's attitude towards the class and the students influences a lot the respond of the students during the whole lesson. It is important to keep in mind the fact that we are there to teach and our attitude should show the students that we enjoy what we do and also, that is our job to encourage and motivate our class to enjoy the learning process. Besides, to make our lessons more effective we need to have strategy and be...  [Read more]

Tokyo is the venue for the TESOL course in Japan. An incredible city on the edge of the Orient, Tokyo is the last great metropolis before the Pacific Ocean, and is perhaps one of the world's most fascinating cities. Take a step back from the big city bustle and the frenetic main roads and you'll find yourself in a world of tranquil backstreets, where wooden houses are fronted by neatly clipped bonsai trees; wander beyond the high-tech department stores, and you'll find ancient temples and shrines. In this city of 24-hour shops and vending machines, a festival is held virtually every day of the year, with the locals regularly visiting their local shrine or temple and scrupulously observing the passing seasons. At the centre of it all is the mysterious green void of the Imperial Palace, home...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jobs Machida Japan 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, it refreshed my memory about the next set of important rules to remember after present tense - past tenses. With this unit, it helped to reinforced my knowledge that there are four different types of past tense in the English Language, as well as the appropriate usages and types of each of the past tenses in the English Language. This is also another vital cog in the English Language that we as teachers would need to pass on to new learners of the English Language in the future.This...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jobs Japan Sasebo 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 got to admit, it was a nice wake up call in a way that one would never have thought the basic grammar could be confusing. So thank you for pointing out this part of grammar. There are five conditionals: Zero conditional used for irrefutable facts-if/when+ present tense, present tense First conditional used for possible future-if+ present simple, will Second conditional used for impossible situation-if+ past simple, would/could/might+ base form Third conditional used for hypothetical past-if+ past...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Certification Shimonoseki Japan 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 several different issues that I might face as an EFL teacher. Teaching large classes might require more group work and assigning group leaders. Reluctant students need special considerations, such as letting them record themselves outside of class. When teaching a first class, it's important to build rapport and figure out the students' abilities in English.This unit demonstrated how to teach the tense system of English. There are three different times...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about Companies Highest 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: C.W. - Japan said: This course was a great chance for me to gain confidence in my teaching skills and also to identify areas of weakness that I must work on improving. Many times as I was reading or watching the material, I found myself nodding along and agreeing with the points mentioned. This helped to boost my confidence as a teacher as it means that I am on the right track. All teachers need feedback, not only from students, but from colleagues or more experienced teachers. That is something that...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Certification Hoya Japan 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 test most of the wording was similar to, or the same as, that of the unit itself. This made it much easier to choose from a variety of answers. Ultimately I believe that this ease of understanding will lead to a good basic framework for my teaching, and I will be able to build upon that framework as I become more familiar with teaching learners whose first language is not English.Pronunciation is the most important and difficult problem that non-native English speakers have to...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Pengzhou 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: M. M. - Japan said: In this unit, I have learned about the use of books and materials in the teaching of English namely , how useful are books and materials and the differences between authentic materials and created materials as well as their advantages and disadvantages. Course books have their advantages, the main one in my opinion being the fact that they have been tried and tested before publication. Using the book year after year will reinforce that point. Their main disadvantage centers around the point of...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about Course TESOL Universities 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.W. - Canada said: english as a global languageThis paper shall ask the question "Is english a global language?" The question will be answered by comparing and contrasting two seperate articles on the subject, which take opposing viewpoints on the subject. The first article is 'Why a global language?'. This article is actually the first chapter of a book entitled 'english as a Global Language.' by David Crystal. The second article is entitled 'What Global Language?', and was written by Barbara Wallraff....  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jobs Koganei Japan 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: Troubleshooting is the main content of this unit. Finding lasting and precise solutions to troubles that may arise in the classroom is very essential to the success of teaching English as a foreign language. The unit list some of the problems one might face in the classroom suvh as first lesson problem, mixed English level problem, slow learners, large classes, reluctant students, students with bad listening etc. This unit focus and these groups and suggests solutions that a teacher can apply.Unit...  [Read more]