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If you crave adventure and a lifestyle that’s out of the ordinary, Phnom Penh, Cambodia is the perfect location to launch your ‘teach English abroad’ journey. The transformation of Cambodia over the past three decades from a country characterised by occupation and trouble, to a Southeast Asian powerhouse, is phenomenal. There’s an insatiable demand for English language skills in Cambodia - and a chronic shortage of TEFL qualified people to teach English. What does this mean for people just like you? Simple! It means opportunities galore. Phnom Penh is the capital city of Cambodia and the nation’s international gateway. With a population of around 2.5 million people and a relatively confined central business district, it has a noticeably slower pace of life than you’ll find in...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Phnom Penh 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: D.L. – U.S.A. said: In this section of the TEFL course, I have found out the basic information about the various tests conducted to analyze the degree of the English language expertise. Overall, the latter may be divided into 4 main categories: 1) placement tests (empowering teachers to place new learners to the right class); 2) progress tests (conducted after a particular portion of educational material has been covered); 3) diagnostic tests (normally taking place at the beginning of the new course, and showing...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Certification Cambodia Phnom Penh 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 classroom management with several areas of key focus including self-presentation, meaning gestures, eye contact and voice, Classroom arrangement and its affects on the grouping of students and group activities, Giving clear instructions, TTT verse STT and building a rapport with students. While all of the above areas were highly important and beneficial I found the notes on maintaining discipline to be the most enlightening looking at methods of preventing the...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Certification Phnom Penh Cambodia 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 English as a foreign language makes a significant challenge to the teacher. In the beginning, it is important to know the students to identify the methods and activities, to make the classes interactive and to motivate the students. Pedagogical meetings can assist in this process when the teacher is part of a school or group studies. A well-prepared and educationally supported team is essential for sharing experiences.This unit helped me in two major ways. First, it showed me...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Beaumont 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: Unit 4 covers the present tense of verbs in English. It is broken down into four separate tenses: present simple, present continuous/progressive, present perfect, and present perfect continuous. The unit demonstrates how each tense is formed. For example, the present perfect is formed with the auxiliary verb 'have' and the past participle of the verb, such as 'I have helped.' This is demonstrated for the affirmative, negative, and question form. Each tense is further explained by it's usage, exploring...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Diamond Bar 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: It is important students are introduced to new language in a balanced and manageable way. Lesson might include new grammar, vocab and functions. Most lesson may be specifically focussed on one area. Lesons focussing on on grammar and vocab mostly use the straight arrow approach = Engage - Study - Activate Lessons based on functions commonly use the boomerang approach = Engage - Activate - Study - Activate or the Patchwork approach = Engage - Activate - Study - Activate - Study - Activate. ...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Davenport Oklahoma 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 the basics of teaching receptive skills. Receptive skills involve two parts: reading and listening. Some issues that may arise when teaching in these areas can be with the content of reading material or how effectively the students can grasp the teachers words when listening to a lesson. To avoid these problems a solution is to choose reading or listening material that interests the class because the students will be more engaged with the topic. A teacher should also pre-teach...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Hamill South 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: It was a very important, informative unit, we discuss different techniques of teaching, different theories; ancient and modern, and especially the application of all those techniques in the class for language learning. The behaviorist and mentalist approach and the amalgamation of these both learning approaches in the class is overwhelming and exciting as well as very fruitful for the language learners. The crux or the technique which we will follow I.e ESA (Engage, Study, Activate) make use of all...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Ulyanovsk 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: G.C. - U.S.A. said: This unit was the last unit of the course. The topic was troubleshooting and it covered various problems teachers may face. In the first section on first lessons I learned the best ways to have a first lesson. Although I have done introduction classes before, this reinforced the need for establish rapport with the students and between the students. Doing this right off the bat should make the course run smoother overall. The next section was on different kinds of warmers. The next was on how to...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Vladivostok 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: D.H. - Bahrain said: The basis of Unit 2 covered the definitions and explanations of numerous parts of speech, which included subjects such as: Nouns, Adjectives, Articles, Verbs, Adverbs, Gerunds, Pronouns, Prepositions and Conjunctions. There were often distinct rules in terms of how to use different parts of speech properly when it came to correct sentence structure, word additions & usages, etc. However, there were special cases where some parts of speech did not have any rules in terms of how to carry...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Certification Simi Valley 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 usual, this unit made me too look at the things differently, I never thought of simple, continuous, perfect and perfect continues as separate tenses, only like deviation of the tenses, I find it refreshing, I've been thinking differently and here we are, you changed my angle of view. I really enjoy the simplistic way of delivering the knowledge. Each unit is easy to understand and gives exact amount of knowledge for one day.Unit 14 covers information on course books and other...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jobs Pomona 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: Unit 2 was focused on the most important parts of speech that every teacher will need to conduct quality English classes. All ages of students are going to require the basic parts of speech to create complete sentences. This Unit not only covered all the basic nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs, comparatives, superlatives and definite, indefinite and zero articles. The unit also clarified the different types of nouns, verbs and other parts of speech. Sets of rules were given to help clarify the...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jobs California Pomona 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 is pointed out that there are 4 things students need to do with a new language; that is; be exposed to it, understand its meaning, understand how it's constructed and be able to practice and produce it. Vocabulary, grammar and functions will assist the student in the four requirements for the language. Vocabulary is especially important at the early stage of learning a new language when the students are still motivated to learn new words that they need to get by in the language...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Certification California Simi Valley 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 explained the different types of teaching equipment available to teachers and students. There were some items introduced that I was not aware of such as the IWB, and others such as using video to record students for later analysis and discussion that I had not considered. Overall, I think that the content tried to present that it is best to use a wide variety of equipment and tools and effectively tailor them to the needs of your students. Each tool has its strengths....  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jobs Simi Valley 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: This unit contains useful information on teaching receptive skills, such as listening and reading. Reading itself is a cornerstone of learning, in my opinion, as it provides a great variety of activities based on it, so teaching reading in various forms is considered vital. Teaching listening, on the other hand is extremely important as it helps in building correct pronunciation and is also an essential part of successful communication. All in all, some tips on choosing a topic and...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Harris 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: This unit was centered around coursebooks and lesson materials. It differentiated between authentic (i.e. \"real-life\" material, e.g. newspapers, radio interviews) and creative (put together by the teacher, e.g. crosswords, flash cards) material, and provided a few examples. In the second part, the coursebook was taken into consideration, and all kinds of questions that come up: which book to use and for what type of students/nationality/level, methodology, price, availabiltity etc. Whenever a...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Certification Pomona 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: This unit shows you all the basic rules of English grammar. It takes every sentence apart and explains the purpose of every word in every sentence. For me it was difficult because I am not a native English speaker. The grammar I got taught in school is not the same as English grammar and to use the language in a not instinctive manner feels very different. So this unit taught me a lot and I expect to learn more after every unit.The first lesson with a new class is a strong opportunity...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Certification California Pomona 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 is a unit about the productive skills of English. These two skills are really important when teaching but, sometimes we focus more on the oral part than the written part. With this unit I could understand that both of them are really important. Learning how to write in a proper way is something we should also teach our students. Also, in this unit I could see that both fluency and accuracy are important when developing the oral skills of students. In some cases they tend to speak...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Laurens 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 discusses the best modes to teach receptive skills to students. The receptive skills include reading and listening which are then divided into the reasons and motives for doing these which can be for a purpose or for entertainment and pleasure. The unit also discusses the different modes that people usually perform these receptive skills and the best way to teach these. I have personally benefited from learning the different specialist skills that people employ when reading and listening...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jobs China Zhengzhou 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 its focus on the two productive skills, i.e. speaking and writing. I extend my gratitude to the authors for all the valuable teaching methods and ideas. As to the speaking part, I believe this is the moment to introduce students, both newbies or advanced, to the long neglected art of rhetoric. With regard to writing, I could not agree more with the authors that writing is the most neglected of the four communicative skills, and not just in the TEFL world. I further believe, and may I...  [Read more]