Pronunciation Ended

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 Armenia Gyumri 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 dealt with pronunciation and phonology. Intonation and stress were discussed in relation to pronunciation. Intonation is the tone over a sentence where stress relates to individual syllables. Intonation is used to make meaning clear. The normal pattern of intonation is rise and fall but to seek an answer, express surprise or show that you are still speaking, your pattern will reverse to a fall/rise pattern. A flat pattern shows the speaker has little interest in continuing the...  [Read more]

Should Students Be Allowed to Use Their Native Language in the Classroom When I first began teaching lessons during the TESOL Course I found myself almost automatically saying to the students, “English please,” after all it is an English class. However, I began to question myself about whether or not this was “correct” practice or if the students should in fact use their native language to assist them in the learning process. After doing some research I found the TESOL Law Code of Ethics. The Law of Ethics provided many vague and open-ended ideas. It suggested things along the lines of, “The foreign language teacher shall direct her whole professional effort to assist the students to develop his/her second language speaking ability.” It also mentions that TESOL teachers are to...  [Read more]