Sara Colombia

  The ITTT TEFL course in colombia gives you the opportunity to learn how to teach English in one of Latin America’s brightest stars and the gateway to South America. colombia is a country filled with unique landscapes and innovative cities, cultural and gastronomic delights, and villages surrounded by imposing mountains. It is a country of diversity with places that only exist in colombia. For lovers of nature and extreme sports, the three mountain ranges of the Colombian Andes are an excellent setting for climbing or walking trails. For water sports, the Caribbean Sea and the Pacific Coast offer some of the world’s best surfing and snorkeling, and our lakes and reservoirs in the interior of the country are great for fishing and rafting. colombia has everything; Caribbean...  [Read more]

Whilst Spanish is the official language, there are not less than sixty-five indigenous languages. The forty-three million people fit comfortably into a little over a million square miles. The principal religion is Roman Catholic with the remainder of the Episcopal and Jewish faith. In a continent where baseball and US television is enormously popular, there is considerable enthusiasm for learning English. However, it is ‘American’ English that has most currency and is most sought after, not ‘English’ English. The distinction is noted by locals, bringing considerable advantage to Canadian and North American candidates. Nevertheless, there are many opportunities and, as ever, persistence pays dividends. Those actively looking for work will find it, and be rewarded by the experience...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jobs Iran Sari 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 teaching special groups. It included teaching various knowledge levels, teaching children and teaching business English. This unit was well explained and gave good advice and a variety of topics. The possible problems that could be encountered were also helpful to note down for future. In the 'teaching children' section, a statement was made about boredom in the class being the teachers fault. I do not agree. Being a teacher means teaching 8 to 10 lessons a day, having a certain...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Certification Iran Sari 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 6 gives information on how to advance one's teaching career, such as resume and cv support. Also, the first section details things that should be considered with cross-cultural interactions, such as welcoming gestures and greetings. When making a resume, it’s important to keep it brief and list only relevant information in reverse chronological order. While writing the CV letter, make sure that you are not repeating too much from your resume. Allow the person reading your CV to see...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jobs Sari Iran 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 difference between authentic and inauthentic materials. Course books can be very useful if they are used in an appropriate context. Course books are helpful in that they are topical and provide structure for courses. However, it is important for teachers to adapt course books to meet the needs of students. Furthermore, overuse of course books can become repetitive and mundane for students. Teachers should allow for opportunities to stray from course books when appropriate.In...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Certification Sari Iran 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: Personally I enjoy having books in the lessons I teach. Having a book gives some kind of structure that I can follow if I like. Usually I?m not following books strictly and I?m more flexible during the lessons. I don?t like to put so much effort on making my own materials, because it can take so much time. On the other hand I know that if I make the materials on my own they are probable OK.In unit 14, I have revised the materials used to teach English. I have studied autentic and non-autentic...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jobs Colombia Bogota 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 unit 18 I have learned about modal auxiliary verbs, the passive voice, phrasal verbs and relative clauses. The modals can be used to express obligation, possibility/probability, permission/prohibition, ability or advice. We can teach these by using role-play, guess meaning of signs or by establishing rules and regulations of a hotel. There are two voices used in English, the passive and active voice. In active voice the focus is on the agent while in passive voice it's on the subject. A clause...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jobs Bogota Colombia 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 provided visual examples of what not to do and what to do when conducting a class. It highlighted that a positive attitude in the teacher and an organized lesson plan are vital for class participation, comprehension and overall success. I learned to give plenty of examples, just like the teacher in video 2, to make sure the students will understand how to use the language correctly and know what is expected of them in the activity phase as well as give plenty of praise and commendation...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Certification Colombia Bello 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 lesson focused in the ways students may be evaluated during their language course to measure their progress with the language. The unit explained that testing is the standard method of most institutions for evaluation, however I learned that the teacher at times may have the large responsibility of constructing the progress exams themselves. I also learned that peer evaluation can be helpful in acquiring genuine feedback about how easy or difficult the course is, as well as...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Certification Dos Quebradas Colombia 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 content has provided me with a number of tools that are useful at the different stages during the class. Learning about engage, study and activity has provided me with a practical understanding and model of how to teach and encourage student growth and understanding. The methodologies presented at the start of the unit helped me to understand a variety of methods that have been used and are still in use.This unit briefly covered the main parts of speech, simple sentence...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jobs Bucaramanga Colombia 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 the importance of course books and lesson materials. There are many advantages and disadvantages to course books but I think that as a first year teacher course books would be very useful to me. I would have to make sure that along with the course book that I also came up with my own activities and materials to supplement the books as well as to keep the interest of the children. Finally, I would have to be able to deviate from the book when my students need extra...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Certification Bello Colombia 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 have learned about respective skills which are reading and listening, its importance and use. Reason and motives for these skills can be divided into `purpose` and `entertainment`. In to order to read and listen we must develop techniques like, predictive, scanning, skimming and deduction . And in order to illuminate difficulties in language we must keep in mind sentence length, unfamiliar words while teaching .A good unit overviewing the basic questions such as why we communicate and...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jobs cucuta Colombia 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 on teaching receptive skills. Receptive skills include reading and listening which are equally important to one another. The reasons for reading can include for a purpose to help us aim for a goal or for our own entertainment. There are ways we can read and listen to obtain information without reading the entire text. The different ways is using our predictive skills, scanning, skimming, detailed info and use our deduction from the context. For this particular topic we used the...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Certification floridablanca Colombia 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 present tense in the usage of the English language. I found it to be challenging. I learnt the differences between simple present tenses, present perfect tense and present continuous tense and how to use the tenses. The unit goes further by explaining the different usages of the 3 tenses and also how you can structure negatives and questions using the three different tenses in the present tense.This unit provided an overview of the four present tenses and their...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jobs Colombia Bucaramanga 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 success of a student learning a new language is strongly dependent on the relationship between the teacher and the student. A good teacher knows this and understands that every student has their own motivations for learning and learning experiences that will influence their behavior. These motivations and experience vary among different age groups and different cultures. For example, adults prefer lively adult discussion where as very young learners do well with songs and games; learning...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jobs Colombia barrancabermeja 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 conditional speech and reported, or indirect speech. There are five types of conditional speech. Zero conditional refers to facts and first conditional refers to future events that are probable or certain. Second conditional is used in hypothetical future situations and third conditional is used in hypothetical past situations. Mixed conditional is a mix of second and third. Reported speech means reporting what someone else said. Splitting up sentences and having...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jobs Floridablanca Colombia 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 first lesson was clearly very bad. The teacher started with shouting out something the students did not understand. The second lesson was much better. He started with learning their names, and was smiling all the time. He also made small jokes, and tried to lighten up the teaching. He spoke in a firm voice, but still managed to elicit answers from students. He managed to engage them on another level. I could learn something from watching both lessons. It was excruciating to watch the...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Certification Bogota Colombia 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 applies the ESA model to introducing new language. It specifically deals with how to introduce students to new vocabulary, grammatical structures, and language functions. The text discusses techniques for presenting and practicing these specific parts of language based on the three stages of the ESA model (Engage, Study, Activate). It also gives examples of a typical ESA lesson for each category as well.The task of teaching new language is not a 'piece of cake' so they say'...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jobs Bello Colombia 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: Sometimes a teacher may come across other forms of teaching, as opposed to teaching group of adult students of general English, which may require some different methodologies and skills. Many teachers are a tad apprehensive when it comes to teaching \"beginners\". On the other hand, some teachers find teaching beginners to be extremely delightful. The \"beginners\" can be divided into the following categories: 1) The absolute beginner 2) The false beginner 3) The adult beginner 4) The young...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Certification Armenia Colombia 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 watched two lessons completed by the same teacher. I learned that the attitude a teacher has in the classroom will directly affect how students engage and learn. It is important to remain positive, optimistic, and respectful to all of the students. Building rapport with the students can increase the trust students have for the teacher and will ecourage them to participate more and ask questions.This unit discusses strategies for teaching special groups. I learned that...  [Read more]