Scott Mendoza

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Mendoza 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. W. - China said: This unit provides the other two basic skills required for learning a new language. These productive skills are speaking and writing. These two have equal importance. This unit explains the difference between accuracy and fluency activities. For the sake of correct speaking, accuracy activities are controlled by the teacher to ensure that students are using the correct grammar, pronunciation, etc. Thus it is important to present these activities during the study phase of a lesson. The fluency...  [Read more]

  In this TEFL review video Scott form the USA discusses his experience on the in-class TEFL course in Prague. In addition to its online courses, ITTT offers in-class TEFL/TESOL course at training centers all over the world. Below you can read feedback from an ITTT graduate regarding one section of their online TEFL certification course. Each of our online courses is broken down into concise units that focus on specific areas of English language teaching. This convenient, highly structured design means that you can quickly get to grips with each section before moving onto the next. This unit was about lesson planning. I've learned how to prepare a lesson plan. I've also learned how to prepare a sequence of lessons. I needed to use the knowledge which I gained before, to...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jobs mendoza Argentina 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 part of the unit describes the five main conditionals, their forms and usage. Authors warn the reader about typical errors students make learning conditionals. The second part is about changing the direct speech into reported. The table of how verb tenses change is very useful. The authors give examples of how other parts of speech may need to be changed. The video expands this list. Both parts contain the section on teaching ideas. As usual, the unit ends with the task sheet that...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Mendota Minnesota 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 gave a lot of information on three separate points of grammar. It first discussed modal auxiliary verbs and provided ideas on how to teach these and have students practice them. Then it explained the difference between passive and active voice. Lastly the unit gave information about phrasal verbs. I would have preferred this unit to be split up into separate grammar units. That way you could have gone into depth a little bit more on each topic. I would have found this more interesting than...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Mendota Illinois 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 how teachers can learn what levels their students are at and what their students need. In general, the lesson focused on how best to provide the information students need for their courses. Conducting a variety of tests (needs analysis, diagnostic, placement, etc) is essential to figuring out how effective the course is. If you do not know what the student needs, then your course is bound to be ineffective for them. So if you do not conduct a progress test, then you will not know...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Scotts 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: Future tenses are probably the most complicated of verb tenses. Even though someone will be talking about the future they can still use verbs that sound past tense. Future tense is something that has not yet happened or could be currently happening. Future simple tense is the most direct. Future continues tells of a future action that continues on for an indefinite amount of time. Future present tense is something that has already happened in the future. Future tense can also show...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Pearl City Hawaii 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 the structures of the future tense, but also the present simple and present continuous which can be applied to the future. All structures of the future tense have different usages and forms. Besides that, this unit explains common mistakes that can be made by students when forming the grammatical structures, and numerous teaching ideas that can be used in the activate stage for students to practice the material. I've learned about 7 different structures of the future tense and some...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Cleveland Viriginia 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 3 has definitely been helpful in terms of offering guiding pointers on how to structure TEFL students' learning in a typical lesson - bearing in mind their target language proficiency. In addition I found the different approach methodologies informative, and useful for (potentially) varying how I might relate to students - in that elements of a particular methodology may be incorporated into a certain stage of the ESA (or Patchwork, or Boomerang) framework. Generic ESA and its permutations...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL North Shade Michigan 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 straightforward and somewhat helpful. I appreciated the links in the end section. There are many resources available so having a few trusted go to sites can really save time searching. I think it is very important for teachers to use different tools to assist in teaching. In my opinion it helps keep the students engaged and focused. When working with children I would also add books and toys to the teaching equipment list. All these tools can be used to enhance a lesson but it is...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Limestone Michigan 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: Past tense is a grammatical tense used to express an action or state having already taken place or existed. It is very important because it's where we're all from. We need to use past tense to describe most of our personal experiences as well as things that have happened to other people. It is very helpful to use past tense to discuss things that happened before. There are four past tenses in English. 1)Simple Past use for actions ...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Weirton West Virginia 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 very good in that it really made me consider the classroom management. From seat arrangements, eye contact, whether or not to break in to groups, large group work, pairs, etc. All of it was very thought-provoking. I appreciate that it discussed the pros and cons of grouping students in different size groups. Thinking about the desk arrangement and whether it leads to an intimate class style was very helpful. Also, to remember to spend as little time with your back to the class and...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Deir El Zor 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.P. - Korea said: In this unit, I leaned more about Modal Auxiliary Verbs, including : can, could, may, might, shall, should, will, must, have to, need to and so on. They all can be used to express a lot of different ideas. \"Should, Must and Have to \"are usually used to express Obligation, \"Could, May and Would\" are usually used to express Request. \"Could and Would \"can be used to express formal polite request. \"Must \" can be used to express the greatest degree of certainty. Actually,...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jobs Argentina Corrientes 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: When speaking about the past tense, we think the followings: Past simple, past continuous, past perfect, and the past perfect continuous. The usages for the past simple include the followings: 1. for a past action when the time is given. 2. when the time is asked about. 3 when the action clearly took place at a definite time even though this time is not mentioned. 4. Sometimes the time becomes definite as a result of a question and answer in the present perfect. The usages for the past...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jobs Algeria Tlemoen 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 review• This unit has shown me the importance of reading and listening skills, there are other skills as well, such as writting and speaking which are also very important. And that when planning a lesson (if possible) include all of these. There are two different reasons why anyone would read or listen to anything. • For entertainment • For a purpose Unit 11 teaches you how to this information to really grab a students attention when trying to engage them in a...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jobs Corrientes Argentina 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 14 gives guidelines for using variety materials and course books to support teachers? teaching and students? learning. It divides the teaching materials into two groups: Authentic materials and created materials. Unit 14 outlines the reasons for using authentic materials, as well as giving great examples for created materials. Course books are great and no one can deny how helpful they have been to teachers especially during the first years of teaching. Unit 14 briefly states the...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jobs Tlemoen Algeria 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 common problem situations that any teacher might find him/herself in.It talks about how to handle the first lessons for both new groups(in these groups students don't know each other and teacher should try to make some rapport between students as well as between students and teacher.) and existing groups (which is an existing group that students are already likely to know each other.)I learned some warmer activities and some activities to build rapport.I also learned how to...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Smyrna Tennessee 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 7 is about teaching new language. There are four things students should consider with new language learning; exposure, meaning, construction, and application. Teaching vocabulary, grammatical structures, and language functions are the main focus of this unit, along with the different ESA methods that can be used to organised the lessons. Straight arrow ESA approach is commonly used to target vocabulary and grammar lessons while boomerang or patchwork ESA approach is common with functions?based...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Certification Argentina corrientes 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 8 offered a concise, simplified look at future tenses. I thought it did a good job organizing information simply by presenting it through form, usage, teaching ideas and common mistakes. I really liked the way teaching ideas were presented. They showed good ideas that are easily expanded upon or turned into games and activities so that the ideas can be adapted to different classes based on size, behavior and level. Basic, but good, ideas that serve as jumping off points for...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Certification Algeria Tlemoen 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 went a lot more in-depth with the phases of the lesson, and I've learned to better distinguish what kinds of activities should be used for each phase. From what I've read and tested in this unit, I realize that I was having trouble distinguishing between the engage and the study phase. With engage, sometimes it seems like there are activities, such as brainstorming animal vocabulary, that could also fit in the study phase. However, since reviewing the lesson and taking the...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Certification Tlemoen Algeria 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 7 is about teaching a new vocabulary, grammar lessons and fucntions. It gives a general idea of how lessons can specifically approach with different structures. It helps a teacher to construct and a build a warm teaching area. Through the different kind of ESA lesson plans, it teaches a teacher how to be able to practise and produce the information in a correct way. Unit 7 offers balanced and manageable way of teaching a new language.In this unit, I learnt about the needs of...  [Read more]