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  Besides the four future tenses in English (future simple, future continuous, future perfect and the future perfect continuous) there are three additional tenses we can use when speaking about the future. These include the 'going to' future, the present continuous and the present simple. This video gives you an overview how to use them for future statements. 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. Overall I really enjoyed this unit of study. It is...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jobs China Jiangshan 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 learned several things in this unit. One is that present simple and present continuous can be used as a future tense. Although in my speech I use it this way frequently, I never thought about the fact that I was doing so. It's important to notice things like this so that I can accurately explain the uses of the tenses in spoken English to my students. Another interesting fact is the difference between the \"going to\" future tense and the future simple tense. I had always assumed that their use...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Certification Hachinohe 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 four forms of the past tenses take a good amount of time to understand and even more study and memorization to correctly teach. The past simple of irregular verbs will simply have to be memorized by students. Key to success will be the ability to convey differences like an action completed before another past action; an action in progress at a past time; a completed past action, and so on.Unit 12 focused on teaching productive skills such as speaking and writing. It was noted that...  [Read more]

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Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jobs China Dalian 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 four was an eye opener for me. Previously, I had thought I was very knowledgeable about the tenses, especially when considering the present tense. However, when one really thinks about what they are saying, there really does appear to be four differences across all the tenses. It was therefore refreshing to be able to learn the names of these four aspects (Simple, Continuous, Present Perfect, Present Perfect Continuous), and see how each of them are formed. As a teacher of young learners, I come...  [Read more]

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