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Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Berkeley County South Carolina 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 really enjoyed watching these videos of lessons. I found myself very frustrated during the first video because the teacher was awful, and the second video he did very good. I think it was good for me to see the difference between attitudes of the teacher. This comes to show that the attitude of the teacher is the most important aspect of teaching an effective lesson. I am a native English speaker, and I couldn't even understand him in the first lesson! It was very frustrating. I also...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Lexington County South Carolina 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 me with the newest information so far. I have a little experience with general classroom teaching and grammar, but the theories, methods, and techniques. I thought that while the information regarding the different teaching practices was interesting and will definitely be important, I really appreciated the applicable instruction on the Engage, Study, and Activate part of the chapter. Learning about the different techniques for teaching, when and how to use them, and...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Edgefield County South Carolina 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 an overview of all different types of classes us as future teachers might face. The unit presented useful and clear points about what to focus on with each different special group. I find it clear after reading this unit that every individual group has it's own challenges but also mitigating circumstances. I would personally prefer teaching children even though they might not be the most motivated of special groups. Classes with children are quick and dynamic and...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Charleston County South Carolina 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: There are a number of different parts of speech which can sometimes be difficult to remember or determine. Knowing parts of speech is however important as it substantially improves how you structure sentences to ensure that they are grammatically correct. It is important to note that there are often exceptions to the rule and they must often just be memorized by students. I have learned that it is okay to not know everything about grammar, which is a relief because of how complex...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Anderson County South Carolina 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 equipment and teaching aids. Each teaching aid was described with how to get the best use out of the aid. I found it helpful since, as the unit mentioned, each school will be different as to what they have available as aids for that particular school. Knowing which aids are available, and how to properly use them, can be highly important in developing a lesson plan (as well as backup plans if some of the aids are not working) Although I do not need to use all of the...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Certification Kimberley South Africa 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 really helpful as it provided teachers with the different teaching styles to adopt when working with different groups of students. I greatly enjoyed the detailed description of the different groups, especially between young learners and business English. All in all, this unit allowed me to understand how to effectively engage students in a classroom setting.This business unit goes into deals of where teachers will work and how they should go about selecting a country,...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jobs South Africa Kathlehong 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 12 looks at the productive skills of speaking and writing. Both forms are ways to communicate, but can vary with their grammar- like with speaking using contracted froms of words and also the vocabulary used - like with writing in certain situations the vocabulary changes to match the formality of the topic. Another clear distinction was made for me between accuracy and fluency and their meanings. Accuracy bases itself on students understanding of the topic through teacher controlled...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jobs Botshabelo South Africa 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 focused on receptive skills which are mainly divided into listening and reading. I found it useful to learn the perspective of the learners on the matter. How various difficulties can arise while undergoing these phases of language learning can be quite tough to overcome. The adopted solutions such as pre-teaching vocabulary and a careful selection of texts which can inspire or spark the interest of students are indeed aspects not to be taken lightly.Since some of these...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jobs South Africa Roodepoort 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: Phonology is the study, science, analysis, and classification of physical properties of sounds. Stress, rhythm, and intonation are the 3 main parts. Stress focuses on individual words, whereas intonation focuses on volume and pitch variation in a whole sentence. Rise and fall is the standard intonation for most sentences. Fall and rise is used in sentences where a response or information is required. A third type is flat, which conveys boredom or something similar. In terms of stress, only...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Certification South Africa Alexandra 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 we learn about the teaching of pronunciation and phonology, as well as the difference between the two. We study intonation and the techniques for indicating and teaching it. We look at stress, the lack of stress and the techniques for indicating and teaching stress. We learn about sound joining, linked speech, the phonemic alphabet and articulation. We look at the manner of articulation, teaching techniques for the pronunciation of individual sounds and when to teach...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Certification Alexandra South Africa 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: On this Unit I have refreshed my knowledge about the four Present Tenses: Simple Present, Present Continuous, Present Perfect and Present Perfect Continuous. All these tenses were also explained on thier forms, usages, typical students errors. The Unit has also provided information on activate stage teaching ideas which highly contributed for my teaching experience level.this unit taught me al about designing materials. the differences between authentic and non authentic material....  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Certification Germiston South Africa 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 a nice reminder of the many teaching aids that there are. With all of the equipment now available right at our fingertips, if a teacher has a phone and good Internet a lot can be accomplished. From access to YouTube videos to podcasts to video recording, much can be learned. Technology is an ever-growing tool that can be used for great good in the classroom.Teaching new language to young students using the engage, study, activate method initially seems to be the...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jobs South Africa Botshabelo 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 have learnt so many things about the history of ELT methodology. I can now differentiate between an approach, a method and a technique. I have also learnt a lot about the positive and negative features in each method. From the Classical method (Grammar-Translation) to the ESA method. Moreover, unit 3 shows how to make use of the elicitation technique inside the classroom. It also explains the different parts and types of an ESA lesson. In the “Straight...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Certification South Africa Germiston 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 focused on various methods of how to teach. There are many different types of ways to teach. Many have debated, what the best method is, serval have been discussed in this unit. I have learnt one of the best methods is the “ESA” (Engage, Study, and Activate) approach. Because it lets students have language exposure, teacher input and allows for language discovery. Many other benefits from this method are discussed as well. This is by far the best method of...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jobs Kathlehong South Africa 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 unit has given a good foundation for teaching/introducing vocabulary and grammatical functions to the class. Some of the most important points to remember when introducing new language and structures is the level of the learners and the appropriateness of the information being presented. New, lower level learners need to have clear, basic vocabulary. The unit also gave practical application of the ESA Straight Arrow, Boomerang, and Patchwork techniques.Unit 9 outlines how to make an...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jobs Roodepoort South Africa 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 gives a great oportunity of understanding the teaching productive skills: writing and speaking. It helps a lot during the teaching class and shows the importance of both. Because of this unit we can learn how to use our teaching skills and teach students the right way of writing and speaking. What is the most important and what is less. Where we should pay more attention and where a bit less. So, we can better focus on our students' skills and needs.It wasn't not that bad to...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Certification South Africa Kimberley 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 pretty useful because at the hagwon where I teach, we do not plan our own lessons. We just deliver the curriculum. Actually, I cannot use this material where I am now because of the hagwon rules, but I think I will make good use of it when I work at another school in the future and can plan my own lessons. I really appreciate the emphasis of this section on flexibility. That's what my school lacks right now. Even if I can see that there is some area where I need to...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Sanborn Iowa 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 sixteen covered conditionals and reported speech. Conditionals are sentences containing \"if\" (or similar expressions) which refer to past, present and future possibilities. In these sentences, there are normally two clauses, the \"if\" clause and the main clause. Either can become the first part of a conditional. There are five main conditionals: the zero conditional, first conditional, second conditional, third conditional and the mixed conditional. Conditionals can be practiced with exercises...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Lignite North 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: Unit 6 gave me information about Past Tenses. The past tense describes a past event or a state of being. The two most common past tenses in English are the Past Simple and the Past Continuous. We use the Past Simple tense in English to talk about events or situations that are finished. Normally we use a time reference. We also use the PS tense in English to talk about long-lasting events or situations in the past. Past Continuous Tense. We use PCT to talk about what was happening at a particular...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Certification Cape Town South Africa 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 two videos in unit 10 were interesting examples, however the audio wasnt very clear and so it was hard to understand the teacher in some parts, the students even more so. I dont know if i have learned much, other than what not to do I guess, there were also some useful tips there and of course the general lesson was a good idea depending on the students english level.These two videos demonstrated many theories that we learnt in previous lessons. It clearly differentiated the...  [Read more]