Su Zhou China

  As China’s economy has grown so has its demand for qualified TESOL teachers. If you have a TESOL certificate you can find work here, and there are opportunities for both native and non-native speakers. Work can be found in public or private schools as well as various language institutes. You can expect to receive roughly $800 to $1600 per month in salary depending on qualifications, experience and location. Private schools will often pay more than public schools but will require you to work more hours. Private classes are also a possibility and will enable you to increase your monthly income significantly. Generally you can expect accommodation, visa fees, and medical insurance to be part of the package and additional benefits might include paid airfares to and from your...  [Read more]

  The TEFL International TEFL course in China offers superb training for teaching English in one of the most fascinating countries in the world. Taking your TEFL in China provides many post course opportunities to teach TEFL in China. China is justifiably considered to have one of the most ancient, mysterious and alluring civilizations anywhere. When you combine all of China’s wonderful features: the colossal scale of the country, an extensive and strong history, and exciting future, along with the inquisitive people and world-famous cuisine, you can see why it has procured for itself a reputation as a leading destination for TEFL courses and for teaching English. For those interested in attending a TEFL course in China, the good news is that demand for English teachers is one of...  [Read more]

China is not so much a country as a huge world in its own right. The ambition of the nation is to be the world’s largest economy, and most educated observers expect that it is only a matter of time before this aspiration is met. But it is not simply the economic dynamism and the strange contrast of cultures that draws the traveler. Thousands of years of history, philosophy and culture are clearly evident, and in a sense all of the political events of the 20th century, are merely a grain of sand on the beach of Chinese history. Cantonese and Mandarin are the official languages; however, in a country of around one point three billion spread over nearly four million square miles, there is a cornucopia of different dialects and idioms. The reality is that Cantonese will serve you well in...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Certification Langfang China 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 me a more thorough outline of the breakdowns of our sentence structures. The unit gave me insight into complications students may have that native english speakers do not think twice about, and how to recognise and work through these difficulties with them. I am now more confident with specificities of adjectives, verbs, and nouns and how I will break them down in an easily understandable way for students.A little bit better than the perfect simple past future continuous. I...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jobs China Yongan 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 last unit takes a look at the common problems and situations that can both the teacher and the student face , it starts with problems of first lesson , as the teacher will face new group who don't know each other and they may not be familiar with EFL , so the teacher has to use some specail activities to establish a rapport between the students and between the students nad the teacher. In this context , the teacher is not recommended to use the book , also grammar part should not be taught in...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jobs China Yingcheng 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 went over teaching materials, such as coursebooks and additional materials, authentic and created. When I first began my teaching role I felt like the textbook provided was the bible for everything. About two months into it I realized that students aren't exactly invigorated about what the textbook has them learning so I began to implement more outside materials. I aim to have consistency with what the textbook is covering and the materials though at times I have a hard time \"going off...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Certification Linyi China 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 deeply examines the English pronunciation and phonology. I learned about different intonations suggesting different responses, and certain rules of stress for smoother articulation. I think it's important to use visuals to teach students pronunciation, as students can experiment themselves and figure out on their own. Phonetic script is also crucial that a teacher must master it in order to teach the students.As with this lesson i can say that it was way easy than the first time i...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jobs China Kuytun 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: These two videos clearly showed the difference between teach and student communication. In video the teacher did not introduce himself and did not know or ask for the students names before beginning the lesson – this to me is a reflection of bad manners. There was no student to student group communication, no encouragement, no full explanations and the teacher talk time was too high. He came across as irritated with the class; impatient and at times bored. He intimidated the students by...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Certification China Sanya 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: Productive skills-speaking and writing are very different yet share the same goal, which is to communicate. Speaking focuses more on fluency and writing on accuracy as this skill is more difficult. I was surprised to read that \"writing is the most neglected skill...\" when teaching English as a foreign language. However, I can understand that students would prefer to have more speaking time to allow for the development of the language. This unit informs the reader of the differences...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jobs Quzhou China 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 17 allowed me to see all of the various aids and tools that I can use in a classroom to make any lesson more fun and interesting. Some aids work better for certain stages of the lesson, such as worksheets for the Study phase. Visual aids are also very important for activities and analysis/correction, such as using a video camera or an interactive white board (IWB). When I teach my class, I will look to incorporate several different teaching aids so that the students do not lack interest and...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Certification Jiujiang China 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 found this unit informative and highly detailed. It taught me how important pronunciation can be in forming English speech in a way that accurately replicates regular English speech. How pronunciation can be used to express intent, emotions etc. I learnt the complexities of phonology and how complicated this must be to foreign students. What times would be best to teach this, and the various ways that it can be taught.I've always known from my foreign language studies that conditionals...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Certification Shenyang China 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: Test is a on going progress in the learning development. Testing is a needed progressive operation to gage the teachers skills and students understanding of material. A teacher can use the test as a gage to improve, his/her skills. What works and don't work. The materials that are useful and materials needed to be filed in the circle file. And the reason we are here the students. Evaluate their progress and retention.This was a relatively short and easier chapter to understand. I didn't...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Certification China Lengshuijiang 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 the topics of modals, passive and active voice, relative clauses and phrasal verbs. These components of the English language are used every day by native English speakers but are difficult to understand for a non-native English speaker because they not as simple to explain. It is important to have a basis of understanding of the verb tenses in English if students are going to be able to incorporate and understand passive and active voice. Also, learning the modals in...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Certification Huanghua China 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 section was about different resources that teachers can use to help in aiding them while teaching. The interactive white boards have been very beneficial in my own education and know from experience that all kinds of activities can be done on them. I completely forgot about overhead projectors, but they too have been a useful tool for the teachers I've had in the past and I too would probably take advantage of those.For this unit I have learnt what the course content is all about....  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Certification Jinzhong China 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 basic skills in any language is reading, listening, speaking and writing skills which are all four equally important. Thus to teach all four skills to the students, you as teacher needs to motivate and create an interest to the students to develop these skills, and to expose the students to more of the language, the more they will learn, but we also need to help them through the difficult areas of these skills.Unit 9 covers why and how to write a lesson plan. Having taught...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jobs Heshan China 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 side by side video comparison was invaluable. In theory I thought I knew what good instruction was and thought I also had a solid understanding of teaching methods, but seeing an actual classroom demonstration really helped. I had grasped enough of previous units to see what the teacher was doing wrong. I also had an idea of how things should've been changed to improve it. But seeing a presentation done well is always useful as it may provide a loose idea of how to teach lessons in future. I...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jobs China Jiaojiang 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 always found that having a documented plan can help to keep the class on track for the task they are learning for a class. This helps to stay on target and becomes a record of what has been achieved by the students and teachers. I try to use bullet points instead of actual scripts. Perhaps a question at the beginning of each phase may help to stay on track. It may be hard to anticipate the time needed to complete each task for a new teacher because we would not know the level of...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Certification China Shahe 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: It was really helpful for me to learn about the different methodologies because I've observed them in classroom settings while volunteering as a teacher's assistant, but had not been specifically taught the difference between methodologies. I like that the unit also provided examples of different ESA lessons, such as the 'straight arrow', 'boomerang', and 'patchwork' because lessons are not always according to the 'straight arrow' method, so it was really helpful to see examples of other ESA...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Certification Chuxiong City China 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 enjoyed this subject, it didn't feel as difficult as the last. It was good to see examples of lesson materials. I also learnt that I can be creative with my materials and make my own to suit the needs and level of my students. I can see how a course book will be helpful for my students but I also need to make sure I am not relying solely on a course book. I will also need to have materials to supplement the course books..I learnt the exact definitions of future tenses and their...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Certification Xinxiang China 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 grammar unit is concerned with recognizing and classifying parts of speech. It describes different parts of speech in English language and the most commonly used grammatical terminology. Personally, I found this unit hugely interesting, insightful, and very helpful. How grammar is presented to the students is what really matter and this unit presents the grammar in a simple way that is very clear to understand.Adult learners learn the language more easily than young learners since in...  [Read more]