Taiwan Tesl

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jobs Tainan City Taiwan 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: hello, today I have learned about the modal verbs, the passive and the phrasal verbs which are very important and a little complicated, especially the phrasal verbs that we mix most of the time. it is not easy to make the difference between the separate and inseparable transitive . But now I know when it is separate transitive we can have VERB+ PARTICULAR +NOUN or v+Pronoun +Particle while inseparable transitive we can't separate the verb and the particleThis unit in regards to the receptive...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jobs Taiwan Tainan City 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 useful as I learned that modal auxiliary verbs can be used to control or express different degrees of normality i.e. modal auxiliary verbs can change the formality and meaning of the main verb. I also learned that a modal auxiliary verb expresses the power exercised by the speaker in various degrees without changing form. I learned about passive voice and that in passive voice the subject receives the action of a transitive verb.If I was teaching low level student passive...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Certification Tainan City Taiwan 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: English language learners are often confused by modal verbs because they are used differently than other verbs and in a wide variety of situations such as asking for permission and giving advice. This unit explains diffenerce between Modal Verbs and also gives clear explanation of passive voice. In this unit I would be happy to see more information about Phrasal Verbs.Understanding all of the different functions of each of the modal verbs is important. I didn't have a good...  [Read more]

Taiwan is a modern, industrialised megalopolis of big cities that benefit from booming trade with the US and other countries. Its thriving cities skirt glorious mountain ranges, and despite the hi-tech, developed aspect of the country there are still grass-skirted, indigenous tribes slightly at odds with this image. The official language is Mandarin, and twenty-three millions squeeze into an area of fourteen thousand square miles. Religions practiced include Taoism, Buddhism, Confucianism, and Christianity. There is such a wealth of opportunity for TESOL teachers in Taiwan that it is hard to describe. For example English kindergartens are highly fashionable, and the trend for English goes from there up in the education system. In addition to this there are many corporations that need...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Certification Syria Latakia 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 liked this unit because in my profession, I have had to prepare students for these tests and had to learn about each external examining body as I went along. This study is very useful as now when a student comes to me with a desire to begin preparation for a particular test, I will know what the purpose behind their desire to take an exam is. It will guide my preparation a whole lot more. Also, I did not know the difference between a placement and a diagnostic test. This study helped me...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Certification Latakia Syria 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 Past tense is described in this unit in details , with each form such as past Simple , past Perfect continuous, past perfect, and past continuous . For each form there are ways to identify them in a sentence . they have different usages . There are also different teaching ideas and methods that are discussed to make the students understand the various past tenses.This unit describes the theory,methods and techniques of teaching English. There are many methods of teaching and each has...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Certification Bern Switzerland 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 teaches and talks about the production skills: speaking and writing. This unit explains what is the difference between accuracy and fluency activities. It describes if one skill is more important than the other. It also gives guidance when it comes to speaking in a classroom and what kind of activities could be given to encourage and interact with the students.Future tense is the eight unit of the course. I personally, are of the opinion that this unit presented tense much better...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jobs Switzerland Bern 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 second last unit in our course dealt with teaching individuals who have special needs when approaching learning English as an additional language. These include beginner learners who have are approaching the acquisition of the language for the first time, individuals who are learning the language specifically for business reasons and also multilingual classes which are classrooms comprised of individuals from various nationalities. If I had to choose one area where I gleaned the most...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Certification Switzerland Bern 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 covers conditionals and reported/directed speech. This is a tricky unit. The concepts in this unit cover many different verb tenses being used in the same phrases/conversations. I think this means that these concepts will be difficult to teach to students. Some of the changes in reporting direct speech require some thought to decide how to convey the correct meaning. Practicing different role play with the students should make them more comfortable with this. As well doing many...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jobs Latakia Syria 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 use of multi-media would surely make the teaching of predictive skills much easier. Showing a piece of paper with something written on it will not elicit the same response and showing a video clip. The student swill undoubtedly be more engaged by a video presentation. Also, scanning a 5 minute news clip from TV will hold the interest of students much more than a newspaper article. Real effectiveness comes from a nice mix of print and electronic media.The unit on conditionals and reported speech...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jobs Bern Switzerland 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 outlined the importance of course books, created materials and authentic materials. All have advantages and disadvantages and it is useful to mix and match these materials during a lesson by adapting the the different needs of the students. Course books can be very helpful to teachers, however they can also be the downfall of a teacher because it can cause them to become lazy and unmotivated to find extra interesting materials for the students.listening to an authentic audio source,...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jobs Syria Latakia 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 13 explored the very extensive subjects of Phonology and pronunciation. Providing some good foundational knowledge of the challenges and opportunities these subjects can present. The unit defined terms like intonation and stress and grouped subjects under each header to help understand how we can teach pronunciation. Intonation is the volume and pitch of a sentence and stress is where to place emphasis within a sentence and how changing that emphasis could potentially change the context of a...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jobs Kaohsiung Taiwan 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 dipped into the discussion of equipment and teaching aids. This lesson held a lot of valuable information on what type of equipment you might have in a classroom and how to use it most effectively in your teaching. Although most of these types of equipment act as an aid, this unit also stresses understanding proper usage of each device and also having back up plans (especially in the instance of using technology) just in case something goes wrong.This unit covered the past tenses in...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Certification Hsinchu Taiwan 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: As we can see fro the above, there are four thing that students need to do with new language:understand its meaning, be expose to it, be able to practice it and use it and understand how its contracted. We have to insure that students are introduced to new language in balanced and manageable way. The teacher have to be able to balance vocabulary, grammar and functions.Reading this unit, I found out that reading and listening are two out of four important skills in learning. This unit also...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jobs Taiwan Chiayi 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, there are two teaching lesson videos. These videos helped me see the difference between an effective class lesson and an ineffective class lesson. I was able to figure out which lesson was more engaging and got the students to participate more. The first lesson wasn't not done well because the teacher's attitude did not show like he wanted to be there, and he acted like he didn't care. The students in the first lesson weren't really responding because they were confused and could not...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jobs Taiwan Hsinchu 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 good introduction into the basics of part of speech in general. It is necessary to know all parts of speech in order to be a better teacher, and to be able to explain grammar points to students better. If a teacher understands parts of speech well, it will be easier to explain grammar rules to students as well as to be able to predict which potential problems students may make based on the target language structure differences. Although there are many parts of speech in a...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Certification Taipei Taiwan 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: From this unit i learnt the most effective materials to bring in class to make learning enjoyable and effective for language learners. Especially flash cards were one of my favourite classroom tool since not only the writings but also the pictures on the cards will attract students. These materials will help me to create an engaging classroom and keep students on task.The unit is about present tense. It was interesting to get an example of the most common students' mistakes and to reflect...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jobs Taichung Taiwan 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 lot of idea about teaching productive skills. Since it has been focused much more on receptive skills in the Korean English lessons, it was hard for me to imagine what the productive focused lessons are like. Through this lesson, I could learn a bunch of activities I can readily apply to and also get some idea about the lessons to improve students' productive skills. It helped me to be confident in competing to native English speakers.The unit refers in detail on teaching...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jobs Taiwan Kaohsiung 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 learnt various theories, methods and techniques to learning/teaching. I learnt in detail about the different methodologies of teaching such as grammar-translation, audio-lingualism, presentation, practice and production, task-based learning, communicative language teaching, community language learning, the silent way, suggestopaedia and the lexical approach. I learnt that with so many different approaches and theories, there is not one approach that is more superior than the other....  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jobs Hsinchu Taiwan 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 discusses how to create an effective lesson plan. I found it a little confusing how it said to keep the lesson plan simple and yet the planning sheet was actually very detailed. In reality, it is much harder to get that many things done in one class and especially while keeping such a tight watch on the clock. However, I do appreciate the emphasis on flexibility as teaching requires a lot of improvisation, depending on the needs of the students.The teaching of Pronunciation and Phonology...  [Read more]