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Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Certification Isesaki 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: This unit taught about the different types of course materials and resources that are available to ESL teachers. I learned that course materials should be authentic, but not too difficult for the students. Course books should be used as reference, but all material should be adjusted towards the students' needs. I really enjoyed looking at the sample lessons and sample material in the text.I have learned from this unit the different characteristics and challenges in teaching special...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Certification Morioka 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 unit was a bit long and a sort of complex. The samples provided for the Syllabus was really simple and I think it will be easy for me to try to reproduce the same kind for my potentials students or clients. Furthermore, the whole process from testing the students' level to finishing and evaluating is to be done meticulously since there is a goal to reach and some achievements to be made.Classroom Management is the skill of organizing and managing the class having a friendly relaxed...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jobs Japan Kumamoto 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 learned about the structure of a lesson plan and the aims and objectives of each lesson plan. I learned that a lesson plan should list out a loose structure for the class detailing the time and date, the ability level of the students, the objective of the lesson and the structure of the class and what activities will be done at each stage of the lesson (Engage, Study, Activate). In addition to this I learned that lesson plans give the teacher a historic record of all of his/her...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jobs Koriyama 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: In the 13th unit we learn about phonology and pronunciation. They are both well and clearly explained. We can find examples of how to teach them and what activities to use. Ad it is said in the unit, many teachers don't focus, for many reasons, on the pronunciation and phonology but I think it is important to teach them. Good pronunciation of English words gives us confidence while speaking to native speakers. I am a non native speaker and it is important for me to pronounce words correctly.The...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Certification Kawagoe 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: This unit covers productive skills which are speaking and writing which is considered as equally important. The unit covers accuracy and fluency in which accuracy activities are usually part of the study phase which fluency is part of the activate stage. They are equally as important as well. An accuracy based activities include drilling while a fluency based activity include information gap.Even though on surface there is little to tell apart both of the lessons, if you observe closely you...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Certification Fujieda 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: This unit clearly outlined the importance and structure of lesson planning. The plan structure serves as a road map for learning goals that will take place over a period of time. It creates an historical record of activities, objectives, progress and areas of improvement for both student and teacher upon which the teacher can build to help avoid redundancy and keep the students moving forward.The content introduces the students to the requirements needed to be a competent Business English...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jobs Tokuyama 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: Overall, in this unit I learned about the different type of testing in a language school and the different types of external exams such as TOEFL, IELTS, and Ca,bridge exams. I learned that a placement/diagnostic test should be given in the start of a coourse to determine the students English level. A progress test should be given a periodically during the course to detemine the students progress and what they have acquire so far and an evaluation test at the end of each course for grading.Having...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Certification Saitama 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: this lesson treated on lesson plans. Do we have to write or not a lesson plan; It is up to the teacher but inexperience teacher should write a lesson plan. A lesson plan helps the to be organized and keep track of what has been taught. It help him to well organized as to have all the material he needs in hand, it helps him anticipate problems, it help him time his lesson above other things.This unit explains modal, phrasal verbs, and the use of the passive voice in the English Language...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Certification Kasugai 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: Unit 6 Past tenses, was very similar to Present tenses, and will continue in Future tenses. Again we learned form, usages, classroom ideas, and typical student mistakes/errors. I particularly enjoy learning about these areas since I have myself forgotten how many tenses their were within the three main parts. Learning about the sentence structures is specifically my biggest interest thus far.This unit covered present tense and the various forms that can be used with present tense. I learned...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jobs Japan Neyagawa 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 an in-depth look at four general student learning and development theories, ie, Environmentalist, Maturationists, Constructionist and others. There are many different theories but all fall under these four categories. The unit also looks at language learning (things being taught) versus language acquisition (skills acquired through immersion in the language). The unit has also helped me to understand different approaches and key points when working with learners aged 5-9 years and...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jobs Fukuyama 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: This unit helped me to visualize how I can effectively teach in a classroom. This allowed me to visualize how I would form seating arrangements and what I would do to form rapport among my students. Classroom management is something all teachers need to think about. I remember when I was a student what I found a teacher did was effective or problematic. For example, a teacher who lost their temper and shouted at the entire class didn't solve any problems. They often times only made matters...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Certification Japan Odawara 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 think that this unit is a good balance if I am to contrast between the present (too much detail) & past tenses (too little detail). It was long enough to be able to imbibe new information, but it was short enough to be able to not deal with information overload. While learning, speaking in future tense is the most difficult. When I am blogging in the language I am learning, I almost always type up a caption to a picture in past tense, because the event had already happened. I...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jobs Japan Kawasaki 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 learning the tools needed to manage a class when teaching. I have learnt the different types of classroom arrangements and the advantages and disadvantages of each type of arrangement whether it be rows of desks, a semi circle or individual desks. I found the different methods of how to maintain discipline in the classroom beneficial as I they were all positive, proactive techniques. The video mentioned trying to use humour or non verbal cues to discipline as examples which I...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Certification Tottori 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: In this section, I have learned to differentiate between the present simple form, the present perfect form, and present continuous form, as well as all of these in question format. I have also learned the negatives of these forms as well. English is a simple language with many rules, but it can be easily taught once all of the rules have been learned by the instructor doing the teaching. In this new grammar unit, similar to the present tense unit, we are learning in detailed all useful...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Certification Higashimurayama 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 two productive skills are speaking and writing. Our li is all about communication, so, teaching how to speak is very important. A teacher should use different methods to get students to talk and use the new grammar and language, for instance, pair-work and group work, lots of communicative exercises, dialogues, story-building, controlled and guided activities to encourage students to talk.I learnt the different methods, techniques and theories to planning and conducting a class....  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jobs Kumagaya 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: This unit was great. I found the first video effective in demonstrating the pitfalls of a bad teacher. I felt badly for the students because you could tell they just didn?t get the point of the lesson. On the other hand, the second video was just as effective in demonstrating a fun, comfortable environment. The students were laughing and genuinely seemed to enjoy learning, just as much as the teacher seemed to enjoy teaching. In the second video, I found myself smiling along with the class.Teaching...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jobs Miyazaki 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: Unit 16 was about conditionals and reported speech. I learned that conditionals are sentences containing \"if\". I also learned that there are five main types of conditionals. I think that these may be difficult to teach because of the different tenses that need to be used for each conditional. The teaching ideas the unit gave will help with the difficulty. I also learned about reported speech and direct speech, which I think will also be difficult to teach because of the word tense changes.this...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Certification Obihiro 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: This unit is about the different types of equipment and teaching aids available for use inside and outside of the classroom and gives details on how they work, how they are useful and how to make better use of them for effective teaching and learning. It also provides an extensive list of online resources for students and/or teachers. It is definitely a unit I'll come back to for reference.All the English skills are equally important. But it is necessary for me to figure out how to help my...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Certification Shimizu 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: This unit covered teaching special groups such as business clients and young learners. I gained deeper knowledge as to who a business client is and what their interests may be. I also discovered that the activities needed for both groups vary greatly. Often young learners need to be motivated to learn, whereas adult learners come pre-motivated. Short and sharp activities are normally handy.The final unit contained some helpful troubleshooting ideas. I found some of the ideas to help warm up...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jobs Japan Toyonaka 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, different approaches for teaching a second language are reviewed. Beginning with something like ‘Grammar-Translation’ (an older method) to something like ‘Community Language Learning’ (CLL), which is very discussion based and student led, the methods are explained and benefits/drawbacks are listed. It is also noted that all these methods can be useful or unnecessary depending on different situations. Overall, all teaching methods should use the ESA approach,...  [Read more]