Teach English To Spanish Speakers

Check out tefl tesol about Fastest TESOL Program 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: K.C. - U.S.A. said: Pronunciation Problems for spanish SpeakersWhen I first arrived in Spain, I was dozing during siesta and heard voices but could not make out specific words. In that semi-conscious state I felt as though the language had a shape. I could tell it was english: it sounded rectangular, compared to the roundness of spanish. I believe this feeling of shape was due largely to the rhythm but also the individual sounds, and perhaps the intonation. A native spanish speaker and expert in english...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Timberville Viriginia 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 FIND THAT CONDITIONALS IN ANY LANGUAGE ARE DIFFICULT. I'VE LEARNED CONDITIONALS IN SPANISH AND I'VE FOUND THAT THEY ARE STILL DIFFICULT EVEN AFTER PRACTICING. CONDITIONALS ARE IMPORTANT IN ENGLISH. THIS ALLOWS THE SPEAKER TO SPEAK ABOUT TOPICS OTHER THAN THEMSELVES. THEY CAN DISCUSS EVENTS IN THEIR LIVES OR THEIR FAMILIES. GOOD EXERCISES IN THE CLASSROOM CAN BE TAHT THE STUDENTS TALK ABOUT THEIR WEEKEND IN DETAIL, INCLUDING CONVERSATION DETAIL. CONDITIONALS ARE MOSTLY FOR ADVANCED SPEAKERS, AS...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about Additional TESOL School 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: I.K. - Spain said: Problems for learners in Spain‘’There’s never been a language that’s been spoken more as a second language than a first’’ according to english language expert, David Crystal and according to British Council, by 2015 about half the worlds’ population will speak english. spanish people have recently become very enthusiastic about learning english because their employment opportunities depend more and more on a person’s level of english. However, they are facing numerous...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Certification Modinagar India 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: Because I have been learning Spanish in a classroom setting, learning the different tenses in English makes me understand my Spanish tenses more. As a native speaker of any language you do not realize what tense you are speaking in you just speak. It is interesting to break down the parts of speach. It gives me more awareness when I speak my native language and assists me in learning new languages.This lesson covered the structuring of lessons for productive language skills: speaking...  [Read more]

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Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jobs Pakistan Lahore 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 little tougher for me than the other units. Dealing with phonetics and pronunciation can be difficult for teachers because we speak without thinking. I also found the lean towards British English a little difficult at times because British and American English have different pronunciations of some words. This unit covers how the mouth and tongue are used during speech as well as how the international phonemic alphabet can be used for students. I know when I begin to teach students...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about Fee Weekend TESOL 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: K.E. - Canada said: Pronunciation Problems in BrazilThe purpose of this paper is to discuss some of the common difficulties native speakers of brazilian Portuguese have when learning to correctly speak english. First, a bit of context: Portuguese is a Romance language, coming from the same roots as french, italian and spanish. It is the sixth most commonly spoken language in the world, and has many different dialects. (Medeiros, 2006). It should be noted that Portuguese is almost entirely a phonetic language....  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jobs San Diego California 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 what helped me most throughout this unit was thinking about how I learned all of this material in Spanish, and the similarities between the two languages. Since my ultimate goal is to teach English to native Spanish speakers, I am always thinking of the way the minds of my future students work in their maternal language. I also think about how I learned a second language and the difficulties I had understanding certain things, like direct to reported speech. All of this experience...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Bon Air Alabama 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 7 discussed different ideas of teaching vocabulary, grammar, and language functions using the ESA teaching method. From my experience in learning Spanish as a second language, learning vocabulary was the most intriguing and enjoyable. Although I am not sure which approach of ESA the professor used, I know for a fact that she did utilize the ESA method in teaching us English-speakers. We used many of the engage, study, and activate activities listed in this unit. My favorite study activity when we...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Lewiston Minnesota 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 verbal phrases, passive voice, and modals. The verbal phrases are very important in every day speech and have multiple meanings depending on the tense. It is important to identify the best way to use them in order to express oneself appropriately. Also the passive voice, is something I have learned in Spanish and Portuguese and find that it is also very used. Because of that it was relatively easy for me to identify the uses and how to put it together. However I find the clauses...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Certification Apucarana Brazil 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: Well, having just been tested on my preterite form, and all of the irregulars, I can say that English definitely has more irregularities than Spanish, and I wonder if that is true for many other native languages as well. It seems that this concept, which would encompass all previous experience and routine, would greatly confuse any language speakers that have fewer past tenses, like in Hebrew, however I will study to broaden my scope.Unit is about the system of past tenses. There are...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Certification Sudan Al Fashir 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: Learning the system and structure of past tenses was very helpful, particularly as I am starting to see the similarities across continuous forms, perfect forms, and perfect continuous forms. I think that it will be most difficult to explain the different usages of the forms because I’m so used to just speaking and using the form that seems most appropriate as a native speaker. It’s been very useful to learn the usages because it also helps me apply it to my language learning...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Certification Serbia Novi Sad 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 a native English speaker, I have always struggled with understanding the English grammar and all the various rules and conditions that apply to it. I always found it easier to learn grammar of different languages, such as Spanish and Mandarin. This unit really helped me understand the English grammar from an \"outsider's\" perspective. I am able to better understand different parts of speech, and how they are all combined into a full sentence. I better understand how to break apart a...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about Inexpensive TESOL Lessons 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: K.R. - U.S.A. said: Is english the New RussianIn 1963, at the height of the Cold War between the united states and the former Soviet Union, I was ten years old and my older brother a junior in high school. As a young man keen to study politics when he got to university, he elected to study Russian to fulfill his foreign language requirement. The Soviet Union seemed a genuine threat to our economy and our military, indeed to our very existence, and thus it was felt by many educators and national leaders...  [Read more]

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Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Allentown Georgia 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 18 is a rather long presentation of grammar and covers modal auxiliary verbs, passive voice, relative clauses, and phrasal verbs. I had previously studied the use of passive voice in Spanish and Mandarin so this topic was not new to me. The section on relative clauses was very interesting and I learned something new regarding the distinction in meaning when using or not using a comma. I enjoyed the section on phrasal verbs because it represents a clarification or categorization of something that...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jobs Australia Canberra 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 reviewed conditionals and reported speech in English, both of which are very confusing concepts, even to a native speaker like myself. Then again, I think that conditionals can be a confusing concept in any language. When I was learning Spanish, conditionals were probably the hardest grammar concept to grasp. Though it may be hard, the many examples of how to practice them will help when doing lesson plans for conditionals. The rules for reported speech, on the other hand, seem to be...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about Fee Discount TESOL 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: K.C. - U.S.A. said: Homolingual and HeterolingualRegarding her english learning experience, Susana Daniec, an advanced english speaker and member of a class of homolingual english learners, explains: I learned english at a British institute, and the teacher only spoke english, and did not allow students to speak their original languages. If you want the students to learn good english, you should only use english. Otherwise, we will keep using the spanish because we all understand it... (Daniec...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jobs Lucknow India 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 basic grammatical structure of English is often overlooked by native speakers. I was surprised by having to remember parts of speech. It helps to see the initial difficulties for a learner of English. The common rules and uncommon exceptions are rather numerous and reminded me of how long it took to proficiently communicate in Spanish as a second language. It helps to have the ability to break down sentences to explain grammar structure, and to be able to articulate the reasoning behind certain...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jobs Ludwigshafen Am Rhein Germany 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 will now keep in mind the seating arrangements especially noting the fact that a better atmosphere can be created by simply positioning the chairs in a more intimate fashion. I will start an icebreaking activity before the lecture ore actual activity begins to loosen up the nervousness and award atmosphere. I have realized how precious it is to establish a rapport with the students. This gives the students a more comfortable environment to work with and not have to deal with any...  [Read more]