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Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Certification Akesu 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 7 Teaching new language teach us a brief observation how the teacher should teach vocabulary, grammar and language functions. ?n the unit are set rules that is important to follow when we are teaching specific things . Beside in the unit we can find a pattern of ESA lesson, for example \"straight arrow\" lesson is good for teaching vocabulary, \"boomerang\" or \"patchwork\" lessons are very useful to teach language too.The unit provides the information about modal, phrasal verbs and...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Certification Malaysia Seleyang Baru 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: Modals, phrasal verbs and passive voice are exciting but challenging topics. The unit starts by explaining and going through systematically the modal auxiliary verbs. A valuable chart is provided listing these verbs and showing their uses together with examples covering present, future and past, along with teaching ideas. The subject of active and passive voice follows. Another useful chart details the tense and passive formation with usages. An explanation of relative clauses,...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Atlanta 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: L.T. - Lebanon said: This unit outlined the all the different pronunciation guides and the methods of teaching them. I personally have put together several charts of my own to help my students understand a lot of the basic techniques to make English pronunciation easier. For example one of my most useful charts is one that puts the voice and voiceless letters next to each other. Many students may understand how to pronounce and s, but because there is no Z sound in Korean, pronounce it as a J. My chart helps them...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Mexia Texas 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 modals, phrasal verbs and passive voice. I feel quite comfortable with passive and active voice, but this unit was a nice refresher. The passive voice tense chart was very helpful and something I will probably use with my kids when teaching them about this topic. It is very clear and concise which will help when teaching non-native speakers. Modals and phrasal verbs on the other hand are still confusing to me. I understand modals more than phrasal verbs and the charts provided are a big...  [Read more]

  This TESOL review video was recorded by ITTT graduate Floyd. Floyd is from the USA but is currently living and working as an English teacher in Japan. Floyd took the 120-hour online course with tutor support as well as the teaching business English course and intends to take the diploma course with ITTT in the future. Below you can read feedback from an ITTT graduate regarding one section of their online TEFL certification course. Each of our online courses is broken down into concise units that focus on specific areas of English language teaching. This convenient, highly structured design means that you can quickly get to grips with each section before moving onto the next. This lesson cover some more difficult aspects of grammar that can be rather confusing to...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL San Francisco 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: P.M. – U.K. said: Unit Thirteen was dedicated to pronunciation, a vital aspect of teaching any language. However, it is important to find a balance between phonetics and linguists, as (as stated in the unit itself) a secondary speaker will likely not ever have perfect phonetics, as compared to a native speaker, and spending too much time stressing perfect pronunciation will take away time from building fluency and vocabulary. Among the many tips and tools provided in this unit (to include mouth charts and...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Certification Seto 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 chapter was very comprehensive and focused on phonology. The content included intonation, the international phonetics chart, and the location of sounds. Out of all the chapters we have covered, this chapter contained the most new information for me. I didn't realize how important intonation is in everyday language. This was also my first time looking at a international phonetics chart.Unit 16 reviews conditionals and reported speech. It was a good refresher course for the conditionals...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jobs Russia Zelenodolsk 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 was familiar with modal auxiliary verbs, however, I found the chart on pages 2 and 3 really helpful. I liked having the chart of auxiliary verbs with their usages and present/future and past tenses. The information on passive versus active voice was also useful. The most educational part of Unit 18, for me, were the sections on relative clauses and phrasal verbs. I have spent much time teaching independent and dependent clauses, but have never focused on relative clauses. The example...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jobs Colombia Ibague 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 covered teaching pronunciation and phonology. This unit proved to be one of the most confusing to date, with its coverage of the mouth and the phonetic symbols. The point of the chart and break down of the phonetic symbols is meant to make learning pronunciation easier for non native speakers. As a native speaker I found the chart confusing and unnecessary, my main concern being that adding this along with the regular alphabet when teaching would just be adding extra work and make it all...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jobs Central African Republic Bangui 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 content of Unit 13 is Teaching Pronunciation and Phonology, where pronunciation is about the individual sounds and rise and fall of speech in a sentence, and phonology is the science and study of the physical properties of sounds. Intonation is the variation of volume and pitch in a sentence, and stress is the emphasis put on individual words. The Phonemic Alphabet with the symbols of the International Phonemic Alphabet chart is introduced, with exercise in its use. There is a...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jobs Jixi 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 thought unit six did an excellent job comparing a poor ineffective way of teaching followed up with a great example of how to teach a class. In video one the teacher had poor body language, he talked down to the students making them feel uncomfortable, and did not cleary explain the lesson. Video two on the other hand the teacher did a great job engaging the students with better body language, smiling a lot, and made clear the lesson of the day. Overall I found the videos very helpful in showing how...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Troy Wisconsin 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 covered modals, phrasal verbs, and the use of passive voice. The unit discussed the basic rules pertaining to modal auxiliary verbs and offered several examples to go along with the rules. I also appreciated how an easy to follow chart was provided to show both the present and the past uses of some modals. The unit did a good job of explaining the differences between active and passive voice and I appreciated the chart to study the different ways sentences are formed using different tenses. I...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jobs Iwatsuki 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 felt pretty heavy on a lot of material I never knew of before. It was fun learning more in depth about the anatomy and physics of our speech and phonics. Although aware of the phonemic chart from the dictionary I'm surprised it's not something taught in school. It's not natural since it isn't used in the written English language, but it is such a helpful chart to identify definitive sounds or pronunciations per word. This will be a lesson I will constantly re-read in the future.Unit...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Kobe 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: J.A. - Italy said: I learned about Conditionals and Reported Speech in Unit 16. There are five main Conditionals that I learned; Zero Conditional, First Conditional, Second Conditional, Third Conditional, and Mixed Conditional. All five types have specific formulas (similar to a math problem) to follow when forming them. Also, there tends to be errors with non-native speakers of English regarding the difference in usage between 1st and 2nd Conditionals. Also there can be similar error patters and confusion with the...  [Read more]

  http://www.teflonline.net This video outlines the second of three teaching ideas for the Present Simple tense. The students each have a picture with the title "This is Nicola. Nicola is a student. This is her room." In the picture there are lots of items such as a television, a coffee pot, a guitar....In small groups the students list as many facts about Nicola as possible using the Present Simple. For example, She plays the guitar. She drinks coffee. She watches television. After a specified time the groups come together and share their answers with the class. ITTT provides a variety of TEFL online courses and certification options, all of which will give you the tools you need to begin your new career as a qualified English language teacher. Studying online is a convenient...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jobs Burgas Bulgaria 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 most useful aspect of Unit 12, Teaching Productive Skills, was the number of games included. I really appreciate this list because I often struggle to engage my students in, what seems to me, a fun lesson. Even though the topic that I choose might be fun, I still need to bring students in first, so that they will be more inclined to participate. I am also really glad to have learned about the difference between (1) accuracy and (2) fluency, because correcting students too often can be...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Fairview Park Ohio 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 chapter elaborates on the pronunciation of the English language words .Teaching techniques for teaching stress and teaching intonation are discussed. Helps us to teach the students the pronunciation with phonetic chart (script)using phonemic symbols such as consonants voiced, unvoiced consonants, diphthongs and vowels . The different Intonation in the language while speaking is discussed . Sound joining is discussed where in the English language changes with the use of different dialects in...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Silo Oklahoma 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: Two other aspects of teaching the English language are pronunciation and phonology. Phonology is the study of sounds, and since the English language is not always consistent with the way words look and sound, this area can be very difficult for students. Within phonology there are there different areas. These include stress, rhythm and intonation. Good ways to teach these points are with nonsense words, gestures, humming or singing and modeling on the board. Teaching students to use the phonetic alphabet...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Boydton Washington 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 tackles pronunciation, which is an aspect that is often neglected in teaching the English language. However, mastering pronunciation and phonology helps students speak more naturally and thus, boosts confidence. In order for the students to make progress with pronunciation, the teacher must help them understand the meaning and functions of intonation and stress in communication. Also, since English is not a phonetic language: words that are written the same can be pronounced differently...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Deer Creek Arizona 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 conditionals and reported speech. The five primary conditionals are enumerated: zero, first, second, third, and mixed. Each conditional is presented in its grammatical form, its usage, and a couple of sample sentences. The reported speech section illustrates how a sentence is transformed when it goes from a direct speech to reported speech. A very handy verb tense chart indicates the \"backshifting\" that occurs between direct and reported speech. As always, there are helpful...  [Read more]