Teaching English By Design

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Certification Chirchiq Uzbekistan 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 importance given to the course book depends on the teacher. They can decide to rely on it to design the syllabus or to use it as a guideline. Teachers can complete or replace the course book?s content by using other teaching materials: authentic materials (not specifically made for EFL students) and created materials (specifically made for EFL students).Teaching the student who first learning English can be fun. Students can perform will if teachers try to engage them and make the...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Alamogordo New Mexico 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 by far the most intensive so far, i learned how to begin a course by first administering a level test to figure out the current level of English proficiency among students of the class followed by a needs analysis in order to find out what certain areas the students feel like they need to work on. Then syllabus design, I feel the situational design would be the most suited for a bushiness related English course due to the nature of its circumstantial area of language that will be...  [Read more]

  The Business Language Testing Service (BULATS) refers to one of the world’s leading providers of language assessments and examinations aimed at students, employers and job applicants in business related fields. The service offers a range of testing programs that assess an individual’s language proficiency in English, French, Spanish and German. The system is widely used by higher education providers to assess the abilities of course applicants. It is also used by private and public sector companies for testing the suitability of job applicants or existing employees for certain foreign language positions. Are you ready to live and teach abroad? Click here and get started today: https://www.teflcourse.net/?cu=YTDESCRIPTION Below you can read feedback from an ITTT...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about Course TESOL Cities 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.V. - Belgium said: Teaching skills in the classroom In english teaching, the environment plays a very important role. One of the main reasons that we cannot learn english effectively is without a proper english environment. In this way, even students make a lot of efforts on memorizing vocabulary and grammar; they will gradually lose their interest of learning english. Therefore, we have to consider carefully about our teaching skills and lesson plans before teaching in the class in order to inspire...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Weddington North Carolina 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 nineteen delves into teaching special groups. Their are specific techniques and considerations when required depending on your audience. For instance when teaching a business class specific terminology and technical jargon may have to be learned by the instructor before hand and some special training may be involved. While teaching children the level of patience should be much higher than say a thirty year old student. differing groups can contain disparity exposure to language. Being...  [Read more]

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Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Oak Park Indiana 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 looks at the various equipment and teaching aids available and the how they can be used by teachers of the English language, to make lessons more interesting, effective and less dependent on course books. Some examples are white/black boards, overhead projectors, visual aids, worksheets/work cards, dictionaries, to name a few. It covers the principles of board work, the advantages and disadvantages of some teaching aids with their usages and online sources available currently. I've learnt that...  [Read more]

  http://www.teflcourse.net This video looks at how two present tenses can be used to talk about the future. The two tenses are the present simple and present continuous. The present simple is used to talk about time tables and scheduled events. The bus leaves at 12. The concert starts at 8. The present continuous is used to talk about future arrangements. I am playing football at the weekend. ITTT's online TESOL courses feature other videos explaining the future tense as well as other important grammar points needed by all potential English teachers. To find a TESOL course that is best suited to your needs visit us by following the link above. Are you ready to live and teach abroad? Click here and get started today: https://www.teflcourse.net/?cu=YTDESCRIPTION Below you...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Farmersville 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 is based on the types of materials that can be used in the classroom as teaching aids. The materials are into two forms, Authentic materials that have been produced for a purpose other than the classroom, such as magazines and Non-Authentic materials that have been produced by an educational company or individual teachers for the specific purpose of being a teaching aids. The unit emphasized on how these materials can be designed for the students and put to use. The unit is also based on...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jobs Ourense Spain 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: Teaching special groups have 5 categories: Beginners, Individuals, Young Learners, Business English and Monolingual vs Multilingual. Every teaching group requires different skills and this unit discuss all the advantages and disadvantages of these different groups and what common problems you can encounter within these groups. A discussion for the typical process to follow for teaching Business English were discussed and how to go about the needs analysis.This unit covered the development of a...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Courses Detroit 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: V.H. - India said: Course books are an important part of teaching, but should not be used alone. While course books do provide many advantages for teachers and students, they can become boring if used as the only source of teaching. Course books should always be evaluated by the teacher for effectiveness in their classroom. Some of the elements that should be examined are: design, methodology (Does this fit with the ESA lesson format?), skills, difficulty, topics, and included materials. Lessons should be...  [Read more]

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Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jobs Odessa Ukraine 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 variety of placement tests available serve important functions. In addition to measuring the language skills of the students, they are also used as entrance exams by employers and universities. For this reason, having some familiarity in their design and testing scope is a key to any good course preparation. I plan to become familiar with the major exams by taking them myself. In this way, I can more effectively prepare my students for success.Unit four is based on the various forms of...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Larned Kansas 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 lesson I learned about the pros and cons of using course books, that the course books will have to be complimented by using authentic or creative material or both, depending on the level of English the teacher is teaching. If the teacher is choosing the course book, a few facts will have to be taken into consideration, such as price, availability, design, methodology, skills, difficulty, syllabus and the relevancy of the topics for students, how good is the teacher's guide and if it has any other...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jobs Dongying 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 is the last one on grammar and it covers modals, phrasal verbs and passive voice. There are many modal auxiliary verbs and depending on which one we choose to use in a sentence, it will bring different ideas to the sentence. For example, 'could' and 'must' will bring a different degree of responsibility on a speaker or a listener. If we dont have a certain information on a subject or dont want to tell it, we can use passive voice. This unit also introduces 3 forms of phrasal verbs:...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Wibaux Montana 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: Embracing course design, this unit has clearly set out the necessary steps required that need to be taken when developing a program or syllabus for a client or student group. It entails everything from the first meeting with the client to assess what they already know and therefore what they need to learn through level testing, to completing a needs analysis where what they need or want to be taught is discussed. Types of syllabus that can be used and how to evaluate a program by various forms of...  [Read more]

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Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Certification Vallejo United States 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,evaluating and testing, we have learnt about the different situations in which the students need to be evaluated.These tests can help the teacher design the course according to the level the students present. Practice test can help students prepare for external examinations to achieve the goal of being certified by the institution of their choice.For me, having a class I am unable to control is perhaps my worst nightmare as I prepare for a career in teaching. This...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Isle La Motte Vermont 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: Equipment and teaching aids have always been instrumental in achieving success in language teaching and that is what this section of our studies seeks to examine. But the accessibility and availability of certain equipment like the overhead projector, photocopiers, CD, VCD or DVD players, the internet, just to mention a few, could seem difficult or near impossible depending on the location of language teacher. Nevertheless, a committed ESL teacher should be able to improvise in such situations...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Nanjing 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: A.D. - France said: This unit provides a vast varieties of methodologies, theories and techniques which are essential for teaching, thus inspires ideas to improve teaching techniques. The methodologies instructed by the unit allow the instructor to choose the most appropriate one according to different circumstances, culture, and needs of the students. Moreover, the method of ESA allows the teacher to design the lesson using a Straight Arrow way, which is to Engage, Study and Activate. Furthermore, the instructor can...  [Read more]