Teaching English In Cuba

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Certification Sancti Spiritus Cuba 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 learned how to name and explain the different functions of words in the English language. Having a basic knowledge of the Dutch grammar helped me to understand and learn more about the English language. There are a lot of things in language that I do on my instinct, I simply don't think about the 'why'. When you are in front of a class, you obviously cannot explain a language with a 'just follow your instinct'.An effective teacher should consider the teaching of pronunciation an...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Certification Matanzas Cuba 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 Conditionals and reported speech.There are five main conditionals are as follows:Zero conditional,First conditional,Second conditional,Third conditional, Mixed conditional. I also learned about Typical mistakes,Teaching ideas,Reported speech and Direct speech.I also learned about verb tenses,pronouns. These are sentences containing which refer to past,present and future possibilities.I found this unit very helpful to understand how to physically organise a class...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Certification Havana Cuba 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 I learnt about two of the four receptive skllls that are very important when teaching English. I learnt about the importance of carefully and correctly choosing material that exposes students to texts that will give them confidence in their skills. I also learnt how to make use of the ESA while teaching the receptive skills including some examples. This unit was well explained without any complications.Books and Materials such as course books I learnd they are motiative issue to...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Certification Camaguey Cuba 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 the basics of testing students as well as which tests are typically taken by English learners to prove competence. In the classroom there are multiple types of tests which are used at different times to learn more about your students level as well as help their knowledge by either reinforcing already known information or showing them information that would benefit their attention while studying.This unit outlined in detail the different special groups of students that we...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Certification Santa Clara Cuba 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 about Conditionals. This particular subject is rather complicated and confusing for many learners.Therefore, it is necessary to know the exiating forms and usages.Knowing typical mistakes and errors that can occur when students use them is also an essential part of English language that a teacher has to take into consideration.The second part of the Unit was devoted to the reported and direct speech.Unit Fifteen is all about evaluations and testing. This unit teaches the...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Certification Bayamo Cuba 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 certainly helped me to understand the importance of planning a structure of the entire course. Students needs and goals, together with a level and preferred learning style of students, will influence a chosen approach to a syllabus design. I am also going to reconsider my approach to students' evaluations. It's true that students might come up with some interesting ideas about what would help them more.For anyone who has never taught and/or aspires to teach, discussing the structure...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Certification Pinar Del Rio Cuba 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 have learnt that there is more than one way of teaching a language that just pen and paper activities. Students will be able to learn a language through simple interaction and association, whether it is speaking, listening or seeing. I have also learnt different methods in which I could be able to break up lessons so that students will stay engaged and on task whilst learning in the most effective way possible.To my mind, information about advantages and disadvantages for different...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jobs Pinar Del Rio Cuba 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 4 talks about tenses. It's teaches how to use tenses at the right time and correctly. How they are formed. In english there are three times. i.e the past, the present and the futur. this times are then divided in to twelve part and each of them is formed in a unqine way.But the most interesting part is that we need to know the affirmative,negative and the question form. Then we can rightly know how to use the tenses well. In this lesson i have learnt alot as most mistake mentioned in this...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jobs Cuba guantanamo 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: Most of this unit was straight forward. For laying out a lesson, there was much of it I was familiar with. With the majority of my teaching experience coming from teaching skiing, flexibility, learning objectives, time, procedure and possible problems were ingrained in my teaching style. When teaching 6 1 hour lessons a day you have to have a good idea of planning to survive especially when the students change every time. However, making a more formal plan was not something I was ever considering...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jobs Cuba Havana 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 explained phonology and pronunciation in depth. Pronunciation is crucial in learning a new language so understanding phonology is essential in teaching proper pronunciation. Parts of speech like rhythm, stress, and intonation all help give insight in understanding a deeper context of a sentence. These contexts can include the speaker's mood or if they are expecting a response. Stressing words within a sentence can change how the speaker wants what they're expressing to be interpreted....  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Cuba Illinois 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 first of two contrasting videos that have been filmed in an actual English language classroom students appear to have trouble with the lesson content. While watching this lesson you should take note of why you think the students are finding the lesson difficult, particularly focusing on things such as the teacher?s attitude, manner and teaching style, I think The attitude that the teacher comes into class with will have a profound effect on the success of the lesson and the lesson should be more...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Certification Cienfuegos Cuba 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: You do not have to be an extrovert to be a good teacher, you just have to make an influence on the learners lives by learning them something and to help them develop a certain amount of skills in which they will help them to learn effectively. The talk time must be managed to the benefit of the learners. The classroom layout is important to get the attention of the learners to participate in classroom activities.This unit approaches course books and lesson materials to use in the...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jobs Cuba Sancti Spiritus 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 the importance of having a lesson plan and the experience f teachers depends heavily on how these plans are constructed. The more expereinced teachers can gage and predict how long each part of the lesson will take. Less experienced teachers will have to consider the level of ability of their students as well as monitor the response of the students; enjoyable activities may take more time but will be good as students are more engaged. There are several ways to structure a...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jobs Holguin Cuba 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 parts of speech section illustrates both rules that can be followed, along with guidelines in areas where the rules are not so clear - e.g. order of adjectives = size-age-color-material-noun. It also demonstrates the potential challenges students have in conjugating verbs, as there are numerous irregular verbs that just need to be memorized. There were also suggestions for games to play with the students to illustrate a particular part of speech or how to properly put together the pieces of the...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jobs Bayamo Cuba 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 unit 14, I learned the importance of course material and the advantages vs disadvantages of using textbooks. Some advantages would be to help along an inexperienced teacher to progress the class by using the pre-made course syllabi and a balanced mix of course content. However, some disadvantages would be unappealing or outdated course material and content that may not be suitable for the class. In this unit, I also learned the importance of using authentic material over created materials when...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jobs Cuba Santa Clara 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: There are four past tenses that are somewhat similar to the present tenses learned in the previous chapter. The four past tenses are past simple, past continuous, past perfect, and past perfect continuous. There are several irregular simple past form verbs whose base cannot be changed to past simple by adding -ed, but are actually different words in the past simple form. It is important to recognize these verbs to be able to point them out to students because there are no rules to help them know...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jobs Victoria De las tunas cuba 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 Unit 9 I learned a lot about lesson planning and why we should create our own lesson plan. This unit gave clear details on the structure of lesson planning. Regarding the lesson plan procedures, i think that students will have fun with this structure. I'm picturing myself teaching ESA style. Brainstorm ideas get a lot of student feedback, learn the words, such pronunciation, work on fill in the blanks, get feedback from students. I think that activate would be the fun part...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jobs Cuba Camaguey 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: It is good to have a lesson plan to help structure the lesson, but the teacher must always be prepared to be flexible and adapt the lesson to the needs and the pace of the students. When writing material down for the lesson plan, it is important to keep it simple and and not script the lesson. It is important to have a balance and variety of skills used in the activities, and to anticipate possible problems that might arise during the lesson (with solutions to those problems). The estimated time of...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jobs sancti spiritus Cuba 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: In Unit 13 I learned about Phonology, which is studying the speech sounds in language. The pronunciation of sounds was also covered in this unit. The interesting part of this chapter for me was experimenting with variation, volume, rise, fall, and stress. I could take the same sentence and depending on how I pronounce the words or even just the syllables can determine what I am trying to communicate. How words are pronounced and where they are formed in the mouth showed the variety...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jobs Havana Cuba 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 unit four, I have gained a better understanding of the forms and usage of the tense system. It seems easy to speak the English language, but understanding the details can be challenging. Without these basics, it would be hard teach a student properly. I have learned a lot of fun games to help understand this rather boring side of English. One of those games helps with the present perfect tense. Students will mingle amongst each other and ask questions on their list. This helps spark a conversation...  [Read more]