Teaching English In Nigeria

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Certification Maiduguri Nigeria 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 lays down general guidelines for english pronunciation, gives information about intonation, stress and how to teach it in the classroom. The second part of the unit presents information about articulation and gives characteristic of different manners of articulation. The unit implies that a teacher shouldn't neglect phonetics but consider it an integral part of a course.Unit 17 focuses on all the different teaching aids available for use in the classroom. There are white...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Certification Mushin Nigeria 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 addresses the teaching method for speaking and writing skills. Firstly, the importance and characteristics of each skill are introduced. Then the requirements and techniques are presented in details. The best parts are practical ESA lesson plans in teaching English speaking and writing skills. It helps readers understand clearly the ways to apply the methods mentioned above.This unit discussed the different past verb tenses. It talked about the simple past, the...  [Read more]

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Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Certification Ife Nigeria 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 learnt various of teaching equipment: white board, interactive white board, overhead projector, visual aids, worksheets and work cards(control grammar teaching), CD player, videos and DVDs, video camera(attract the whole class attention), dictionary, course books, resource books, computers, online resources. All these are so advisable for me to think about class plan.In this unit we are looking at different ways of evaluating students'levels and progress,as well as some of the...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Certification Zaria Nigeria 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 provided an introduction into the various methods of teaching. It provided advantages and disadvantages of 10 separate teaching styles. These methods include: grammar translation, audio-lingual, presentation practice production, community language learner and Engage study activate. ESA was the primary focal point and went into depth describing multiple ideas and techniques.In this unit, I learned about the different type of connditional; zero, first, second, third and mixed. I...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Certification Enugu Nigeria 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 all that a good teacher need to adjust to if he wants teaching life to be much more easier. It has a lot of resource and information I never taught it was available to teachers and learners. I have learned much from this unit and I thing I can always refer this this unit whenever possible or any need of teaching resource that my school don't provide. It was a great unit.This unit looks at the four present tenses: Present simple, Present continuous, Present perfect and Present...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Certification Kano Nigeria 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 all about teaching English as a new language. In perspective, the English language is very broad and hence it is impossible to teach everything in class; this unit highlights how a teacher could prioritize what to teach for example regarding vocabulary, grammar and language function and hence organise new material for efficient lesson delivery and to benefit the learner.This unit reviewed the parts of speech used in building sentences. It dissected the basics of verbs, nouns,...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Certification Kaduna Nigeria 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 found this unit very encouraging because of the way it presents lesson styles and the techniques for teaching students of various abilities. It is well balanced in structure and easy to follow and really outlines the degree of flexibility the teacher has in lesson structure and planning. Having a background in education and training I recognise some of the techniques I used to use.Overall, this lesson taught me a great deal about how to teach pronunciation effectively. With realizing it,...  [Read more]

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Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Certification Ibadan Nigeria 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: We have seen why it is important for a teacher to plan his lessons. It is an essential part of good teaching. While we would not want to be too strict and rigid, planning a lesson give direction and purpose to the class. It also provides structure and a logical development. We examined what should be included in the plan. It also offered suggestions for interesting lesson activities.in this unit the productive skills learned is of great help in creating correct sentence with the required...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Certification Oshogbo Nigeria 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 course covered the best ways to teach vocabulary, language functions, and grammatical structures. I feel the lesson plan suggestions were the most helpful aspect of this unit. For simple vocabulary lessons a plan of engage, study, activate seems to be the most effective. As the lesson becomes more complicated, a boomerang or patchwork lesson plan typically becomes more effective.Making your students part of the class is a big part of the lessons you teach. Group activities helps the...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Certification Ilorin Nigeria 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 feel like I have learned the variations of ESA structures with different parts of teaching a new language. For example, a gap-filled exercise can be used in the study phase, and after, in the activate phase a classroom debate can be used so that they can practice their English. And if you want to mix it up, you could always do a boomerang ESA type of lesson with language functions.This unit teaches us about teaching productive skills which are speaking and writing. We can read about...  [Read more]

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Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Certification Nigeria Oyo 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: No matter how much one studies to be a teacher, a lot of learning to teach is actually getting into the classroom. Teachers should always have strong lesson plans prepared, but not every part of that lesson has to rely solely on the teacher lecturing - Teachers can and should take advantage of the many tools they have to keep students engaged, better convey information, and improve their own performances. These tools include videos to create deeper discussion, overhead projectors and white...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Certification Ede Nigeria 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 content is centered on all types of future tenses. There are listed future simple, future continuous, future perfect and future perfect continuous tense. Furthermore, there are listed the going to future tense and the present simple or present continuous tense. Each of these tenses is mentioned with an explanation of how to form, with all exceptions related and when to use them.To be quite honest, I've found this unit a little boring, but of course I realize that it's necessary to go...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jobs Nigeria Ibadan 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: Teachers vary from person to person. Their roles are the same for a class such as facilitating, instructing, counseling, and others. It is important for a teacher to have an understanding with the employer's conditions and requirements while also fulfilling student goals. The most important piece is for a teacher to find a method of teaching that suits their personality to truly enjoy teaching. Students also come in many shapes and sizes. Business English students generally are adults who are...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Certification Calabar Nigeria 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 is a challenging subject matter for me. I feel like these parts of language are just ingrained as a young child so you don't exactly know the reasoning behind it or what each tense is called, it just is what it is. I think tense is often the hardest part of learning a language. As a teacher, I want to spend more time practicing this so I can explain it to the best of my ability.This unit concentrated on Equipment & Teaching Aids.It gave examples of accepted teaching aids to use...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Certification Ila Nigeria 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 future tenses are more complex than the present and past tenses, it actually includes some of present simple and present continuous tenses that can be used as future tenses as well as the ?going to? tenses. When teaching the future tenses, the teacher will have to leave clear the usage of the tense and be more creative with the activities for the Activate phase of the lesson.Unit 4 covered the four present tenses; present simple, present continuous, present perfect and present perfect...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Certification Abuja Nigeria 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?s very interesting in the dynamics of how the classroom is set to how the students would react. The standard organized row seating is more stifling feeling (unless you?re in the front row) as it always seems like a battle to standout when sitting behind others. Whereas with a horseshoe, everyone is fully visible to both communicate verbally and non-verbally more effectively.Every teacher has their own teaching style that's suitable to their teaching atmosfere. In this unit I learned...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Certification Abeokuta Nigeria 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 voices are the major focus of this unit. Though it appears difficult and confusing to a very great extent, the unit tries to use the simplest possible means to make it easy to understand. Table charts and examples are used to explain different modal verbs and suggestions are offered as well to make both learning and teaching them simple and pleasant.It was very helpful seeing a video of a lesson being held. There was such a contrast between the lessons...  [Read more]