Teaching In Sweden

  Marlin is from Sweden and she just completed the 120-hour TEFL/TESOL course and is very happy with the result. She highly recommends the course to anyone who is interested in teaching overseas. The course changed her perspective on teaching and gave her new insight. She enjoyed the flexibility of completing the course online. She also thinks that the online option fits any schedule and is a great course for people working full-time.  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jobs Huludao 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: A very helpful segment that provides useful information both related to more overarching concepts such as different teaching philosophies and to practical tools such as methods of structuring a lesson and specific student exercises. The ESA method is something that I personally only encountered after moving abroad from Stockholm, Sweden and thus I don't have so much experience implementing it. When I have done so, however I have noticed a higher degree of student participation and received very...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jobs Sweden Uppsala 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: While acquiring new language, four things are very important while doing so ; be exposed to it, understand its meaning, understand how it’s constructed and be able to practice and produce it. Grammar is often said to be the tree trunk and branches of a language while vocabulary and functions are the leaves that add beauty and variety. It should be ensured that students are introduced to new language in a balanced and manageable way. Lessons may include new grammar, vocabulary and functions....  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Certification Sweden Uppsala 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 key objective of this unit was to understand how to use different teaching aids and equipment available in schools and centers. The unit outlined how the range of equipment and aids can vary depending on the resources and location of the school and center. I learnt the advantage and disadvantages of each piece equipment. An example of this would be the advantage of using an overhead projector (OHP) is that it helps focus the students attention on key points, but on the other hand its...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jobs Sweden Helsingborg 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: From this Unit I could understand that, as an ESL teacher Classroom assessment and evaluation are highly concerned with qualitative judgments that are used to improve students' knowledge and learning. Assessment and evaluation also give teachers useful information about how to improve their teaching methods.Through using appropriate classroom assessment strategies and techniques, teachers can increase their students'motivation and show them how well they have learned the language. Evaluation...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Certification Norrkoping Sweden 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: A bit more complex, but interesting unit. I think ( if given the time) teaching speech is very important and valuable to students, but I'm not convinced by the method of phonetic script. In my experience students find this very confusing. The other sections of this unit which looked at intonation, stress, etc. contained useful example exercises and teaching strategies.I think this unit was very helpful because it showed me how to specifically structure lessons with examples. I learned...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Certification Umea Sweden 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 was about teaching English to different groups. Those groups are beginners, young learners and people who need English for business (also 1-1 classes). Skill, motivation and attendance may vary from group to group and it's important to have special approach to different groups. This unit taught me some techniques and gave advices on teaching this or that group.This final unit is about dealing with potentially difficult situations. In the very first lesson of a class, it is extremely...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Certification Vasteras Sweden 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 receptive skills unit taught us about reading and listening and how to get the students into a mood in which they're receptive to information and then maintain them there throughout the duration of the class. This can be done by using topics that the students find interesting, pre-teaching vocabulary that will arise in the task and the use of none authentic texts.This lesson focused on the varying methodologies or ways to teach English to non-native speakers. The Engage activities...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Certification Sweden Umea 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 enjoyed studying the different methods of teaching English as a foreign language. I really like the different structures of the ESA approach, such as the boomerang and the patchwork method. I like how the structure is designed to get the students engaged and interested in the lesson and then follows up with activities to reinforce knowledge and studying to track/see progress. It is a very logical approach to teaching language and It is a great method for designing lesson plans. I also liked...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Certification Sweden Linkoping 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 found this unit extremely effective but also entertaining by watching the two videos. I have learnt that a teacher's attitude plays a fundamental role in the afterall effect of the students. It is important that the teacher's manners, attitude and teaching techniques are positive and carefully constructed in such a way that will attract the students' attention and interest in joining and engaging themselves with the lesson. It all lies up to how a teacher will transmit a positive...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Certification Malmoe Sweden 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 felt like a bit of a hodgepodge with leftover topics thrown in, without a clear unifying message or concept behind it. Nonetheless, it provided some useful information, like the ideas for where to find authentic materials, and suggestions for how to adapt games to practice language points. The example of lesson plans was getting very repetitive at this point.From this lesson, I gained more information about the method of teaching from planning a lesson, starting a class until the...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Certification Sweden Orebro 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 16 dealt with teaching receptive skills in the classroom. The two forms of receptive skills are reading and listening. Both of these are equally important. When it comes to reading and listening, there are two different kinds. The first is reading/listening for a purpose and the second is for pleasure. And example of the first would be reading an encyclopedia entry to learn about birds. Doing it for pleasure could be listening to your favorite radio program. Depending on the material,...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jobs Vasteras Sweden 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: Being able to manage a classroom of students is important and will directly impact the students' abilities to learn effectively in the classroom. Eye contact, good use of gestures and voice are ways that teachers can help manage the classroom and prevent behavior problems. Other factors are grouping students appropriately, classroom arrangement and the amount of teacher talk time. Building rapport with students will help the classroom run smoothly as well.I learned the techniques of teaching each...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jobs Stockholm Sweden 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 era of standards-based reform, assessments are commonly used to measure student achievement. For a student population that is increasingly linguistically and culturally diverse, a number of issues related to educational accountability arise in gathering, analyzing, and reporting information used in decision making. For example, placement, external, process, practice, and diagnostic tests are all used to help students and teachers with their process.This unit is about lesson planing. I...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Certification Sundsvall Sweden 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 usage of equipment and their benefits and advantages. How different equipment can be used and for what purpose. It can also give us a good idea for planing lesson and see what we can involve to engage students attention and make lesson clear. I do like this part of unit and thing it is very important as a prat of our working surrounding in class.This Unit has been a good refresher for the past tense rules, and the teaching ideas really help with having activity...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jobs Sweden Umea 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 the motivation, experience and behaviour patterns between different young children and adults can be very different. This is extremely important for me as I have been used to teaching younger children and I now have to adapt a different approach to teach adults. Thus, I should be more mindful of adults' negative experiences with learning previous languages and try not to make the same mistakes. Also, I understood that culture plays a huge role in an adult student's approach to...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jobs Sweden Sundsvall 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 can emphatically make lesson more interesting and effective. To achieve this there are usually different materials at the disposal of the teacher to use in the classroom such as; Board(understood the basic principles of using the board maximally), the cassette recorder, Interactive whiteboards(IWBs or smart boards and one of the most embarrassing challenges of using this is that it could malfunction at any given time therefore it should be tested prior the lesson and...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jobs Sweden Gothenburg 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 grammar points of conditionals and reported speech. It explained the five types of conditional statements and how to explain them. It also shared some very interesting activities to practice the conditionals. For example, chain conditionals and the nuclear bunker. The second part of the unit discussed direct and reported speech. It presented the way the grammar changed for reported speech according to what was said and how it was said in the direct speech. I found it very...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jobs Sweden Stockholm 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 talks about teaching special groups, beginners both young and old as well as business English or teaching English for specific purposes. It gives tips on how to approach each group, what techniques would be good and things to avoid, overall it talks about how to effectively teach special groups depending on their needs, motivations and circumstances (working or full time student). This chapter is important because it talks not only things to do but also to avoid; as a person who've...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jobs Orebro Sweden 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 videos in this unit very clearly point out the correct and incorrect way in which to conduct a lesson. The obvious differences in the teachers attitude made ir very easy for me to understand the importance of how my behaviour in the classroom, makes the key difference. I found it good that whilst watching the bad example, I found myself getting very wound up about the vulgar attitude, confirming for myself even more that I am passionate about teaching.This unit presented the four present tenses....  [Read more]