Teaching Table

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Certification Canada Sherbrooke 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 have learned plenty of role-play activities which I can utilize to incorporate grammar in student speaking tasks. The tables provided in this unit were very precise and confirmed my understanding about each modal. From my experience, phrasal verbs are difficult to teach and for students to comprehend. However, the examples provided in this unit simplified this grammar concept. Another concept that I think is difficult for ESL students to digest is the passive...  [Read more]

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Seating Arrangements in the Classroom Choosing a seating arrangement for a classroom is one of the most important decisions a teacher can make. The proper plan can facilitate the learning process, while a poor choice can all but render a lesson a failure. Nicole Cusik wrote a research paper about the implications of classroom arrangement for her Instructional Strategies and Reflections class at the University of Delaware. This paper can be found at. Her main point states that a teacher needs “to be sensitive to the learning objective of the lesson, as well as the interpersonal dynamic that exists among the students in the group.” There are several options when it comes to arranging a class, including rows, circles, clusters, activity zones, and pairs. Each can work well in some...  [Read more]

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Check out tefl tesol about Centre Inclass TESOL 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. S. - U.S.A. said: Seating Arrangements in the ClassroomIt’s the first day of school, and students are filtering into the classroom. Some head straight through the rows to the back of the classroom, furthest from the teacher’s ears and eyes. A group of friends settle in the middle. A final few are forced to sit in the front for lack of open seats. Every student knows where they want to sit, and their reasoning rarely considers their education. It is up to the teacher to arrange seating so as to...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jobs Anapolis Brazil 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 focused on conditionals and reported speech. It provided an explanation for the different kinds of conditionals and when to use them. It also explained how to change direct speech into reported speech. It provided a very useful table that provides general rules of how to change each tense from direct speech into reported speech. I think that this table will prove very helpful for the teacher and as a learning material for students as a way to explain direct and indirect speech because...  [Read more]

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Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Certification Lafayette 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: This unit was quite confusing, the beginning of the unit which was mostly about model auxiliary verbs and its uses. They are quite important category to be taught in the lesson and to be able to learn its details are very useful for my lesson planning. However, the second part of the phrasal verbs were quite difficult to understand as the unit lacked examples.This lesson was about teaching pronunciation and phonology. It was quite a difficult chapter and I feel in order to...  [Read more]

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Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Perry Missouri 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 modals, phrasal verbs and passive voice. First, the unit introduced modal auxiliary verbs and described their basic rules. Next, the unit provided a table of all the modal auxiliary verbs, which listed their uses and present/future and past tenses. I found it especially interesting to learn about how each of the modal verbs can change meaning and formality of a verb. Next, the unit provided some ideas for teaching this subject. Next, I learned about the passive and active...  [Read more]

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