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Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Gove City 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: The final unit of the ITTT Specialized Course on Teaching Business English covered the final topics of the course- practical knowledge about the field of teaching business English. The chapter began highlighting some questions a prospective teacher should be able to answer before travelling to a foreign country including business etiquette, cultural norms, a rough history of the region and dress codes. It also included some general tips for teachers in foreign countries along this same vein. The unit...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jobs Kansas City 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: The unit discusses the components of teaching pronunciation ranging from word stress, articulation and also the phonetic aspects of English pronunciation. Pronunciation is still considered one of the most challenging aspects for students that sometimes make them reluctant to speak because of fear of making mistakes. Being able to help the students with their pronunciation problems will help them to effectively learn English language in a whole.This unit explained the steps involved in...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jobs United States Kansas City 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, my understanding of lesson plans was enhances. The engage, study and activate lesson plan, reinforced my understanding of how the structure of a lesson makes a large impact on teaching and how fast a child grasps the concepts of the language being taught. The ESA, in theory appears to be very effective and practical. I gained more insight into teaching methods, from this unit. The english language is a large spectrum and learning the language categorically, i feel would...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Inverness Alabama 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 covers the importance of writing a lesson plan, which is essential as a working document, a record and an aid to planning. A lesson plan should not be scripted or too rigid neither should it be too flexible or lacking in direction. Additionally, the teacher should check whether the required teaching aid works, that the board is wiped clean, arrange the seating accordingly and be ready to chat and warm up the class when they arrive. A lesson plan should typically include: date & time,...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Seneca 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: As a non- English native speaker I can say that learning past tenses is not that hard, even though irregular verbs are quite difficult to remember, but what seriously represent a challenge is to notice the right time to use all that knowledge when speaking. In the other hand, the satisfaction you feel when you notice that your daily speech is as fluent and correct as a native speaker, is huge. That is the kind of experience that I want to provide my students, and after having read this Unit, now I am...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Elkton Viriginia 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 productive skills, speaking and writing. These two skills are important in that they are what students will use to express themselves in English. Productive skills are somewhat easier to teach in that direct feedback can be given based on what students say or write. (This is as opposed to reading and listening skills.) It is useful to note that how a students native language is structured can influence how they speak and write in English due to structural differences and biases...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Story City Iowa 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 lesson covers handling issues in the classroom such as students finishing at different paces, stronger and weaker students, participation reluctance and lack of confidence, larger classes, overuse of their native language, and listening difficulties. What I took out of this lesson was getting stronger/quicker students more engaged by keeping them occupied or having them be group leaders and helpers in the classroom, especially if they're attention-seekers. The other big lesson I took away from...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Schulenburg 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: In order for learning to be more interesting,motivating and fun there are quite a number of different tools and teaching aids that can be utilized to achieve that.The use of visual aids brings life and reality into topics being taught as the students are able to see,hear and to replay what is being taught this eliminates the imagining part by the students.Irrespective of the chosen aid the teacher should ensure the sound or picture quality is clear so that appropriate message can be conveyed to the...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Louisville 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: There are many different equipment and teaching aids available for teachers to use in order to make lessons more interesting, effective and less dependent on textbooks. Technology has become the main aids for teachers to use in the classroom. There are plenty of online resources available which facilitate students' learning process. There are also other conventional means to help teachers in the classroom. For instance, we could use the board, visual aids, worksheets and work cards. We should choose...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Granite City 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: A pleasant move from grammar. It was also an interesting unit. I learned a new word 'appropiacy'. I have never seen that word in print. Must be from Europe. I would have benefited from more lessons featuring different objective using ESA styles. I wonder how accessible are the pictures you suggest using to describe different tense (student creating stories inparticular tense). Was disappointed there was no video. On page 6 in boomerang activate stage were students inviting each other to...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Cowden 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: First lessons can always be easier and a little challenging, depending on if it is a new group of students or an existing group where students are familiar with each other. Building rapport with students is important for a teacher and having that first impression for students is how they will get to know you. Following through a few warmers to help students get comfortable with communicating can be useful. If the beginning of a class starts of fun and positive, it can keep the students motivated to...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Creola Alabama 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: Receptive skills are so important. They are the building blocks to productive skills and overall fluency. If a learner cannot understand what is being said to them or what it is they are reading, then they will be unable to come up with a thought out response that makes sense in the conversation or task at hand. Because we are constantly being bombarded by sights and sounds, the receptive skills develop naturally. But it is important to ensure that the receptive skills naturally developing, are aided...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Beverly 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: Modal auxiliary verbs are: can, could, may, might, shall, will, wood, must, should, would, have to, have got to, need to, ought to and needn't. They are used before verbs to add meaning to the main verb. We use Active (the focus is on the agent or subject) and Passive (where the agent is less important) voices. Only transitive verbs are used in the Passive voice. A clause is a group of words containing a subject and a verb. There are three kinds of clauses: Independent, Dependent and Relative. There...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Galena 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: The more we get progress about learning a new language, the more we feel the necessity of comprehending the grammatical points in order to make the correct sentences in the right situation.This unit has lots of basic and fundamental information about the differences of noun,adjective, verb,adverb,etc. which every English speaker needs to know.Technically, every English teacher has to be knowledgeable enough about these points and already knows them when she/he reads this unit, but they may not know how...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Holley Oregon 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 a great overview of the English grammar focusing here only on the present tenses. It is crucial to know all of the tenses if a teacher wants to teach grammar properly. English language is combined with a lot of various tenses used each day. If non-native speakers want to communicate naturally and accurately they need to know grammar rules. Thanks to various techniques and teachers' creativity learning grammar can be a fun and interesting activity for students. I am a Polish native speaker...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Billings Pennsylvania 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: Problem teaching situations are common. With new classes, there is the problem of establishing rapport with the students and the teacher. Warmers (short, fun communicative activities) may be helpful in such situations. Students may have different levels of interest and learning, so pairing a stronger student with a weaker one might be prudent during some lessons. Large classes require special treatment, like choral repetitions or group leaders to make classroom management easier. Role-play is...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Revillo South Dakota 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 gives a breakdown of methodologies, theories and techniques used in teaching students. It gives suggestive pros and cons for most methods described. I have found the ESA (Engage, Study and Activate) to be the most exciting and beneficial methodology to use in lessons, as it allows for great flexibility for lesson planning and running of lessons for the teacher in the classroom. It also equips students with an inquiry/discovery based environment by allowing the teacher to talk less and...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Peru 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: The teaching of pronunciation has witnessed remarkable changes throughout the history of language teaching and learning. teachers and applied linguists have been concerned with the difficulty of teaching this skill. In this respect, they have attempted to develop different methods and techniques with the reliance on other sub-disciplines such as phonetics, phonology and second language acquisition among others. Taking phonetics and phonology as a framework, teachers have tried to make use of the different...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Lane South Dakota 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 my opinion, the most useful information that I retained from this unit was that of correcting student work. Typically, in the American education system, we focus on giving clear and immediate feedback to students as often as possible. However, this model provides that corrections are not always required immediately because it allows students to use a language freely and as they have experienced it in prior situations. I agree that this approach is effective because it can allow students to become...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Morehead City 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: The second to last unit covers how to teach special groups, a topic which is really interesting to me. Different groups might be teaching children versus adults mono-lingual vs. multi-lingual classes one-to-one sessions vs. teaching twenty or more people at the same time. I have taught children before and know from first-hand knowledge that their time span can be really short or even longer than the ones of adults depending not necessarily on the age but also on the motivation. I taught a...  [Read more]