Tefl Course Example

  The next example of a game that we can adapt very easily for classroom use is the game of Jeopardy and in this particular game, what we can do is to have a set of levels for our questions, I'd say one through five, where one is going to be the easiest example and five is going to be the most difficult and then, in each of these sets of boxes, we can have various grammar points, such as tenses, perhaps modals, vocabulary and maybe even conditionals. So what the students can do is they can pick a particular topic first of all and within that topic, they can pick the level of the question that they want and then we can have a set of cards that have been created to fit into these slots and we can ask them that question at that level. So, a very simple adaptation of the game jeopardy...  [Read more]

  Okay, so we're going to use this pro-forma as our lesson plan and we're going to fill one out as though we were planning for an actual lesson. So, we start off with some basic information about the class. So, the name of the teacher, date and time and the class level. In this particular case, our class is going to be an elementary class and the room will be room 3. Having looked through the registers we see that the expected number of students for this particular class is going to be 10. This will help us in creating our worksheet copies. The context of the lesson for this class is going to be present continuous tense and it may well be the first time that this particular level of class has been introduced to this tense. So, our focus is going to be fairly general and it's going...  [Read more]

  So let's take an example of what those drills might involve. So here is an example of a repetition drill. I will model the language and then my class will repeat after me. So "This is a cup." "Spoon" ? "This is a spoon." "Knife" - "his is a knife." Thank you. The reason that it's called or also called the army method is that it was the method adopted by the United States military who had personnel stationed around the world at the end of Second World War and they realized that they needed those personnel to pick up the language very quickly and one of the positive things about this particular methodology is that you do very quickly learn vocabulary. Another positive thing about it is that you quickly learn the correct pronunciation of that vocabulary. However, there are some...  [Read more]

  So, let's take a common game that's been played over the years, which is called Noughts and Crosses or Tic-Tac-Toe. What we're going to do is to adapt this game for classroom use. So, we've taken the normal Tic-Tac-Toe or Noughts and Crosses grid and we've just numbered out each of the particular squares. What we can then do is to form teams and those teams can then be asked a series of questions and they get to choose which question they want from 1 to 9. So, let's say, for example, they choose question 1. That could be on anything that they have studied ,the grammar or vocabulary. If they get that question correct and say they are the Noughts or the zeros then they get to put their mark here. What the next group will probably do is to try to block them in some way by choosing...  [Read more]

  The first part of my study phase is going to be the board work and I'm going to use the information that I generated in the elicitation part of my engage phase to move on to the actual board work. What I'm going to do is to show the structure of this particular tense. So, the phase study I'm expecting to take about ten minutes on this particular part and, again, the interaction will mainly be the students talking to me. So, how am I going to achieve that with this information? Well, we could ask the students to have a look at the sentences themselves and to tell us what they can see. If we look at each of the first words in here, then at this level, I should hopefully be able to elicit from my students what each of these words have in common and they may well give an answer that...  [Read more]

  So, having elicited this particular structure, what I'm now able to do is to move on to the actual study activities. Typically, they will be in the form of worksheets to check that the students actually understand this information. So, I might prepare three activities. They may not do them all but, for example, I could prepare these three study activities. So, the first one is going to be a fairly straightforward matching activity, where perhaps they match the subject to its correct verb "to be" in that part of the sentence. The second one is going to be a gap fill. For example, I might use this verb here and ask them to complete a sentence using that verb, so that I can check that any spelling changes that take place are correct and the final one is going to be an unscramble,...  [Read more]

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Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Certification Santo Andre 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: Most important part of any language is grammar and i.e. tense of all.The present tense is well and clearly explained with appropriate examples. #The difference between 'for' and 'since' is explained with precise and definite example. #Different types of present tense is made aware off. #The defined usage and pronunciation is given with proper examples. #The common mistakes and errors in each type of tense are described in detail.This unit focuses on the resources and tools teachers can...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Certification Sabara 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: The unit gives detailed description of teaching receptive skills. #The difference between listening and reading skills are briefed out with definte examples. #The problems faced by students in these skills are discussed. #Different phases of teaching these skills are explained with clear examples. #More of activities can be conducted in skills, that can enhance these skills in students. Example: role play,interview of teacher etc.This unit reminds me of what equitment i used in my...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jobs Erfurt Germany 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 labels for these tenses are confusing. I wonder where they came up with them! I use these conventions correctly and it is good to know why we use them the way we do. Of course, a student of English would want to know \"why\" something is said a certain way. Unfortunately, English language learners must memorize certain things since there is no rhyme or reason for some spellings for irregular past participles, for example. I am glad I learned English as a native speaker! Why doesn't through...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Oakridge 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 was a really helpful unit, because the focus was on the teaching part. For example a lot of good suggestions were given about how to teach grammar, vocabulary and language functions. Furthermore, the ESA model provided great insight of how to organise a class, in order to teach the students these above mentioned topics in a effective way. In the end this unit was really useful, due to the examples that were given. In my opinion a very useful example is the difference in grammar between spoken and...  [Read more]

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Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Certification Seville Spain 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 teaching vocabulary including how to select vocabulary, what students need to know about a vocabulary word, the different techniques to teach vocabulary including Engage (example, pictures), Study (example, gap-fill searches) and Activate (example, debate) and the different types of lessons including straight arrow, boomerang and patchwork.This unit was instructive in learning the different categories for future tense and the usages and examples of each. I am...  [Read more]

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Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Perth 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: L.C. - Canada said: In unit 13 we learned about English pronunciation, phonetics, and how to teach these principles to students. To be honest almost this entire unit was a learning experience for me. Having never taken a traditional language philology course the details and vernacular used to describe pronunciation and articulation was all new to me- but fascinating to learn. For example, the articulation terms like plosive- which is a concept that derives its name from the word \"explode\" because before making the...  [Read more]

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Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Certification Philippines Roxas 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 provided some useful and tangible examples of both positive and negative manners of teaching. The first lesson was largely ineffective as the teacher came into class with a bad attitude, was rude and unhelpful during the course of the lesson and did not respond effectively to the students' intimidated and disinterested signals. The second lesson, however, presented a teacher who came into class with a contagiously positive attitude which translated to the students quickly and...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Springfield Minnesota 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: Actually watching example lessons helped to understand what I have spent the past few weeks learning. Being able to watch a bad example of teaching helped me to better understand what I should avoid when I enter a classroom. I was especially impressed by the differences in 'flow' between the various stages in the two lessons. I had never really thought about how important it would be until I saw the teacher effortlessly take the lesson between the Engage and Study phases. It seemed to help the...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Butler 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: I felt this unit was a bit weak. I felt like some the worksheet examples were just repeats from other chapters whereas a list could have sufficed. I kind of understand why you didn't have textbook example (I'm assuming because of copyright) but I would have appreciated an example of course book materials for the teacher. I did like how this unit emphasized the happy medium of using both the course book and outside materials. Many teachers I know starting out just use the course book and do not use...  [Read more]