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Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Certification Chatham-Kent Canada 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: Overall from what i have learned from this unit, is why lesson planning is very important. I have learned that it is diffrent from teacher to teacher, how much you are gonna prepare, and write down for their lesson. This unit helped me see the connection between the lesson plan and the ESA straight arrow lesson, and how to complete it. It also made me think how I would start to plan my lessons, when I will teach in a classroom.This unit covers the coursebooks and lesson materials ....  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jobs Canada Chatham-Kent 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 5 was very useful for showing us how to manage class rooms. Class rooms can be difficult to manage depending on the age and motivation of the students, It seems like having more mature students will make managing the class room a little easier as they would be more motivated to learn since they are in English classes by choice. With younger students, the classroom will be more dynamic so it will be more important to me as a teacher to manage the classroom to ensure that the students have...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jobs Chatham-Kent Canada 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 an overview of the many different types of tests that students strive towards making good marks in. It is important to understand the format, difficulty level, and areas of testing (for example...reading, writing, speaking, etc.) that will be on the test, so that lesson plans and practice tests alike will be better suited for the students to have more familiarity with the material. In this unit, I learned a brief amount about the most popular tests administered throughout the...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Taft 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: This unit has tackled the sensitive and often discussed issue among teachers, regarding the correct usage of the course books and the supplement materials available on the market. It has also compared the created materials with the authentic ones. We, as teachers, must create a healthy balance of the two and this unit explains the reasons why it is so important and strongly recommended to use one´s own creative skills and not necessarily rely on the book. There are a way too many books out there and we...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Fallon Station Nevada 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 14 covers topics regarding course books and lesson materials. It provides the guidelines and criteria in selecting and using books and materials at various levels of English classes. As I am new in the field, I would like to select well-tested books because they will provide a good base for completing the teaching points, suitable graded levels and continuity of learning progress. Meanwhile, I would like to utilize the books and materials wisely by omitting irrelevant parts and...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Johnston 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: Learning about conditionals for me was very difficult. I think because I have never previously thought about conditionals nor reported speech, it was harder for me to get a good grasp on the concept to be able to teach it. Overall, I learned the five forms of conditionals, as well as the forms to direct someone else's direct speech. Since it comes natural to me to speak in this way, thinking about it is depth is harder. I think this is going to be one of the harder items to teach to students,...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jobs Sunnyvale California 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: Course Books can be a very helpful tool in teaching language but the buck doesn't stop there. The teacher must supplement the use of a text book with engaging and fun learning activities that may be more topical that the current text book in use. If a teacher thinks of a new way to teach a concept, she should be free to carry it out. She should not rely on the course book for every lesson every day, but it is particularly helpful for a new teacher to have access to previously tried and true...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jobs California Sunnyvale 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: When teaching a new language to a class, teachers must differentiate between vocabulary, grammar, and language functions, and then consider which ESA format is most appropriate. When teaching vocabulary, for example, a straight arrow lesson can be very effective, having the students use words they already know in the engage phase, learn new terms related to their earlier discussions in the study phase, and put these new terms into use during the activate stage. All of this wile focusing on...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL New Vineyard Maine 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 5 covers some of the most important challenges teachers face early in their teaching careers as they learn to adapt their class to fit the task. Seating arrangements are very important and the teacher position in the class often sets the style for the lesson whether the TTT or the STT is priority for the lesson. Certain arrangements benefit eye contact, discipline and giving instructions while other arrangements encourage pairing, group work, and student to student input and correction. You...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Sherwood Wisconsin 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 modal verbs, phrasal verbs and active passive voice. A detailed list of all the modal verbs and their uses with examples is presented. This can be used as reference material by teachers who have started teaching recently. The explanation for active and passive voice too is made simpler with lot of examples. Where phrasal verbs are concerned, three types of phrasal verbs are mentioned but the examples are very few.I feel more examples with their different meanings could have been...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Brighton Wisconsin 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 17 is about equipment and teaching aids. There is a wide variety of resources, whether it be for the teacher or for the students, available on the internet, in school, in library, etc. This material is used to make lessons more interesting, effective, and dynamic. The most popular are, of course, the board, the dictionaries, the CD player, etc., but a lot of others also exist. The main thing is to use each support properly to make it the most beneficial as possible (for example, if the teacher...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Cave City Kentucky 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 three different times in English; the past, the present, and the future. Each of them has aspects of simple, continuous, perfect, and perfect continuous. We learn about present tenses in this unit and those are present simple, present continuous, present perfect, and present perfect continuous. Each group contains the information about its form, usages, typical errors and mistakes, and sample activate stage teaching ideas. It was difficult for me to learn the concept of perfect tense...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Kent Washington 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 7 delves into vocabulary, grammar and functions of English with examples of typical ESA vocabulary and grammar lessons. This unit is helpful because it shows what features of vocabulary and grammar structures students need to know. Another important part of this unit is that it provides techniques and procedures for teaching vocabulary and grammar such as picture learning tools for the engage portion of vocabulary teaching. Unit 7 also teaches that the patchwork technique is beneficial for...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Batavia New York 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 really brought home the fact that my future students will bring with them a myriad of backgrounds and language styles. Having once attempted to learn Russian, I m aware of the difficulty of taking on a new alphabet. It was rather daunting although enjoyable. This gives me a little insight as to what many of my students will be going through. Not much attention has been given to the need to teach punctuation until now so I was glad to see it here. I sometimes feel as though we are just...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Greencastle 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: The contents of unit 13 was all about the various types of equipment and teaching aids used in language learning classroom. What struck my interest in particular was the section on Interactive White Boards (IWB's). I watched a video on how these devices work, and I can see how it can be a labor of love, as the unit described it. For instance, IWB's are attractive devices which allows for a variety of creative diagrams and animations--all of which grabs the attention of learners; however, as...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Certification Sunnyvale California 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 11 covered teaching receptive skills, which are reading and listening. I learned that the reasons for reading and listening can be for a purpose; eg. reading the manual for a new radio or for entertainment; eg. listening to the new radio. I also gained more knowledge about the different specialist skills for readers and listener, about potential problems and how to avoid them and how to select topics, texts and tasks, etc.This has been a more difficult unit to take in, getting...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jobs Barrie Canada 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: Thinking that I may be teaching english in a near future (if I get my certificate of course), got me thinking a while ago about how could I help the students whenever the activity calls for a reading session. Preparing the class in advances (ass seen previously) would help me be ready to pre-teach the students any problematic or complicated language they can come across during the reading. Of course this can be completed with a listening session too as both are equally important. The students would...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jobs Canada Barrie 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 about evaluation and testing. This was a short unit covering the ways to assess a students language level: tutorials/evaluation by the students and tests.There were different kinds of testst and it is given at different stages. 1) Placement tests also progressive tests at the start of a course to place learners in group of level of proficiency/ability.2)Progress tests shows teacher weaknesses of the class. Schools normally requires them and it covers the work done.It is periodically...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Certification Barrie Canada 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 Unit Five I learned how to manage an ESL class. I learned the importance of teachers establishing the tone and atmosphere of the classroom. It it critical to establish strong rapport and a level of trust with the students. The more quickly a student feels safe and comfortable the more quickly he/she will begin learning English. There a so many unique ways a teacher can cultivate a good learning environment in the class room.This last unit has been interesting. I've never fully realised...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Upland Nebraska 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 learned that there are many ways to learn a language. There is also no right or wrong method to use. Engage, Study and Activate in the method used by the ITTT course and it will be the method I use in my classes. The majority of English learners are living in their home countries, where English is not their first language and as a result they need the everyday practice and real life role-play so they can learn to speak English in an appropriate way. I had never heard of The Silent Way method but the...  [Read more]