Tefl Course Length

  As there is no standard content or fixed length required for a TEFL certification course, individual providers are free to design their own courses and set whatever fees they see fit. The best advice is not to choose a course simply because it is the cheapest one available. Yes, you can find TEFL courses on discount websites for as little US$ 49 but will they be accepted by employers in the region that you want to work in? And will they properly prepare you for life in a real classroom? If you want to ensure that the answer to these questions is YES then you should look a little deeper than just the price. In-class TEFL courses usually involve 4-weeks of intensive training that comprehensively covers the most important aspects of English language teaching. During the course you...  [Read more]

  As there is no standard content or fixed length required for a TEFL certification course, individual providers are free to design their own courses and set whatever fees they see fit. The best advice is not to choose a course simply because it is the cheapest one available. Yes, you can find TEFL courses on discount websites for as little US$ 49 but will they be accepted by employers in the region that you want to work in? And will they properly prepare you for life in a real classroom? If you want to ensure that the answer to these questions is YES then you should look a little deeper than just the price. In-class TEFL courses usually involve 4-weeks of intensive training that comprehensively covers the most important aspects of English language teaching. During the course you...  [Read more]

  As there is no standard content or fixed length required for a TEFL certification course, individual providers are free to design their own courses and set whatever fees they see fit. The best advice is not to choose a course simply because it is the cheapest one available. Yes, you can find TEFL courses on discount websites for as little US$ 49 but will they be accepted by employers in the region that you want to work in? And will they properly prepare you for life in a real classroom? If you want to ensure that the answer to these questions is YES then you should look a little deeper than just the price. In-class TEFL courses usually involve 4-weeks of intensive training that comprehensively covers the most important aspects of English language teaching. During the course you...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about Fastest TESOL Program 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: K.C. - U.S.A. said: Pronunciation Problems for spanish SpeakersWhen I first arrived in Spain, I was dozing during siesta and heard voices but could not make out specific words. In that semi-conscious state I felt as though the language had a shape. I could tell it was english: it sounded rectangular, compared to the roundness of spanish. I believe this feeling of shape was due largely to the rhythm but also the individual sounds, and perhaps the intonation. A native spanish speaker and expert in english...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Georgetown 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: For any language, there are four basic skills - reading, listening, speaking and writing. Reading and listening are receptive skills. Students will receive information or pleasure by practicing these skills through a medium such as a newspaper, novel, radio, etc. Speaking and writing are called productive skills. Students must practice what they learned or already know and relay information to their friends or the audience. However, there are often problems that prohibit or hinder students...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Maringouin Louisiana 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 introduces two out of the four basic skills in any language; the receptive skills, which are reading and listening. The reasons and motives for reading or listening is that they're either for a purpose, or for entertainment. This unit thoroughly explains the special skills that reading and listening employs and also how to deal with the problems that receptive skills can present. For example, these problems usually connect with the language in the text like sentence length, word length, or...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Morgantown 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: In unit 11 Teaching receptive skills were mentioned two equally important skills: reading and listening. While teaching a teacher has to be aware of the purpose of reading and listening. Accordingly we can divide reasons and motives into two categories: 1) for a purpose; 2) for entertainment. Also for readers and listeners the understanding of the context will depend on their expertise in these areas: 1) Predictive skills 2)Specific information - scanning 3)General idea - skimming 4)Detailed...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Shell Valley North 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 Unit 11, methods for teaching receptive skills was introduced. Receptive skills in language learning is Reading and Listening, which are just as important as Production skills of Speaking and Writing. Reading and Listening can be for a purpose or for entertainment, or both motives combined. While reading or listening a number of specialist skills are used: Predictive; Scanning (for specific information); Skimming (for general information); Detailed (read/listen in full detail); and...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Certification Bialystok Poland 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 we learn the importance of reading and listening skills. This unit dives deep into various teaching techniques and activities that come along with them . unit 7 also touches on how to deal with language difficulty such as sentence length ,word length and unfamiliar words, and asked an answers the question \"why do we read ?\" and \"what's the importance of reading?\This unit goes over potential difficulties teachers may face as they begin to teach a tefl course. It...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jobs India New Delhi 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 strategies for teaching receptive skills. Four basical skills in any language are receptive skills (reading and listening) and productive skills (speaking and writing. All are equally important. Reading and listening can be done for either a purpose or for entertainment. We read and listen using a number of specialist skills including: predictive skills, scanning, skimming, and deduction. Sentence length, world length and number of unfamiliar words present problems for learning...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jobs Russia Nevinnomyssk 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 topic details the meaning of reading and listening to formulate teaching strategy for students. It explains that reading and listening not only involves the eyes and ears but the also include the mind to understand the words and process the words based on pre-existent knowledge to fully understand the sentences read. Readers and listeners employ 5 skills when reading and listening ie predictive skills, scanning, skimming, looking for details and deduce meaning of words / phrases from the...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jobs United States Bakersfield 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 Receptive skills include reading and listening. Reading and listening are done with a purpose in mind or simply for entertainment. People learn by reading and listening using predictive skills, scanning, skimming, pursue detailed information, and deduction. Some students will have difficulty with sentence length, word length, or unfamiliar words. Teachers can help their students with these difficulties by pre-teaching vocabulary and carefully selecting texts. Choosing a topic...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jobs Yeosu South Korea 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 lesson I learned about 4 basic skills. For example receptive skills are reading and listening and productive skills are speaking and writing. Choosing the right topic can directly affect how a text is understood to students. I also learned that sentence length and word length can present problems when teaching. Therefore pre-teach words that are harder to understand should be done before assigning texts that may be difficult for students to complete.Overall, in this unit I have learned...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jobs Joetsu Japan 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 future tense of english helps to determine time based on previous knowledge or things that will happen in the future. Future simple can also be used to make spontaneous decisions that involve the future. The tenses help determine the length of time something will happen in or the length of time something has been happening for awhile. For example, saying, \"tomorrow I will have worked here for 10 years\" implies that the even has been continuing for 10 years and will continue tomorrow also.This...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jobs Australia Wagh Wagh 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: Four basic skills in any language: Reading and Listening (Receptive), Speaking and Writing (Productive). Reasons/motives reading and listening: 1)Purpose, 2) Entertainment Reading and listening is not exclusive to eyes and ears, but also a matter of using our minds to literally understand words and process them in out 'pre-existing knowledge'. Understanding of the context will depend on their expertise in: 1) Predictive skills 2) Specific information - scanning 3) General idea - skimming 4)...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Ludlow Vermont 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 focuses on receptive skills, which are reading and listening. Reading and listening aren't just done with our eyes and ears; our minds must be able to grasp the meaning of words from our pre-existing knowledge of the world. Generally, reading and listening are done for entertainment or to achieve a specific purpose or goal. There are a few problems inherent in the teaching of receptive skills, such as sentence length, word length, and unfamiliar words. These problems can be countered by...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Rosedale Mississippi 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 four basic skills we are all using while learning any language, and they can be divided into two groups. First one are Receptive skills ( reading and listening), and Productive skills ( speaking and Writing). When we are listening we are often using mixture of two main reasons - purpose and/or entertainment. When we are reading we can use several different skills - Predictive, Scanning, Skimming, Detail reading, or we can simply Deduct from the context of what we red. When we are...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Wyoming 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: M.S. - Spain said: This unit was devoted to teaching about the importance of Reading and Listening in language. There was first a differentiation between receptive skills (reading and listening) and productive skills (speaking and writing). The content in the unit made it clear that all these skills are very important and should be integrated to the language learning journey. There are various reasons for reading and learning. We do it purposefully to help us achieve a particular goal, or we do it for mere pleasure....  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Kabul 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: I.J. - Uzbekistan said: Receptive skills, reading and listening, are an important part of language learning. Students must be motivated by choosing topics that are interesting to the students. Students also have other motivations for using their receptive skills that include, reading or listening for a purpose and for pleasure. There are specific skills used by readers and listeners depending on their purpose for reading. It is important to be aware of these skills when planning lessons. It is also important to...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Schleswig 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: In this unit, the subject of teaching equipment and materials are examined in greater detail, including the principles of board-work, and an additional 12 types of teaching equipment that contribute to the language learning experience. Lists of various sources for both teacher and EFL student are provided in great length, including, but not limited to, online dictionary sources, media, learning lessons and exercises as well as internet-based sites. I have learned that there are many more teaching...  [Read more]