Tefl Course Outline

  This video diary entry outlines Chantelle’s experience of studying unit 8 of her online TEFL course. Unit 8 is another tense unit, this time looking at the future tenses. These include the future simple, future continuous, future perfect, future perfect continuous and the ‘going to’ future. It also covers how the present simple and present continuous can be used to talk about the future. In this unit you will learn how the tenses are formed and used and what some of the most common errors students make. Below you can read feedback from an ITTT graduate regarding one section of their online TEFL certification course. Each of our online courses is broken down into concise units that focus on specific areas of English language teaching. This convenient, highly...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Shangqiu 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: C.J. - Vietnam said: Unit 5, teaching themes, covered various means to teach lessons in a variety of styles and how to incorporate those strategies into the ESA style. It also covered various resources that can be used along with some teaching theory to assist in creating effective lessons to be used in teaching business English. The unit opened with a synopsis detailing the purpose of the section and an outline of its topics. It proceeded to outline the use of case studies in the classroom followed by frameworking...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Certification Guilin China 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 read about what is important and why a student should learn different aspects of the language. Where most agree on at what level the different grammatical forms should be taught you have to decide on the vocabulary that fits for the class. I read about the balance of vocabulary and grammar with examples showing how to teach vocab and grammar using the different class structures we learned in a previous unit.In this unit we focussed on the conditionals and reported speech...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Pequot Lakes 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: Lesson Planning is an effective way especially for inexperience teachers to conduct a lesson as it could help them to retain the direction of teaching; it is the instructor?s road map of what students need to learn and how it will be done effectively during the class time. Unit 9 introduces the basic principles of lesson planning: how a lesson plan should be written down; what a lesson plan should include and the sequence of lesson plan. Unit 9 also outlines the guidelines and importance of...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Louisville 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: A.S. - Georgia said: From the content in Unit 9 on Lesson Planning, I have learnt that there are in summary four reasons why we should create lesson plans as teachers. These range from simple order of planning and making a logical sequence for us to refer back to, to use as records of what have been previously taught, or what might be most important in case we must miss a class. So it may be used by another to cover our lesson. Each lesson plan is broken down into the lesson plan's own outline, and the procedure...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Certification Ahuachapan El Salvador 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 basic concepts needed to understand how to plan an effective lesson. The ESA lesson is clearly explained and a lot of activity examples are given, which was very helpful in order to understand what each step is meant to achieve for the students. I think this unit will be one I will go back to refer to a lot when I am starting to plan out lessons as it is a very good structure to start out with.This unit focussed on lesson planning. It has clearly outlined the...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jobs Sahiwal Pakistan 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 purpose of this unit was to outline the different types of assessments in the English language learning world. It began with the tests found within the learning schools themselves; the placement test to determine level; the diagnostic to determine knowledge; the progress to determine how the student is doing; the practice to prepare for an external exam. And then it outlined the types of exams outside of a learning school, such as the TOEFL and the Cambridge Assessment.I have never thought...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jobs China Yuncheng 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 have utilized many different approaches in my previous teachings, and in many ways ESA encompasses it all. It is seemingly a very clear and effective way to get the students to use English in situations that are both practical and engaging. I believe that students learn best when they're having fun, and these activities outlined are fun for all levels (from crafting basic stories to debating issues). Once I am placed in my classroom and have a feel for who they are and what they know (which will...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Riverhead 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: Unit 12 focused on teaching the two productive skills, speaking and writing. The unit described both fluency (allowing the students to be creative with language) and accuracy (producing correct language) activities and gave examples of both, including controlled activities which are focused on accuracy and creative communication which focuses on fluency. Unit 12 continued with examples of both speaking and writing activities and also typical ESA lesson outlines for both. This unit was helpful in...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jobs China Qingyang 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 introductory unit outlines the objectives of the course (i.e. to teach methodologies and study ideas related to the teaching of business English) and the contents of each unit. It then outlined a number of acronyms that are commonly used in business English and teaching in general (for example, DipBPE stands for Diploma in Business and Professional English Language Teaching). The unit highlighted the fact that English is the global language of business and trade, which means that many staff...  [Read more]

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  Strictly speaking the answer is no, you do not have to possess a TEFL certificate in order to find work as an English language teacher. In some countries around the world it is still possible to secure employment simply by being a native English speaker. However, there are several reasons why we would strongly recommend that you complete a TEFL training course before you set off to teach English abroad. In recent years many popular destinations for EFL teachers have begun to tighten the requirements necessary for teaching English in schools and language centers. A recognized TEFL certificate is now required in order to secure a work permit in many countries, whilst the ever growing number of teachers with a TEFL qualification means that employers in the majority of countries...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Mogadishu 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.R. - Korea said: This unit presented the importance of lesson planning for teachers. I learned that planning a lesson ahead of the class allows the teacher to have an aid for keeping track of timing, a working document to refer to during the class and a general record of what was taught to students and when. The unit presented the basic principles of lessons which includes but is not limited to: keeping the planing simple and flexible, writing anticipated time for each proposed activity, and maintaining similar...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Certification Austin 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 effective in illustrating the importance of receptive skills in particular that of reading and listening. A good outline of the considerations a teacher would need in preparing lessons and during the teaching phase were provided. In particular the ESA outline was helpful and i will likely be able to refer back to this during my future time teaching.Unit 20 is the final unit of the course and discusses Troubleshooting, common problem situations, first lessons,...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Certification Algeria Bab Ezzouar 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 discussed the productive skills of speaking and writing. Two aspects of speaking skills are accuracy and fluency, both of which should be addressed in lessons. Accuracy is generally addressed with controlled and guided activities, while fluency is generally addressed with creative speaking activities. Suggestions for techniques to encourage students to speak were presented, along with the outline of an example Engage-Study-Activate (ESA) lesson plan for creative speaking,...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Certification Pakistan Hafizabad 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 teaching special groups. Special groups include beginners, private lessons, multilingual groups, children and business English. The unit then briefly touches on the appropriate techniques for teaching each of the groups along with possible problems that would arise. While each of the groups require specific modifications to lessons, material and topics, the groups for the most part can cover the same material/ topic. However, while business groups might need to...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Tilton New Hampshire 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 9 discussed what I feel to be an important aspect to teaching: lesson planning. I was particularly excited for learning about lesson planning: the do's and don'ts, how to create one, and what should be included. I greatly appreciated the sample outline of the lesson plan, as it showed me the basics of how a lesson plan should look. And I especially appreciated the blank outline, I will definitely be printing them out to aid in my lesson planning. Although I do feel that the reading material...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Weare New Hampshire 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 section, I learned about receptive skills which are reading and listening. I learned the outline of a typical receptive skills outline in patchwork. The unit covered topics that you use while teaching a class. I learned that it's important to choose a topic not only from your interest but from other students interest because it is the students who are learning. This will allow full participation in a class setting. I learned that it's important to create interest in the class room and make...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Certification Bnei Brak Israel 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 went over lesson planning. A few reasons were given to create lessons, such as to act as an outline, to keep track of goals, and to keep a record and act as an outline for substitute teachers. Some lesson plans were shown as examples. ESA methodology is once again discussed in this unit, showing examples of how to use the engage, study, and activate phases to carry out the lesson plan.This final unit discussed how to solve a few common issues when teaching English. This chapter...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jobs Kwekwe Zimbabwe 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: While a short unit, the concepts taught are definitely more difficult. I remember being taught in high school to rarely use passive voice when writing. There are definitely times to use it, but too much passive voice makes for dull reading. Teaching phrasal verbs to speakers of a foreign language seems like it will be tricky. Because a lot of phrasal verbs are slang and do not directly translate, they could cause non-native speakers issues.I found this unit 1 introduction a bit too basic. I liked...  [Read more]