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Check out tefl tesol about Exam TESOL 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: J.S. – U.S.A. said: I have gained a lot from this course. Before I began this course I had absolutely no idea or direction of how to begin to teach a class full of students. I believe that it is an honor to be able to teach children or adults, but it is necessary to have the skills and tools to be able to do this. By completing this course I now feel equipped and confident to begin teaching. I believe I will learn best by teaching, but this class gave me a giant head start and a basis of what is important to teach...  [Read more]

  This video is part of our video series on "Evaluation and Testing of Students". In this video, we look at some of the most common general English exams students of English take around the world. EFL teachers often hold classes to prepare the students for these international proficiency exams. 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 structured design means that you can quickly get to grips with each section before moving onto the next. What i can understand from this unit is that the roles of both, the teacher and the student, are equally important.I...  [Read more]

  This video is part of our video series on "Evaluation and Testing of Students". In this video, we look at some of the most common business English exams people take around the world. Many EFL teachers around the world need to prepare their students for these international proficiency tests. 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 structured design means that you can quickly get to grips with each section before moving onto the next. Looks like this is the first time when the program has brought something that we've looked at before to use in the test....  [Read more]

  This video is part of our video series on "Evaluation and Testing of Students". In this video, we look at the most common academic English exams learners of English take around the world. It is important for EFL teachers to know these different types of proficiency test as they will most likely come across them during their teaching career. 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 structured design means that you can quickly get to grips with each section before moving onto the next. Unit is great. Lots of useful information on what type of materials...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Kentwood 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: Before I read this section, I always thought evaluating students was to prepare them for an exam or for a college entrance exam. As a young student, I was constantly given exams to see if I would pass a certain required State test. I always hated that evaluation progress. It made me feel unintelligent. But after reading the whole section, it makes better sense in evaluating students as the course progress. These various exams or tests outlined in the section are necessary to see how your students...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Folkston Georgia 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 was happy to learn of many different kinds of exams given here. A few more examples, perhaps on how a diagnostic exam would differ from a placement exam would help greatly. I am surprised to see that my own personal observation that the TOEIC exam doesn't measure real English skill isn't just anecdotal. I have met many a high TOEIC scorer who could not string two words together in basic conversation. But I suppose that it's the result of an EFL education focused exclusively on passive, not...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL New Mexico 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: J.Z. – U.S.A. said: Tests and assessments are used for different purposes through out teaching. The most common tests are; Placement tests, designed to place new students into the correct class according to their ability. Progress tests - used to gauge what has been remember and what needs practice. Diagnostic tests - similar to placement but sometimes more extensive. Given at start of course to see what students already know. Practice tests - similar to external exams that they are preparing for. There are a...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Sagola Michigan 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: Assessing students using exams is the best way to determine the success of the class and the students. What exams are to be given depend upon what point in time the class is and the progress of the class. Normally a teacher will give a diagnostic exam at the start of the class to assess what the students already know. This will set a basis for the rest of the class. During the term the teacher normally gives practice tests and progress tests to determine what the students know and the success of the...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Dunn 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: Regardless of what educational system or environment the teacher is at he or she will have to evaluate or test their student for various reasons. Whether it is to know what level or course should the student be placed within or to see if he or she is retaining the information that is being taught. For example, some exams that take place within a school environment are the placement exams, progress test, diagnostic test or practice. It is vital that in all of these type of test the four skill, which...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jobs China Nanyang 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 how to evaluate students, the different reasons to evaluate students, and an introduction to external exams. A teacher can evaluate a student for a number of reasons. Some reasons for evaluating students include, to see what level they are currently at, to see what level knowledge they are retaining, to find out what the class's strengths and weaknesses are for future lesson plans, the school/center requires it, or to prepare a student/class for an external exam. These all...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Ahuimanu Hawaii 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 cover testing and evaluation. Students can be evaluated by tutorials, evaluation by the students and tests. The most common tests are placement tests, progress tests, diagnostic tests, practice tests and general external exams. I have taught TOEFL preparation classes for many years in China. I am most familiar with this exam and the difficulties that some students in China have preparing for this exam. Placement exams are required in the school that I am currently teaching and in all of the...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Aurora West Virginia 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 of students, mostly by testing them. Five different categories of tests were shown to us, from placement tests to proficiency tests. All throughout the years as students, we all had encountered many exams with different purposes, and this unit explained the details and the meanings of these exams with short summaries. I found the unit exam to be really hard, because many of the answers were not exactly or clearly mentioned in the worksheet or the videos, but rather...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Laurel Hill 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: This unit gives an overall crash-course on the different external exams that are given around the world. The example placement test is a great resource as an example for a placement test however, there are no answers and the way to grade it is up to the teacher. It's great to know the difference between the different tests that are given in the class. Diagnostic and placement exams are similar but the diagnostic exams tend to be more extensive. The practice exams follow the format of the...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Odessa Missouri 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 presented evaluation and testing in the classroom and in the real world. There are different types of tests used to gauge and evaluate the students language level at different points in time. Placements tests are used to place students in the correct level class, diagnostic exams are used to understand the knowledge of the students in a class, progress tests are used to evaluate what students are learning and areas they might need additional help, practice test are used to prepare for...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Volgograd 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: V.M. -Costa Rica said: Evaluation and Testing is done in a number of ways in order to evaluate students levels and progress. Tutorials can be done with students, either group or individually, discuss their work and progress. Evaluation by the Students helps to get their feedback. Doing a survey and discussing the results helps to better develop plans that match the students abilities and interests. There are several forms of tests: Progress tests; Achievement tests; Proficiency tests; and Placement tests....  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Tierra Del Mar 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: From this unit I have learned about various tests for English students. In a school setting there are four tests I may have experience with each having its own purpose. Diagnostic tests are given at the start of a course to see where students are. Progress tests are given throughout the semester to chart the students progress throughout the length of the course. Practice exams are given to provide students with practice for external exams. External exams are not typically given in schools, but...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Raymond 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: The unit tackles evaluating students by testing them via tutorials, evaluation and tests. Placement tests are designed for teachers to place students in the correct level of course. Progress test will test the students ability through their period in the class. This can be used periodically in class. Diagnostic tests are used like placement tests to target the future for the students and the class. Practice tests are structured for an external exam. The general external exams are TOEFL, IELTS, and TOEIC....  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Certification Portugal vila nova de gaia 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 looks at the different types of examinations and testing available for students and teachers. It highlights the benefits of progress tests for both the teacher and student to understand how they are performing with regards to what has been taught. It gives the teacher an understanding if there are things that they should revisit or if the work that they have been doing is too easy. It highlights the importance of knowing if your students will be doing an external exam...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Linzhou 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: S.S. - Italy said: Evaluation is a way to see student?s progress and how they are responding to the activities designed and planned for them. The results we get from evaluation will give us information about what points we need to reinforce, and what aspects of our teaching still need to be brushed up, or change. Therefore, evaluation will take us to assets students through all the process of learning. Besides them, by evaluating students, we can make a decision if a student certainly deserves to be passed to the...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Irrigon 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 discusses the three ways the English language can be accessed: tutorials, evaluations by students, and tests. Various tests include placement, diagnostic, progress, practice, or achievement/exams. The placement test is used by the teacher to get an understanding of the students previous knowledge and vocabulary/fluency level. This test is usually exam split into two sections: writing and speaking. Diagnostic tests are type of tests taken at the beginning of the course to get an understanding...  [Read more]