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Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Certification Italy Florence 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: Connecting the first language of a student to the new language is as much training their brain to think in a new pattern as being patient with the student himself. The techniques listed help provide avenues to teach as well as involve the student -- understanding the different stages of the brain's acquisition of new material is helpful. I've learned when to correct the student versus when to allow them to work it out as they acquire the new material. I can remember how difficult it was to...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Certification Florence Italy 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 shows different activities used in class by the teacher to make the students participate .The teacher can use different techniques and activities that can be used by new bigginers learners.Business learners and young learners are usually helped by this techniques.The teacher can engage the students in talking and different presentation,so that he will know if they understand the topic.This unit is a brief overview of the problems that EFL teachers may face, and some tips on how...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jobs Florence Italy 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 feel that this chapter the phonetic script and translating that was something that was very difficult to comprehend and to put it into practice. for me, i found it difficult to decipher what it meant as my translating was sometimes wrong and i would guess what the word is based on the sound. but this might be difficult for new learners of english who have a smaller vocabulary bank, thus i think this chapter would definitely require more time spent on over a few days to ensure proper...  [Read more]

  In this TEFL review video, 120-hour online TEFL course graduate Corrin shows us round parts of Florence, Italy where she works as an English teacher and gives us a glimpse inside one of her classes. Corrin took the course with tutor support which she found really helpful and would recommend the course for those looking to teach English as a foreign language. 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. The unit went over the basic parts of speech that are...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Huntington 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: I think the horseshoe seating arrangement is the best setting. I have experienced it when I took many language courses as an adult. It is quite intimate and everyone is involved. Groups at tables is my least favorite - I do not like working in pairs so much - makes me uncomfortable but classes do become interesting even though it is long waiting for your turn to speak. I do like the way you focus on how the teacher should not shout. this also goes for parenting the more you shout the less children...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Florence 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: In teaching pronunciation and phonology it is always important for the teacher to be a model and should always provide a concise example as well as helping the students learn how every word in pronounced by using helpful methodologies such as visual aids, or by performing how a word is pronounced in a form of showing the student how the mouth should be. Furthermore, with the use of exercises such as drill can help students be familiarize on how every word should sound. Stress and intonation are also...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Lilydale 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: From this unit I have learned about receptive learning skills, which are reading and listening and productive skills which are writing and speaking. All four are equally important and should be treated as such when teaching English. I also learned about how to select material for the class depending on the intent of the lesson and skills you are trying to develop for the students. Examples of writing to use are directions to a place, a sports news article, a novel and a horoscope section of a...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Pinson Alabama 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 very interesting unit that made me aware on just how much goes undetected to the native English speaker when speaking English. Learning where to stress words/syllables and using intonation can get a bit tricky to consciously explain because of how unaware we are as English speakers but it is so important to provide context of words relating back to the previous unit on how important it is for students to practice speaking English properly. It was also very interesting learning about the...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Cornish Utah 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 last unit provides some helpful tips to troubleshoot some common problems when teaching English. Some first lesson teacher problems can include working with a completely new group where rapport first needs to be established vs. existing groups. There are activities that can take place before beginning a lesson or using the course book to establish rapport amongst teacher and students, such as tongue twisters, hang man, dictionary and memory games. In English classes, teachers may encounter varied...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Wilkesboro 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: Unit 16 explains about the concept of conditional statements and reported or indirect speech. There are 5 kinds of conditional sentences that can be used to describe the possibility or impossibility of things happening. They are zero, first, second, third and mixed conditionals. ?If the air is polluted, people get sick inhaling it? is an example of zero conditional statement; it describes situations that are real or factual. ?If I had been alive during World War II, I would have saved my...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Egan South 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: The diversity between the two lessons is clear. The first one is really boring! the teacher doesn't break the initial ice engaging the students, but he scoragge them saying that modal verbs are really easy. In addition the teacher doesn't use prompts or pictures, he doesn't mime or write on the board the name of the animals used for the study phase. His language and voice are not clear and he never smiles or praises his students. He read a book instead of checking at their students during the...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Lone Tree Colorado 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 focused on the different types of students that a teacher may come across, and how to best facilitate their individual and particular needs. When working with business professionals, it is very important to have a full understanding of the type of job they have, how often they have to use English and what they have to use English for. Children can be more difficult to manage, so it is important that the lessons feature a more entertaining form. Children also have short attention spans, and...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL San Luis Obispo 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 2 was an over view of grammar. More specifically, it was an overview of the parts of speech that make up every part of a sentence such as nouns, adjectives, verbs, pronouns prepositions, infinitives, gerunds and others. With each part of speech, we dived into what the function and/or rules are for that part. For example, the main types of prepositions are those that fall under the categories of time/date (at, on, by, before etc), place/position (in, at, on, under etc), movement (from,...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Certification Beersheba 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 talked about issues a teacher might encounter when teaching English to non native speaking students. As stated in previous unit reflections, I think that it is always useful to talk about situations that might occur in an everyday classroom setting. Thinking about possible future difficulties allows us to prepare thought out solutions which takes stress off of the teacher and students.In This unit I have learnt about many different aspects of classroom management. Topics which...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jobs Israel Beersheba 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 actually easier for me to go through than the previous tense unit. I was showed that a lot of the tenses were instinctive to me. However it also showed that I second guess myself a lot in the check your knowledge section, especially when it came to the irregular verbs. For all but one (be) I was sure of the past participle form, but I started second guessing myself that they couldn't be the same as the past simple form. For \"be\" however I just forgot those forms. I use them so...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Florence 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: This final unit deals with Common problem situations. In it was discussed how to begin a first lesson. That experienced teachers don't usually start the fist lesson with book work, but instead with warmers, ways to get to know each other, and fun ways to evaluate students needs and abilities. Specific warmer ideas were shared like: hangman, Pictionary, tong twisters, and memory games. Tips were also given on how to work in large classes and in classes where students of different levels are mixed...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Brewster Kansas 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 course books, and added materials that the teacher can bring into the classroom, the unit illustrates that though there are advantages and some disadvantages (relevance to the students)to following a course book, their are also added benefits of authentic and created materials. Authentic materials are relevant to the actual everyday life of the taught language, and created materials are interesting as they can be over and above what is offered in the course book, therefore provide...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Lake 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: The topics of Unit 19 are about teaching different class sizes and attending to different learning needs ranging from absolute beginner to English for specific purposes, such as Business English. Numerous activities for homework and classroom, and class set ups for one-on-one to big classes are suggested in this unit. For instance, to cater to young learners, varied activities given in short periods of time should be the lesson structure for they have short attention spans. For professional students,...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Dundalk Maryland 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 is about teaching productive skills; speaking and writing. Both these skills are used for the purpose of communication, although they may be substantially different. There is equal importance of accuracy and fluency in speaking skills. Creative Communication, Controlled Activity and Guided Activity make up the three basic types of speaking activity. How to encourage students to speak and interactive techniques were given in detail. Guidelines and a typical creative speaking lesson were...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Arland 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 14 was about using course books, authentic materials and created materials. All of them are very helpful in the class and should be used accordingly. Course books are great because the content was carefull tried and tested on many groups of students. The books' content is methodological and well organised. However they are very stiff due to teachers should be more felxible and create some materials that would be more suitable for the students and their levels. Another great idea to use in the...  [Read more]