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Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jobs Almada Portugal 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 putting parts of sentences together will not be as easy when learning as a second language. There are many parts of sentences that i did not pay much mind to and now realize it is will be harder to teach to young learners. I have forgotten many things since grade school that I will have to better learn to be able to properly teach the English language. When talking in past tense or present tense, the structure of a sentence can greatly change in English.In this learning unit i have...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jobs Portugal Almada 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 10 looked at real life examples of two very contrasting lesson styles. After watching both videos it really became clear how the attitude of a teacher sets the atmosphere of the entire classroom, either negatively or positively. I noted the fact that the engage phase in lesson two was much more enjoyable and didn't place pressure on the students. The teacher in lesson two used great examples and gestures relevant to the students that elicited better responses rather than in lesson one. Never...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Certification Portugal Almada 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 gives a definition of a classroom management which is important to know for making a class able to learn effectively and inspiring confidence in the students. Classroom management is a skill of organising and managering the class, having a friendly, relaxed manner and maintaning discipline. Classroom arrangements is an important part of the classroom management, so teacher needs to know how to seat the students, how to write on the blackboard without loosing attention and...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Certification almada Portugal 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: Pronunciation is perhaps the most difficult skill to teach, and therefore it is often neglected. Students too find pronunciation difficult. Phonology, the study of the physical properties of sound, such as stress, intonation and rhythm, is used to help with pronunciation. Time spend with pronunciation helps the student learn how to accurately and clearly communicate in English.Teaching equipment, in this lesson it will help you to know what are the things that you are going to use in...  [Read more]

  Telmo lives in Portugal and has completed an online TEFL course with ITTT. In this TEFL review, Telmo tells us how he enjoyed his experience on the course and recommends taking the course with tutor support. ITTT offers a range of course to suit all needs so if you are looking at taking your first steps as an English teacher or wish to refresh your skills you are bound to find something to suit you with ITTT. 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. I...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Certification Braga Portugal 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 conditionals and reported speech. most of it was about the grammar related to conditionals. Conditionals are sentences that have \"if\" or \"when\" and the past, present or future tenses. There are Zero, First, Second, Third and Mixed conditionals. They all have their own formula. It also covered verb tenses, and how direct speech changes to reported speech.I have learnt there are many different ways to teach different kinds of students bases on age and culture. I have...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jobs Portugal Lisbon 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: How one motivates and inspires students to learn confidently and improve their English language skills, will draw from a very important strategy; classroom management. How the students are grouped, seating arrangements, finding the appropriate balance between Teacher Talk Time (TTT)and Student Talk Time (STT), understanding the right methods related to maintaining discipline, rapport building and boosting self confidence in the students; are all important factors of classroom management. It is...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Certification Porto Portugal 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: Since I was educated at an early age in Canada, I did not learn the phonetic system growing up. So I learned a lot from this chapter. I did find there was a lot of material in this chapter to process, more than the other chapters. And I know that I still need a lot of practice using the phonetic system and I think teaching the material in this chapter will be quite a challenge.Teaching students about first, second, third, and mixed conditionals can be tricky at first. It's important to...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Certification Portugal Porto 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 overview of basic sentence components and how they work together to give meaning. There were some basic points in this unit that I was aware of but never really understood, such as using much with uncountable nouns and many with countable nouns. As a native English speaker what I say comes naturally without much understanding of why. This unit was set out in a very clear and simple way which helped me understand my own English better. It was also very helpful to have a...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jobs Lisbon Portugal 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 sample lesson plan given on page 4 is very helpful in terms of what information to include and how to keep it flexible. I also found the Task 2 Materials helpful as they give concrete ideas about how to achieve learning goals in a specific way. In addition, the brief discussion on page 14 about the nuances between 'may' and 'might' was helpful, although I think the subtleties between them often pose problems for both native and non-native English speakers alike.Managing a classroom can lead...  [Read more]

  Cilene from Portugal has been an English teacher for 12 years teaching children, teenagers and adults. She took the 120-hour online TEFL course with tutor support and videos from ITTT and in this TEFL review video Cilene tells us how, despite her prior experience as a teacher, she was able to use the course to revise topics she already knew and also learn new things to enhance her classes. While taking the course she was working with a company teaching groups of students of different levels which allowed her to implement the things she was learning into her lessons. Are you ready to live and teach abroad? Click here and get started today: https://www.teflcourse.net/?cu=YTDESCRIPTION Below you can read feedback from an ITTT graduate regarding one section of their online TEFL...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Certification Portugal Coimbra 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 a bit confused by question 11 Which of the following statements best describes the teaching situation denoted by the acronym TEFL. Choices 3 & 4 seem to stand out and if I chose no.3. ''Teaching English to native speakers in a non-English speaking country''...does that mean native speakers of English or their own language in that particular non-English speaking country? No. 4 '' Teaching English to non-native speakers in a non-English speaking country''. Well, that would mean...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Certification funchal Portugal 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 is similar ti the Unit about Present Simple in its nature - the information is structured and organised in a way there can be the least questions possible. Common mistakes are reviews after each past tense paragraph, however I believe an experience in the classroom should be completely different and understanding of the topic by the learners should be analysed on spot.From this unit, I understood about the two kinds of receptive skills in detail. By accounting on how I...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Certification amadora Portugal 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 18 discusses Modals, Phrasal Verbs and Passive Voice. It teaches Grammar, Basic Rules (Obligation, Possibility and Probability, Permission and Prohibition, Ability/Advice), teaching ideas, Active/Passive voices, usage, relative clauses, and Intransitive and Transitive Separable and Inseparable Verbs. It also discusses what a good grammar reference book should have in it.In this unit I looked at the most common problem situation that a teacher can come across and to troubleshoot...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Certification coimbra Portugal 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 methods for teaching vocabulary, grammar, and language functions. I learned about what should be considered when choosing vocabulary to teach. I also reviewed ideas for teaching the new vocabulary and grammar. This unit also reinforced the previously taught ESA method of teaching and provided good examples of using ESA while teaching these parts of language.Having a phonetic script to practice sounds is harder than it looks. I don't think I would be able to teach this...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Certification Portugal Funchal 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, it is important to know which materials we are using in a classroom. There are two type of materials, in which are authentic materials and created materials. In authentic materials, we also commonly use books in the classroom. In using books, there are advantages and disadvantages. When we can't adapt to the materials the book provided, students sometimes can't find themselves to apply the targeted language in the books. However, when executed properly, students will...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jobs Amadora Portugal 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 was an informative overview about lesson planning. This unit was extremely helpful because it gave templates and outlines where one could practice actually writing out lesson plans. Also, it gave a detailed example of an actual lesson plan created about new grammar and animal vocabulary. This unit was unique and helpful because while theoretical lessons are necessary and needed, it was also useful to see a real life example to help me create my own lesson plans.Reading this unit, I found...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jobs Portugal Amadora 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: As an ESL teacher, I believe that assessing and testing students is somehow rewarding. Students' grades will always tell you how they are doing in their English classes. You will know if your performance is working out for you or not. When a student fails a test, there might be lots of reasons that might be out of your range of knowledge. When more than 5 or 6 students fail a test; that output tells you that your teaching is not being effective enough. Then that assessment process spins around...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Certification Portugal Lisbon 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 delt very well with the students productive output the section on writing made it very clear for the teacher that writing is not an easy task for students. The reasons for communication were clearly outlined and gave me a new insight into engaging the students and the teachers role and importance in creating a desire and a need in students so they want to communicate with you. The difference between accuracy and fluency were very clearly shown and the link between the two were...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Certification Lisbon Portugal 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 a lot in this lesson. Most of these grammar rules are typically forgotten. There are a lot of key differences between these phrases. Students need to learn the differences because the meaning of the phrases change. There could be lots of misunderstandings if used incorrectly. Also, there are specific rules that need to followed in order for a phrase to sounds correct.This lesson was the hardest for me of all the lessons. I do not believe I ever learned this in school. I found my...  [Read more]