Tefl Practice

  http://www.tesolcourse.com Once a trainee has completed the 120 hour online course we recommend for the sake of continuity that they attend one of our international training centers to complete their teaching practice within six months of completing the online component. The teaching practice gives trainees the opportunity to gain practical classroom experience teaching English to local students in a supervised environment. Our qualified and experienced trainers provide trainees with assistance in planning lessons and they observe all lessons taught and provide constructive feedback after each lesson. To find out more about our TEFL/TESOL combined courses and the teaching practice visit our web site or follow the above link. Are you ready to live and teach abroad? Click here...  [Read more]

These terms are used to define two separate types of exercises and activities that are used in the English language classroom. Controlled practice is used to describe exercises that are designed to re-enforce a specific language point and require a particular answer such as crossword puzzles, word searches and gap-fill worksheets. In contrast, free practice is used to describe activities that are designed to allow the students to practice the language point in an unrestricted manner, usually including the use of previously learnt language. Examples of free practice activities include class debates, role plays and class surveys. Controlled practice exercises are an integral part of the lesson as they strengthen the student’s knowledge of each individual language point. Free practice...  [Read more]

  This video is part of our video series on "Evaluation and Testing of Students". In this video, we look at practice and external proficiency tests. Practice tests are usually used for revision purpose before internal and external exams to prepare the students. There are three types of external proficiency tests that English learners can take. Find out which ones in this video. 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. This was very technical unit. So...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Courses Kano 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.B. – U.S.A. said: This unit was about the productive language skills of speaking and listening. It covered each skill separately. In speaking, the unit went over the two main purposes for communicating--when there is a desire or need to do so. The unit also gave typical reasons why students may be reluctant or hesitant to speak and what teachers can do to motivate students to speak and participate. The unit also looked at the differences between accuracy focused and fluency focused activities and how...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Hitchcock Oklahoma 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: Conditionals and reported speech are regarded as the one of the most difficult parts for the English learners, since it is related to the tense changing. Students should master the tense before they start to learn the conditionals and reported speech, or they will be more confusing and lose their direction. In teachers' part, we can use different methods to guide them to learn it in a proper way and practice it in an effective way, for example,we can use role play to practice the reported speech and...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Certification India Habra 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 provides us with several teaching methodologies, some of which are already outdated and many of which are still widely practiced. The approach espoused in this unit is the Engage-Study-Activate (ESA) approach. This involves getting the students interested at the beginning of the lesson, and then studying the concepts that will be introduced and discussed during the lesson itself. Finally, students are given a chance to practice what they learn through different activities. I believe...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Certification India Ongole 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 teaching productive skills, which is to say speaking and writing. With speaking, it is important to practice both accuracy and fluency. Usually, accuracy is practiced in the 'study' phase of an ESA lesson, while fluency would be practiced in the activate phase where students are being more creative and experimental with their language. For teaching writing, it is important to proper spelling, which in English regularly does not line up phonetically with the spoken...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jobs South Korea Andong 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 the productive skills were focused on. Games were given and that was helpful. Speaking was explained in terms of preparing the situation and how to get students interacting and participating, steps like group work or enough guided practice. Also an outline of how to use accuracy and fluency speaking activities and when and how to give feedback. Writing was explained using its constituent parts like spelling, and ideas of an ESA lesson were given. Writing is also important to...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jobs Dakar Senegal 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: Productive skills which are speaking and writing need to be practice with both guideline and flexibility. Through guided lessons students would be able to practice simple productive skills which will apply to creative productive skills in the near future. In my opinion, guided instructions are better to for entry-level students and creative practices would for suitable for higher level students who have enough language accuracy which needs more fluency exercisesThis unit is very Engaging! I enjoyed...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Armstrong Iowa 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 had very insightful information for managing a class and troubleshooting problems. Though short and concise, I deem all the information relevant, and personally look forward to putting it all to practice. I always say that I don't like teaching English based on my previous experiences with students lacking interest and being very rude, but having completed all the units, I can see I didn't like teaching English because I didn't know the best practices for teaching it and troubleshooting...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jobs Salzburg Austria 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 learned about the various forms of evaluations and testing available to teachers. The purpose of placement/diagnostic tests is to gauge a student's proficiency in English; from here teachers can determine which level or course is suitable. Aside from practice tests prior to official exams offered by Cambridge, there are also IELTS or TOEIC which deal with english proficiency for study and the work place respectively. Also noteworthy is the use of peer evaluations which allow...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL West Turin 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 10 deals with the dos and don'ts of a teacher's classroom practice. It uses two videos of the same teacher and students, with the first highlighting the teacher's many incorrect and unhelpful practices and the second showing how the same lesson can be 'turned around' with the teacher adopting good classroom technique. While the teaching howlers of the first lesson are necessarily exaggerated, they do serve, by comparison with the better techniques and interaction of the second lesson, to...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Heritage Village Delaware 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 addressed the two productive skills, speaking and writing. The unit outlined activities to practice these two skills; the activities are separated into two categories: accuracy activities and fluency activities. Accuracy activities are used in the study phase and they are more controlled by the teacher. Fluency activities have more student control and are done in the activate phase. This unit gave many examples of games and activities to do in the classroom. I think its important...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Timonium 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: As a science educator I do not have much practice in phonology so this unit was insightful. The difference between phonology and intonation provides structure in implementing these practices into the classroom (as I never even considering intonation as something that needs to be taught). The lesson defines intonation is the variation in volume and pitch in a whole sentence. Intonation thus carries the message in a sentence and becomes important when questioning, agree or disagreeing. These sublets in...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jobs Algeria Jijel 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 lesson/unit is really important, because it teaches us about the daily life of a teacher. I could learn about many specificities that happen in my daily routine. The unit could give me many instructions and ideas about how I can use eye contact, gestures and my voice in more effective ways, in order to get more attention from my students and, consequently, helping me more to improve my teaching skills, the quality of my classes and activities: even the rapport with my students will be...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Sea Bright New Jersey 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 grammar unit focuses on conditionals and reported speech. It provides helpful examples of the most common use of conditionals including zero conditions, first, second, third, and mixed conditional forms. As per previous units, the author included common mistakes that students are likely to make while studying conditionals. Knowing about typical errors and keeping them in mind when lesson planning will help the teacher remain focused on culling bad habits that may form. Playing fun games or...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Certification Greece Piraeus 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 provides a survey of different techniques and methodologies of teaching. It illustrates that the ESA methos is the best method for new teachers because it incorporates the most effective technquies of a range of methods. ESA means Engage, Study, Activate. First the teacher engages the class, allowing them to warm up and practice their English language skills. The study phase concentrates on correct language use and learning. The activate allows students to pratcice the skills...  [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 Qatar Doha 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: Some textbook materials provide decent progress tests at the end of each chapter. However, one problem I faced is that most textbook curriculums don't really have placement tests (at least I haven't come across one yet), and whenever there'd be a new student, I used a general placement test, in conjunction with an oral test, to 'manually' determine which group the student should belong to. As for external exams, many young people who have plans to work or study in an English speaking country...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Macclesfield 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 iterated the practice of maintaining student discipline whilst creating an effective classroom environment beneficial to learning. Reviewing the content has made me realise how these practices have been incorporated into my education for as long as I can remember; as a current full-time student, I can see how this is integrated with my daily classroom life and also how I was taught throughout high school: for example, horseshoe arrangements for seminars and rows for lectures. It...  [Read more]