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TEFL Lemon began in 2014 as an ESL blog on the WeChat platform in China, quickly becoming the biggest ESL blog on WeChat. TEFL Lemon provided English teachers with ELT articles to read and share, as well as free ESL lesson ideas, ESL games and fun speaking activities which TEFL teachers could use in their classes. English teachers in China could also download free ESL flashcards on a variety of themes. Following their success on the WeChat platform, in 2018, TEFL Lemon decided to build their own website to offer their ESL Flashcard Games for Kids, ESL Warmers, ESL games and speaking activities for teens and adults for free to TEFL teachers around the world. You can visit their website here. Not only do TEFL Lemon offer teachers brilliant ESL games and teaching ideas, but they also have...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jobs Missouri St Louis 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: For inexperienced teaches it is very helpful to plan lessons, because it helps to think over the teacher's and pupils' activities. A lesson plan should include date and time, class level and number of students, language point, teaching aids, learning objectives, personal aims, anticipated problems for students and for teacher and their solutions, procedure, phase, timing and interaction. All this helps the teacher to have the clear understanding how the lesson should be conducted, and in case of...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jobs Tokat Turkey 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 20 helped me to clarify common problems in the classroom that I may find, as well as, suggested solutions to the difficulties. I naturally would evaluate each of my students before the class started and determined how I should deal with each one of them. This unit brought up the possible problems that a teacher may find in a class situation and the possible solution for those problems. It will help me to have a better view of the class management.Speaking and writing are the productive skills....  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Agra 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: O.T. - China said: While I dont have much experience of teaching a class of english students as of now, I plan to in the near future and I must expect to run into problems when I start. This unit has taught me various solutions to some of the expected problems in starting out teaching my first class. One example of a problem I am most likely to encounter would be that a student would be unwilling to participate in the class. It is important that I notice this early on and try and involve them in the lesson but I must...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jobs Jersey City 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: Unit 20 was very helpful by giving solutions to potential problems teachers may face. Some tips that I thought were insightful were not using the text book the first day, use warmer exercises in order to get the class excited about learning, and use role play to get reluctant students involved. Also, some students with different levels of english may present a problem, but the solution of pairing them with different levels is very effective.The unit is about past tense and the...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jobs Imabari Japan 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 really nice unit because it gave me the majority of the common uses for the various present tense verbs we have in English. The biggest reason I appreciated this particular unit is because in some languages these tenses don't exist.For example, in German the present continuous tense doesn't exist and in Portuguese the present perfect tense doesn't exist so this gave me a lot of the information I needed to give simple easy to understand explanations of when and how to use these verbs.Unit...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jobs Canada Thunder Bay 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 20 discusses common problems found in the EFL classroom and solutions to said problems. First lessons can be difficult. There are two types of first lesson situations 1) new group, where the students are unfamiliar with each other and have no experience with EFL 2)existing group, where the students are familiar with each other and have some experience with EFL. In either case it is important to learn about the students and their needs and to build a report not jump right into a lesson....  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Courses Preston 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: I.N. – New Zealand said: In this unit I have learned that the importance of writing a lesson plan is to have a future record of the lessons and worksheets, a plan that you can refer to while giving a class, as well as to plan a more organized lesson. In doing so the teacher can look at each activity and see how much time it will take to go through, anticipate any difficulties and work through their solutions, as well as viewing each phase of the lesson. I have also learned that it is a good idea to break...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jobs Chifeng 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: This section discussed how to prepare before potential problems or issues in class by learning to understand the students and the environment better before actually beginning a lesson. In this lesson, I enjoyed learning about the warmers for building rapport with and existing group because the games sound like fun, ice-breaking activities that are structured to be educational as well. I have learned so much about understanding students' needs in these sections, as well as maximizing student...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Guarulhos 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: E.S. - Thailand said: In Unit 20, I learned many methods for troubleshooting, whether it is for a large class, or a small class, a new class or not, there are solutions for each of these challenges. I liked the Warmer section, playing hangman, the memory game, or pictionary, I found this to be very useful. Sometimes we will have new students come in through out the month, as former students leave. I always struggled with this. I will use these Warmer techniques to help integrate my new student into the class. I...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL West Bend 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 20 outlined potential problems that may arise from various classroom situations. This included, first lesson, native language use, reluctant students and other common occurrences in an EFL classroom. The unit defined potential problems and then offer some possible solutions. For example, in a first lesson a rapport building game such as 'pass the ball' can help to build relationships that will help classroom dynamics and future learning. This unit has provide clear and practical solutions to...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jobs Brazil novo hamburgo 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 elucidated on trouble shooting and some difficult issues faced by Esl teachers in the classroom and suggested solutions to these problems.The first class or lesson could be a problem as the teacher will have to establish rapport with students and set the tone for the rest of the course.Issues could emerge either by the fact that,the teacher is teaching a new group or an existing group.Warmers are a very good way to begin lessons as create a comfortable and enjoyable environment...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jobs India Rewa 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 teaching receptive skills which include reading and listening. We learned that some may think we read and listen with ours eyes and ears, when infact its with our mind. The mind uses the knowledge that pre-exists in our brains to help with understanding. There are numerous techniques that we use to read and listen. These techniques range from scanning to skimming, and so on. At times there are problems with listening and reading that students may come across. For every problem...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Godfrey 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 unit covered 'troubleshooting'. It was a short unit which gave solutions to potential situations or problems. For example it gave advice for conducting a first lesson and divided this into two situations; firstly where the students don't know eachother; and secondly an already existing group. Each of these situations can have positives and negatives and it was useful to have ideas for establishing rapport and finding out about the students. I liked the idea of the board game 'tell us about'...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Mineral Point 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: The last unit explores the common problem situations that a teacher may encounter and the solutions to resolve these problems. In a first lesson, a teacher needs to use activities to establish rapport between the students, to get to know students, and to know their English levels. Warmers are fun activities to inspire and motivate students in the beginning of the class. The issues like use native language, a large class, difficulties with listening text, and different levels, are also...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL East Conemaugh Pennsylvania 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 last unit of this online TEFL course was brief and covered the topic of troubleshooting. Possible solutions to common problems that can or will arise in an ESL classroom were discussed. The section on different levels I found to be particularly important as I encountered that problem when I was a student in foreign language classes. It seemed like I always finished the work material before other students in my class and because of this my teachers would either pair me up with a less...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Certification Sete Lagoas Brazil 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 Seventeen explained different tools a teacher can use in the classroom.These tools include overhead projectors, CDs/DVDs, computers, coursebooks, cassette recorders (would it be appropriate to use my iPhone for this?), video cameras, whiteboards and more. As a visual learner, I understand the necessity for visual aids. This chapter has opened up a whole new world of alternative visual aids that I had never considered before.This Unit deals with common problems an EFL teacher may...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Certification Dongtai 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: This learning unit discusses common problem situations that may arise in the classroom and also give solutions for the problems. I have learned that with first lessons the main goal should be to establish report. Different techniques for establishing report are explained. This unit also give you ideas and solutions with problem that may arise with large classes, reluctant students and different language levels in one class.This unit seems to be a general review of several previous units...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Rapids City 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 unit presented a variety of different problems that teachers are likely to confront as well as some solutions to those problems. Significant attention was given to the importance of attending to student affect, both by establishing rapport when you first meet a class of students and by using warm-ups to engage students interest and heighten motivation. The challenge of teaching mixed level groups was also addressed. Solutions included splitting the class into ability based groups, pairing...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jobs Umea Sweden 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 covered solutions to potential problems that arise in the ESL classroom. I feel that I learned the most from the section on reluctant students. The solutions presented were using pair work, controlled practice, role-play, and a tape recorder. I feel that all of these methods can be used in conjunction. For example, if controlled practice is used toward the end of the study phase, it could lead to a more successful role-play in the activate phase.There are two motives for reading and...  [Read more]