Tefl Specialist Courses

TESOL stands for Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages. Other acronyms are often used within the English teaching world, such as TEFL (Teaching English as a Foreign Language), TESL (Teaching English as a Second Language), and ELT (English Language Teaching). However, in terms of teaching English abroad, they are often used interchangeably. Many of the most popular countries for teaching English abroad require teachers to hold a TESOL certification in order to obtain a work visa or work permit. The recognized worldwide standard qualification for teaching English to non-native speakers is known as either a TEFL or TESOL certificate. Providing you are willing to learn and are over the age of 18 years, you are eligible to take one of our courses. All our introductory level courses...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Certification Bytom Poland 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 11 reflects on the reasons why we read and listen and on the various types of reading and listening skills employed depending on the specific information we wish to obtain. It also emphasizes the need to pre-teach vocabulary and grammar and to select topics relevant to the students so as to generate interest and participation in the lesson. Again, very useful information!unit 1 is talking the course introduction about the Business English course. in total, there are 5 more units. To...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Pennsboro 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 looks at teaching of the two receptive skills, reading and listening, which are both equally important for students learning English. It covers the different purposes for which we read, or listen to, information, and explains the differences in how we read and listen. I found the information on these specialist skills interesting, as it made me think about the purpose behind obtaining information, and the processes in which we obtain it. Looking at these specialist skills has also...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jobs Mexico monterrey 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: There are four basic skills in learning foreign language. It is divided into receptive skills and productive skills. Receptive skills are reading and listening while productive skills are writing and speaking. I love to read and the two main reasons I read are for a specific purpose and for pleasurable entertainment. It is also the same for listening, we listen for a purpose and for entertainment. We have many skills honed over time in reading and listening and they were called specialist skills....  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jobs Japan Saga 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 11 covered the teaching of receptive skills. Receptive skills are reading and listening. While productive skills are speaking and writing. The unit covered the specialist skills that readers and listeners use when reading or listening and in turn how much they will understand depends on their expertise in these areas. The specialist skills were; predictive skills, specific information (scanning), general idea (skimming), detailed information and deduction from context. Another focal point of...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jobs Poland Krakow 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 does a decent job on having participants focus on the receptive skills- listening and reading. The unit introduces the why and how of these receptive skills, as well as the specialist skills which which we all employ when reading or listening- yet as inexperienced teachers, sometimes forget to provide our students with the chance to practice this specialist skills in the target language (English). It also introduces common problems faced when teaching receptive skills, and...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Sparta 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: Receptive skills are those skills in which we receive language, they are reading and listening. Unit 11 introduces the theories and methods of teaching receptive skills; briefly states a number of specialist skills required in reading and listening; and the strategies of solving the potential problems when teaching and learning receptive skills. Unit 11 divides the reasons and motives for reading and listening into two categories: for purpose and entertainment. What I found the most useful is that Unit...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about Lessons Courses 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: K. D. – U.S.A. said: I also learned to do things completely new- I had no idea how to write a lesson plan. I was freaking out a little bit to my mother (an education specialist) about not even knowing how to write a lesson plan. Trust me taking this class was much simpler and less frustrating, when things like that are explained by a third party. I plan to put all of this into action shortly (cross my fingers I get a chinese visa). I want to take all the activities and lessons I’ve learned here and put...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL The Blades 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: In this unit we covered the specialist skills used when reading and listening and the problems that may arise from teaching receptive skills. I've learnt useful ways of approaching lessons where the students need to use their receptive skills in order to engage students and to ensure that students are able to comprehend the material used. Furthermore, I've looked at a lesson plan which could be useful for approaching the different stages of my lesson plan and which showed me effective ways of...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Lena 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: In unit 11, I learnt about the reasons for reading and listening and also the different specialist skills needed for reading and listening successfully. Such as predictive skills, specific information ? scanning, general idea ? skimming, detailed information and deduction from context. Again, the important of choice topic from teacher. We know that the choice of topic is very important because it would be counter-productive to teach a topic that the students are not interested in or consider a boring...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Wagarville 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: Unit 7, teaching receptive, skills taught me what purposes could be used when we read or listen. There could be variety of reasons for reading and listening. Reading and writing could be for a specific purpose or could be also for entertainment. When we read, or listen, we might use different specialist skills. Skills such as predictive, skimming, or deduction from the context. Also, I learned about the basic keys to successful receptive skills are as follow: incorporating activate phases that...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Grand Ledge 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: Two very important skills we as teachers should try to incorporate in our lessons are reading and listening skills. Reading and listening do not only appeal to the senses but also involves a number of specialist skills like skimming the material for the general idea, predicting content from a headline or reading between the lines to deduce meaning. Students encounter numerous problems with receptive skills mainly in language. These problems could be avoided by techniques such as choosing...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Chesapeake Ranch Estates 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 11 taught me about receptive skills. There are 4 basic skill, however this unit was focused on reading and listening. All receptive skills are equally important. The motives for reading and listening skills are for purposes and entertainment. In regards to the specialist skill, depends what I'm working on I use predictive, scanning, skimming, detailed and deduction of the text. In regards to the teaching portion, choosing the right topics to help motivate student by building...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Certification Uzbekistan Andijan 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 explores the two receptive skills: reading and listening. These receptive skills are equally important to one another because reading and listening uses the mind to help process and understand words. In this unit, I learned about the different types of specialist skills that readers and listeners use to understand the context, from scanning to detailed information. Knowing these skills is helpful to a teacher because it provides the teacher the different skills that students...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Certification Greece Kallithea 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 is about teaching receptive skills that is reading and listening.In this unit i learnt reasons and motives for teaching reading and listening can be for purpose or for entertainment.Further readers and listeners use different employ different specialist skills when reading or listening but their understanding of the context will depend on : predictive skills, specific information-scanning,general ideas-skimming,detailed information, and deduction from context.Also I understood...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Brook Park Ohio 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 11 introduces the four basic skills in any language, which are reading and listening, and speaking and writing. In particular, Unit 11 covers the receptive skills rather than the productive skills. The important questions associated with the receptive skills are why do we listen and read, and how do we listen and read. I remember learning about the \"how\" in my methods classes, the specialist skills being predictive, specific, general, detailed and deductive. I enjoyed the portion of video where...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Certification Donetsk Ukraine 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 two receptive skills are reading and listening both are same important. the different specialist skills needed for reading and listening succefully are: predictive skills, scanning skills, skimming skills, detailed information and deduction from context. well for me i prefer detailed information. scanning and skimming also useful sometimes for a quick reading .The lesson on tenses seems easy but actually it is not. Complications arise when describing actions or situations in...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Farragut Tennessee 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 introduced the four basic language skills, namely receptive skills which include reading and listening and productive skills which include speaking and writing. however, the unit focused on Receptive skills only. A number of specialist skills people employ when reading and writing were discussed, some of which are predictive skills, skimming and deduction of context. The unit went further on and discussed some of the problems that come with listening and reading ans suggested a number of...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Shelton Washington 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: Receptive skills are reading and listening. We do them either for a purpose or for entertainment. However, sometimes we will have reasons that will include both. When we read or listen, we can employ certain specialist skills to gather and understand the information such as predictive skills, scanning, skimming, detailed information, deduction from context. Also, as a teacher, it?s important to choose appropriate topics for the students. It must be a topic that isn?t too easy but isn?t too...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Highlands 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: said: This unit provides an overview of the course and topics of study for each of the six units. The unit also provides general terminology and acronyms commonly used in the world of teaching English. I've learned that one does not need to be a specialist in a certain type of business in order to teach business English. Most students want to learn English related to business interaction, such as making arrangements and writing letters. Business English will likely cover language that is more formal...  [Read more]