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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]

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Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Romulus 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: This unit covered three topics. The first topic is modal auxiliary verbs which, when used in various sentences, convey different meanings depending on the modal auxiliary verb chosen. The difference in the meaning is in the formality, or politeness, of the intended message. They are also used for expressing certainty. The second topic is the use of passive voice and the different forms it can take. Lastly, there is the phrasal verbs - which as of this moment is causing me some confusions. Overall,...  [Read more]

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