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Check out tefl tesol about TESOL 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: M.V. - France said: Unit 10 has shown us two video lessons that show different interactions between the teacher and the students. In the first lecture, the lesson seems boring and dull. The students are lack of interest to the class material and information that the lecturer is giving out, the occurrence of this situation might due to the teacher is not passionate about the class and unable to adjust the method and stages of teaching according to the students? levels and abilities. However, in the second video,...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Ridgely 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: The breakdown of tenses is useful and important for the language learner. I feel that some of the activities mentioned in this unit for the \"activate\" portion of the lesson are more geared for adult learners or highschool students. Since I teach young children, I will try to modify them to fit the audience. Maybe a wider variety of suggested activities would be helpful. Tenses can be confusing and are not easily attained by the additional language learner. It does not come naturally to them as...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Watertown 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: Teachers shouldn?t solely rely on textbooks as the course material. Teachers can use authentic and created material to supplement the course textbooks. Authentic and created material make the lessons more interesting for the students and often more relevant. Authentic material such as menus, brochures, films, songs, etc. must be selected carefully and are great to use with all levels. Created materials can be graded to the level of the students. Course books are great but have their disadvantages....  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Finger 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: There are 3 ways to assess a student's language level. They are the tutorial, evaluation by the students and tests. Tutorial - to spend some lesson time reviewing to work done, discussing the aims of the lessons, how well the students performed the tasks, whether there are any problems etc. Evaluation by the students - students' comments, whether they feel that they are enough materials during the lesson; if the balance of skills works right; if they think the work is too easy, too difficult or just...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Guys 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 covers the different methodologies of teaching, as well as thoroughly going into the ESA method, which is the preferred method. It also discusses different examples of teaching activities, and about how to correct students' mistakes. It has been very interesting looking at these methods, both from my own limited experience of learning a language when I was at school, and from my teaching experience. It has also been extremely useful reading about different examples of activities at the engage,...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Smyrna 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: Unit 7 is about teaching new language. There are four things students should consider with new language learning; exposure, meaning, construction, and application. Teaching vocabulary, grammatical structures, and language functions are the main focus of this unit, along with the different ESA methods that can be used to organised the lessons. Straight arrow ESA approach is commonly used to target vocabulary and grammar lessons while boomerang or patchwork ESA approach is common with functions?based...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Harrogate 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: I am so confused. I will be reviewing this many times and seeking out other sources as well. Have you watched the video? I know I may appear to judge the teachers harshly, but I basically want to do cartwheels every time the younger one shows up onscreen. I learned NOTHING of use from the first one. His 'methods' for teaching modal auxiliary verbs to students seem laughable to me. There is no way they would be interested enough to retain the information. He also launches into semi modals without...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Lexington 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 I found fairly tricky. Reported speech isn't something we as native English speakers often think about. Just remembering how each tense should properly change can be difficult. The conditional clauses were fairly simple. Each condition implies either that something was impossible. Or could have been possible , had something else occured. As far as teaching methods are concerned, it's clear that these tenses are difficult for foreign learners. Hence why learning through hypothetical...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Morrison 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 was so far the most interesting and difficult unit I have studied. Intonation and stress have always been a difficult subject, not only in English but in the other languages that I have studied and even in my native tongue too. The place of articulations was a very scientific subject which was really interesting and useful while I tried to make better pronunciation of phonemic symbols. Visuals and examples were very clear. Learning the phonemic alphabet and trying to decipher the text...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Clarksville 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: In this unit I learned different activities that can be used for teaching language functions, vocabulary and grammar to ESL students such as asking students to describe their house during engage, giving them a crossword puzzle to learn the vocabulary terms for various rooms or pieces of furniture in a house during study, and then having them create a role-play about buying furniture for a new house during engage. I learned what factors make learning words easier or harder for students such as how...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Pulaski 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: In this unit, I have learnt if clause and reported speech. First, the conditionals include Zero Conditional, First Conditional, Second Conditional, Third Conditional and Mixed Conditional, among which Mixed Conditional are the most difficult one, because it has something to do with the previous conditionals and it is usually confusing for students. But this unit offers teaching ideas to this grammar, which is of great help. When it comes to reported speech, it is of great importance based on the...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Hartsville 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 gave a brief overview of two kinds of things involved in learning (and thus teaching) a new language, and how we might approach teaching these. The first topic that was discussed was 'learning new vocabulary'. The unit described several elements of this to focus on, namely to make sure students understood the meaning, the use, the grammar and form of use and the pronunciation and spelling of the new words. It gave examples of what activities could help teach this, and how to approach...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Lakesite 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: Firstly, in all of the grammar points that mentioned in TEFL course, I think Model Verb is relevantly the easier one to digest for students compare to the Conditions. But still sometimes they are still confusing about the degree of certainty when they try to express themselves. To help students with this, giving them different kinds of examples, setting up special situations for them to practice in the reality is needed.Secondly, Relative Clause is also not that hard for students to understand. But...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Henning 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: I have learnt the important of knowing phrasal verbs , modals and passive voice which enhances my ability to teach my student the correct grammatical structures when writing or speaking. The importance of these structures cannot be overstated as the mastery of these areas gives greater form and nuance to the spoken and written ability of my students. For example, knowing when to use the active and passive voice can greatly influence how they write. They should know that using the active voice puts an...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Brighton 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: I like the both videos because they showed how the the students participate effectively and when the students became uninterested to learn and participate .. I like the teacher when he started his lesson by writing his name and asked the students to write their names .. I like the attitude of the teacher in the second lesson .. I learned that an effective classroom management is based on a learn-able set of skills. I leaned that establishing a positive relationship with the class is very important...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Winfield 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: Unit 9 discusses about lesson planning. It is important in teaching as it serves as an aid when carrying out the whole lesson and teacher can record their lesson plans while using it as a basis for self-evaluation. Most experienced teachers would generally write down a few notes for their lesson plan whereas new teachers would sometimes make the mistake of over-planning their lessons. The unit explains on how to be balanced on this matter and what to include in our lesson plans. Although I have been...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Byrdstown 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 discusses the uses of various kinds of tests and assessments. The teacher should be continually assessing the students and providing feedback to them, whether through tests or through other means, such as feedback during lessons. There are many different kinds of tests and assessments that have different uses. For instance, a diagnostic test may be used to understand the students' language learning needs at the beginning of a course. Progress tests are used to gauge students' progress...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Lakeland 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: After completing this unit, I believe that planning lessons in advance is very important. However, I can also see that flexibility is essential for a class to develop and learn to the best of their ability. There needs to be a balance. This balance will depend on the experience of the teacher and of course, the stage and age group of the learners. Planning and recording information for future reference helps to keep the classes consistent but also fresh and new. It enables language learnt to not be...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Whitwell 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 gives great insight into the many different teaching aids that can be used within a classroom with their advantages and disadvantages. I believe the best and most informative part of this lesson was the great number of links it gave to online resources. There is a seemingly endless supply of online resources that I could share with future students in order to help them continue their language learning on their own time as well if they so choose. One resource that I find really helpful is...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Rutherford 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 three large groups of ESL learners (beginners, young learners, and business English/ESP learners) while also discussing some of the issues and strategies particular to each. The final section on business English/ESP learners was especially informative: between describing the broader logistical issues of class composition and providing guidance on how to carry out a needs analysis, I feel this unit provided a comprehensive theoretical framework for planning a business English...  [Read more]