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Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Guatemala City 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: V.H. - Canada said: Wow, what can I say? When I was a child, I remember that learning about the different parts of speech was difficult - but, the more I grew, the more that I realized that it just happened to come easy to me. I had always been under the impression that knowing the terminology of the different parts of speech was not imperative to being a good English teacher - but, after watching the video and reading the material, I now understand that the parts of speech are almost as important as the...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Mexico City 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: G. L. – U.K. said: In this unit we are taught of the different methods of teaching a new language to students, here we went through previous models (though some of them are still in use) and studied where they were good and where they fall short, later on we are introduced to the ESA (Engage, Study, Activate) method which was created by Jeremy Harner in 1998. ESA method was developed from Harner's observations on the positive and negative sides of former methods, he decided to gather the positive results and...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Benin City 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: L.S. - Colombia said: This unit focused on the use of teaching equipment and teaching aids. The most prominent piece of equipment I would expect to use is a board of some kind. Some important details to remember when using a board are to always keep it legible, capitalized text may be harder to read, and keep in mind that students will be taking notes so some form of sectioning and organization is needed. Similarly another set of equipment i may end up using is an interactive whiteboard. When getting adjusted to...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Oklahoma City 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.E. - Qatar said: This section deals with the different ideas language teaching professionals have come up with for teaching English. The unit describes the main methods available (audio lingual-ism, grammar-translation etc) We read a description of what each method entails, before continuing on to study the ESA method. ESA stands for Engage, Study and Activate. First of all we read about elicitation, the different methods that can be used to elicit information from students, and how it advisable to elicit...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Blantyre City 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: J.Z. - U.S.A. said: In this unit, we could watch 2 versions of a TEFL lesson - one in which the TEFL teacher demonstrated a lack of interest in the lesson and the learners - and a second in which the teacher showed greater interest in the learners and took greater care to teach the materials. It is clear that the students' reactions to each lesson are markedly different. In the poorly executed lesson, the students show little willingness to interact with the lesson, and seem lost throughout most of the...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Island City 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: This unit is about parts of speech, which studies the elements to form up a sentence. A more detailed sentence would contain many elements, not only articles, nouns and verbs, but also adjectives and prepositions etc. It might be hard for children to learn some of the parts of speech, especially prepositions, as they are complex and easy to get confused. In addition, it may be hard for them to memorize the verb forms as some specific words would have different kinds of form. Teachers may need to...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Granite City Illinois 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: A pleasant move from grammar. It was also an interesting unit. I learned a new word 'appropiacy'. I have never seen that word in print. Must be from Europe. I would have benefited from more lessons featuring different objective using ESA styles. I wonder how accessible are the pictures you suggest using to describe different tense (student creating stories inparticular tense). Was disappointed there was no video. On page 6 in boomerang activate stage were students inviting each other to...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Barton City 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 was a great refresher of all of the different parts of speech. Most of them I already knew quite well, however this unit taught me more of the specifics. I really liked the explanation and examples of each part because it was clear and concise. I was able to take notes that I can refer to so that I can find the best way to teach and explain each part of speech to my students. Something I always mixed up was adverbs and adjectives, but after this unit I can see the difference between the two...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Corral City Texas 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 has introduced the fundamental requirements of a teacher. The different methods of managing class are very useful because the atmosphere and the direction of the class are highly dependent on how the teacher handle the class as well as the class's reaction. I strongly believe that the teacher determines the overall behaviour of the class, students loves interesting lessons and lessons that help them gain knowledge through fun hence, this unit helpfully provided many methods on how to gain...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Park City Utah 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: Course books, authentic materials and created materials are all useful resources in the classroom. It is up to the teacher's discretion which is most useful for that particular lesson. There are advantages and disadvantages for using any one of them. For example, course books are great because they have a guideline and a syllabus. However, depending on the quality of the course book it can be predictable and outdated for the students. Authentic materials such as, magazines and newspaper articles are...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Stotts City Missouri 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: Lesson Planning. The importance of being prepared, but at the same time be flexible. Each classroom is different, the students, the culture, the age, all of this can affect our interaction with our students, so we need to be able to adapt our plan according to our group. Have a lesson plan is pretty important, it gives you guidelines to follow and record the lessons and makes it easier to review it in the future, or to change it if it's not working out. It also serves as a main road to take, while...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Farmer City Illinois 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 various aspects of planning a lesson, including examples of how to do it as well as the reasons why it is important. The information highlighted the benefits of having a record of what material the class has covered and how having a lesson plan will help keep the class (and teacher) on target. Lesson planning also helps to achieve goals in the students language learning. I learned how to construct a lesson plan and how I needed to be more detailed in the material that I...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Peachtree City Georgia 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: Watching the videos in this lesson proved to be quite insightful. The first lesson included a lot of casual and easy-to-fall-into habits that might occur at small intervals in lessons. The first video gives an outside perspective of how these actions may inadvertently adversely affect students abilities to not only learn, but feel comfortable around a teacher and with making mistakes. For the most part, the second video corrects much of these actions. The lesson comes off as significantly...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Park City Kentucky 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 by far one of the more harder units in this course. This was the first time that I found myself struggling in the test and not 100 percent sure of myself. I think it is so hard for natives English speakers to learn because we are never exposed to thoughts or learning experiences like this. For this reason, I think many native English teachers are lazy to teach it because we never needed it to learn English, so they may never need it either. However, I learned a lot more than I expected on...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Pacific City 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: Unit 19 describes what types of classes with special needs teachers might face. Depending on dfferentneeds, the lessons must be planed differently. When teaching younger learners, we might want to concentrate on some basic vocabulary and grammar rules. When teaching, for example, business english, we have to make sure to teach specific vocabulary that is related to the fiels of business. However, t doesnt mean that the teacher has to know every single word of professional vocabulary. Moreover, it...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Rogers City 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 gave more specific information about teaching specific groups of students. When teaching beginners it is important to follow specific guidelines. For example, using visual aids, repeating instructions many times, and focusing on the most important concepts. Additionally, when teaching business English courses it is not important to have a detailed knowledge of the industry of your students. There are also various strengths and weaknesses associated with young learners and teaching a...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jacob City Florida 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 has given me various idea about how to incorporate different ESA methods to teach vocabulary and grammar. To teach grammatical structure, I feel like the patchwork pattern might be more effective, as it is complex. Students might require more study time in order to fully comprehend the context in which to use certain words. Often their native language will use a completely different structure to express the same idea. Understanding nuance, like how spoken English can vary from written...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Rose City Texas 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: To teach English as a foreign language, we have to be prepared to teach all levels. As well as many different areas such as business, individual lessons, and multilingual/monolingual. We can do this by having a varied lesson plan that suits all individuals of every level. As classes may vary in age, diversity, and level of learning. Also it is very important to keep a highly motivated, and enthusiastic structure to our classroom plan. Business students along with young learners may tend to be...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Dalton 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 discusses the different types of problems or the different situations that might arise while being an EFL teacher. Some of the common situations that the teacher will encounter and need to learn how to handle properly are can include: dealing with the first lesson, the use of warming-up exercises, dealing with big classes, dealing with reluctant learners and dealing with students that often use their native language. The lesson includes information and different activities that can be...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Dakota City 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 focused on the importance of evaluation and testing for language training. I learned about some of the benefits of evaluating language, for example knowing what my students are learning and what they are having a hard time remembering. This is useful in guiding future lessons to meet their needs. It's also important for students to be more self aware through these evaluations and it can be encouraging to see test results that demonstrate how much progress they have made. Testing can take...  [Read more]