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Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jobs Czech Republic Plzen 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 three main categories in teaching a new language are vocabulary, grammar, and functions. To learn the new language, a student must be exposed to it, understand its meaning, know how to construct and use it, and be able to practice it. In choosing which vocabularies to be taught, criteria include appropriateness to student’s level, task, and application frequency in different situations. On the other hand, for the students to learn the new vocabulary, the student must know its...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Certification United States Cleveland 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 deals with the past tense, which includes many of the same tenses as in the present. To form the simple past, one simply uses the past form of the verb. To form the pass continuous, one uses the past form of the verb 'to be' along with a verb in '-ing' form. The past participle is formed by using the past of the verb 'to have' along with the participle form of the verb. Of special note is the difficulty students may have with the past perfect continuous form, wherein...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Certification Latina Italy 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 learned from this section?what are Present Tenses, present simple sentence, the present perfect question form, present simple question form, present perfect sentences, present continuous sentences, present perfect negative form, uses of the present simple negative form, uses the present continuous question form, and present perfect continuous forms. This section was very challenging for me.Another very difficult teaching aspect and only suitable for advanced students. Being able to use...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Buncom 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 states different forms of present tense. The following present tenses are present simple, present continuous, present perfect and present perfect continuous. These form and usage of sentence describes under what category the present form is. The form of sentence can be positive, negative and question form. Whereas usage can be described as how and under what circumstances the tense or grammar point is used. There are some typical student errors in each category of present tense which the...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Morton Grove 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 focuses on the present tenses namely present simple, present continuous, present perfect and present perfect continuous. When explaining how to use each of the present tenses it elaborates on the form, usage, ideas to use in lessons and common student errors. I found the form and usage rules informative as they gave me a clearer understanding of when to use each tense. It also gave me clear rules to teach the students. For example when teaching the present perfect tense I can clearly...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Adams 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: There are many parts to understand while trying to learn the past tenses. It will be important to break each tense down and make sure the students have a good understanding of the form before continuing. As each form is taught looking back at the previous form will help in making sure they do not forget what they have already leaned. The importance of speaking activities will be helpful in the students getting a good understanding of how all the tenses are used because they can hear what they are saying...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Certification Aurora Colorado 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 describes the various types of testing an ESL teacher can do to place students at the right level, measure their proficiency, check their progress, and evaluate future needs. The course also describes the external tests the students may be asked to take depending on how they will use English in their future. Besides testing, the teacher could use tutorials and student evaluations to determine progress.The differences between the different past tense forms are quite subtle and...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jobs Jiaojiang 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: Managing classes and structuring each class so as to make lesson time as effective and interesting as possible is very important. The teacher takes on the role of part-time psychologist and ideally intuitively foresees the optimal environment for each lesson plan, that is: set up, positioning of furniture, grouping of students, time given to each student/ student pair, and so forth. Finding a careful balance between being amiable yet still in charge within a group is a wonderful trait to adopt, as...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Bazemore 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: This unit covers the topic on teaching new language. Teaching a new vocabulary depends on several factors, it needs to be relevant to the students' experience, how does it tied in with the class' material, how often the vocabulary is used, and how easy it is for the student to learn. With the new vocabulary, we will need to clarify what does it means, when and how it is used, how does it fit in a sentence or how many type of sentences can be form with the word, how to use it in spoken form versus...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Haicheng 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: S.R. - India said: The past tense presents similarities with the present tense. In fact, like the present, It's composed of continuous forms, perfect and perfect continuous ones. When the student has to talk about past actions or events, happened and finished in a specific moment of the past, he/her must use the past simple which main form is to add ED or D at the base form of the verb. Anyway, there are verbs that change completely their form, so the students have to learn them by heart. If the teacher wants to...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Clearview Oklahoma 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 Present tenses are a lot clearer now that I have seen how they are divided in form, usages, typical student errors and how to encourage students to use them. The form will give the students the positive,negative and question construction to follow and use. The usages gives students the how and when to use the tense. The typical student error shows what we need to watch out for and know how to correct and explain to students. Activate stage teaching ideas will help us encourage the students to...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jobs Armenia Vanadzor 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 first thing that surprised me about Unit 4 immediately, was the fact that there were 12 tenses in \"the tense system\" that EFL teachers have discovered. Although intimidating at first, the unit did a fantastic job of providing solid examples of each tense and their uses. What I found especially helpful was the section regarding \"Sample activate stage teaching ideas\" where teachers can form different games or scenarios to help students practice with tense--\"Guess My Profession\" works...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Webster 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: Teaching a new language requires a student to 1) be exposed to the language 2) understand the meaning of the language form being taught 3) understand how the language form is constructed, and 4) have a chance to practice the language form and produce it. When teaching vocabulary the teaching must know to select the vocabulary, why students need the vocabulary, and methods to teach the vocabulary. When teaching a language grammar structure the teacher must ensure that the student knows the meaning of...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Sebastian 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: Unit 7 explains introduction of new vocabulary, grammar structures and language functions. ESA straight arrow methods are used in lessons that introduce grammar or vocabulary. For example, in a lesson on clothing the Engage would have a discussion of new clothes the students received for Christmas; Study would possibly have Gap-fill exercises and drill on words students mispronounced during Engage; Then, Activate would possibly be a packing the suitcase for a trip game. Teaching language functions...  [Read more]

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Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Brigantine 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 covered the various forms of present tense, (present simple, present continuous, present perfect and present perfect continuous), and how / when to use these various tenses within a sentence. Each tense was explained by first going through it's form, it's usage and then the common mistakes students often make when first learning how to use them. An example of such a mistake may look something like the following sentence; \" I'm practicing hard every morning.\" Here the student would...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Salina 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: Course development: first meeting will be about making an assessment of what students know and what they need to know (includes language level test and needs analysis); syllabus design (after completing a needs analysis the teacher need to string all these concepts together); end of the course assessment of students (regular form of testing or assessment of learning); examination (the teacher have to prepare students for specific examination in BE); course evaluations: student evaluations -...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Certification Pakistan Karachi 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 selecting a vocabulary we need to consider the similarity to the students' own language, the English words they already know, spelling appropriateness. The student needs to know the meaning, the use, the spelling and pronunciation among others. Likewise students should know the meaning the use, of forms and patterns, as well as the spoken and written form of the grammatical structure. In introducing grammatical structure the students has to know what the language means its usage...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Aleppo 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: C.T. - Czech Republic said: Tenses are times in the English language. There are three tenses which are present, past, and future. Each tense has four aspects: simple, continuous, perfect, and perfect continuous. The present tense describes actions happening in the present whether they are occurring at the moment or they happened in the past. Each aspect has a an affirmative, a negative, and a question form with its own formula. In simple terms, the present simple utilizes the basic form of the verb. The present...  [Read more]

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