Tesol New York

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL New Hartford New York 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: Conditional sentences contain words such as if or when which refer to past, present or future possibilities. The teaching ideas provided in this unit are excellent: Mixing up split sentences for students to complete. Asking students to complete conditional sentences with their own ideas. Chain conditional activity would provide fun and be humorous as each student provides an idea. Giving students a dilemma to solve in conditional question would be a creative exercise. Direct speech changing to...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL New Scotland New York 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: Reading and listening are very important skills in learning a language. We read or listen for entertainment or for a purpose, to learn information. We use predicting skills with prior knowledge, scanning skill to seek specific information, skimming skills to get detailed information. When teaching a lesson you want to be sure to engage students with content in some fun or involving way with interesting topics, then pre teach the vocabulary you will be using and make sure you are not using too...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL New York 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.V. – U.S.A. said: I've learnt that using eye contact is key to involving all students in the lesson, and that gestures are only useful if they help convey the instructions clearly. My voice projection is dependent on the situation of the classroom and students and will require variation. It's clear that grouping students can help increase student talk time; the most common ways are, pairwork, whole-class grouping and individual work. It's important to remember that each student will have a different preference,...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Genoa New York 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: Many parents sprayway whether to teach the English language from kindergarten. Experience proves that learning a foreign language, in case of proper organization of lessons, for kids, raises their educational and cultural level. So, as a result in schools in England and Wales of the experiment, covering 6,000 children, it was found that foreign language lesson have a positive effect on the knowledge of the mother, many children with weak overall abilities have shown great progress in speaking in a...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Ghent New York 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 found this unit to be a solid refresher on the intricacies of part of speech within the English language. While concepts like the adverb remain fresh in my mind, I found it useful to reexamine the types of adverbs and rules on placement of adverbs within a sentence. I believe this information is important because while, as a native English speaker, I find that the use of adverbs in my everyday speech is unconscious at this point - I am able to incorporate them correctly without giving much thought to...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Wilton New York 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: From this unit I have learnt of the different past tense types used in the English language and what may be taught to others. I learned of four different types including past simple tense, past continuous tense, past perfect tense, and past perfect continuous tense. I also had a brief overview of how a teacher may use certain examples of the tenses with students in the class. The more fluent students are in English, the more vague some activities can be if they utilize pictures. However, if they are...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Goshen New York 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: Each ESL teacher will be faced with a set of challenges unique to their particular classroom(s). ESL teachers can be prepared with sets of techniques recommended for almost every potential problem that could arise. For example, if teaching a classroom in which students are at mixed English language levels, teachers can use different tasks for the same materials. If students are reluctant to participate in an ESL classroom, teachers can give them assignments for home as opposed to in front of the class,...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Middlesex New York 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 purpose of this unit is to observe two different teaching practices. The first video was a lesson with a teacher with good intent, but poor process. The second video was to present a teacher with good intent and good process. In the first video, the teacher expected the students to inherently understand the concept without ever breaking it down for them. It had a \"me vs. them\" mentality to it, even though the teacher was not mean. This made students nervous to participate. The second video...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jefferson New York 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: Looking into the essence of teaching a new language to someone, the unit expresses the different steps to take to achieve success in teaching them. The unit breaks down the proper way to introduce vocabulary, grammatical/language structure and language functions (such as inviting, agreeing etc). It also talks about how certain lessons will follow certain teaching patterns, not all being \"straight arrow\" or patchwork, but a combination of several. I felt that the lesson properly laid out the steps...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Rosendale New York 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: From my personal experience, phonology is one of the most difficult unit so far. We have to remember all of the phonemes and understand how to produce the sound based on the symbol. We might not get it right the first time, but I do believe that we need to keep on practicing about it. Stress and intonation are two important matters as well. Having the wrong intonation for a statement could lead to trouble. People could differ the meaning of our statement if we state it with different intonation. And...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Batavia New York 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 really brought home the fact that my future students will bring with them a myriad of backgrounds and language styles. Having once attempted to learn Russian, I m aware of the difficulty of taking on a new alphabet. It was rather daunting although enjoyable. This gives me a little insight as to what many of my students will be going through. Not much attention has been given to the need to teach punctuation until now so I was glad to see it here. I sometimes feel as though we are just...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Somerset New York 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 main focus of this unit is on seven future tenses which could be considered as the most complicated parts of the English language due to their similarities making students get confused using them hence the teacher is expected to clarify the ?formation? and ?usage? of each tense appropriately as well as being concerned about typical mistakes or errors made by students which involves the teacher to be prepared with good example resource to work them out. Last but not least, for each tense various...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Rochester New York 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 learned about some different methodologies of TEFL such as the Lexical Approach, the Silent Way, Task-Based Learning, etc. The one we focused on was the Engage-Study-Activate(ESA) method. A lesson does not have to be taught in the \"straight-arrow\" ESA sequence; it can also be taught in a \"boomerang\" sequence (EASA), or a \"patchwork\" containing any order as long it begins with Engage and ends with Activate. We were also given a number of Engage, Study, and Activate phase...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Galway New York 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 should be aware of using different techniques and activities when teaching specific groups such as beginners, young learners and business students. When teaching beginners, teachers should not over-correct students and we should praise and encourage them for motivation. When teaching young learners, we shouldn't be inconsistent because children are very sensitive to unfairness. When teaching business students, we should give them a \"needs analysis\" after initially testing the level of the...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Byron New York 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 saw a number of possible challenges a teacher will face, and some ideas on how to handle them. For new teachers this information is very valuable. We will not be able to choose the size of our classes. We will also need to make a good start with our class so that we can build on that, and create the best possible learning environment. When there are problems in the class, it is good to know what might be likely causes for these. For example, boredom, uninteresting material, peer pressure...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Kingston New York 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 5 is on managing classes. I enjoyed this unit a lot since managing classes can be one of the toughest parts of teaching. This unit gives us some great tips for good body language and voice use in class. We learn the pros and cons of various grouping types, as well as things to take into account for classroom arrangement. We learn about where we should be during various activities. The unit explains to us ways that we avoid too much disruption from broad writing and teacher talk time. I also felt...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Brownville New York 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 helped me understand the importance of helping students develop their speaking and writing skills. The writing tasks are often neglected by teachers, since they take time, and they create a quiet classroom. Writing is very important, because students get to learn and practice the spelling of words, and the more often they use them, the faster they will learn. For some students latin alphabet is not known, as such they need to learn how to write latin letters. While speaking might seem...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Franklinville New York 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 learned about the breakdown and detailed explanation on the Engage-Study-Activate approach in teaching English. Oftentimes, I tend to focus on the study phase in the lesson and realized how little importance I've given to the \"engage phase,\" which in fact, is just as valuable as the study phase. In order for the students to take interest in and get them in the mood for learning, we must elicit receptivity to the English language through conducting various activities like...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Riverhead New York 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 12 focused on teaching the two productive skills, speaking and writing. The unit described both fluency (allowing the students to be creative with language) and accuracy (producing correct language) activities and gave examples of both, including controlled activities which are focused on accuracy and creative communication which focuses on fluency. Unit 12 continued with examples of both speaking and writing activities and also typical ESA lesson outlines for both. This unit was helpful in...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Clarence New York 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 focus of this unit was lesson planning. It gave important reasons for why teachers should plan their lessons. Inexperienced teachers were advised to not only write down their lesson plans, but also write down a self-evaluation of their teaching after the lesson. I enjoyed the sections on beiing organized and what information should be included in a lesson plan. Even if i chose a different page layout for my lesson plans, I still would know what important information to include. The visual...  [Read more]