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Check out tefl tesol about Dates Complete TESOL 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: K. B. - South Korea said: Pronunciation problems in South KoreaLearning english is held in high esteem in Korea. schools, parents and businesses spend a lot of money for students, children and employees to learn english. It is considered the best english education when taught by a native english speaker. One of the main reasons for this is pronunciation. As with most non-native users of any language, people tend to carry the intonation, phonological processes and pronunciation rules from their mother tongue...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Certification Santa Rita Brazil 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 goes over the different kinds of testing that can be done in a classroom. Not only that it explains what testing is done for those who want to move, and those who want to study in an English speaking country. Knowledge of the external exams is helpful because a teacher can then help prepare students to take one of those tests. This unit does a good job of explaining the main kinds of testing and what each of them entail.Unit 13 covered teaching pronunciation and phonology. I...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Certification Khmelnytskyi Ukraine 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 development of Human Psychology is an interesting subject. We have come a long way. The unit introduced the ESA methods, techniques and sample activities. The lesson planning was a bit sketchy at this stage, I assume it will be built on in future units. I'm looking forward to seeing the application of this approach in practice. The videos were very good. Thanks.Unit 13 goes over teaching pronunciation and phonology to English learners. The reading tackles the three areas which...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Certification Lida Belarus 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 18 outlines the modal auxiliary verbs and the varying levels of politeness, necessity, and certainty they imply. Secondly we learnt to differentiate passive/active voices and the various auxiliary verbs and tenses that are used in conjunction with them. Defining and non-defining relative clauses we also covered and finally three types of phrasal verbs were introduced: intransitive, transitive separable, and transitive inseparable.In my personal experience, that's one of the most complex...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Ghaziabad 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.M. - Vietnam said: In this chapter I learn the intonation, the stress and the pronunciation. Intonation is the variation in volume and pitch in a whole sentence. There are three pattern of intonation: rise-fall, fall-rise and flat. We can use different techniques for teaching intonation like by gesture, sweeping our hand up or down, or by humming or by making marks on some sentences on the board. The stress is where the intonation begins to fall and depending on which word is emphasize we can have different...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Sardis 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: In this unit, I learned about how to teach phonology to ESL students. I learned that teaching phonology was just as important as teaching grammar. I learned that students have to be taught how to change their intonation based on meaning, and how to stress the correct syllables in an English word. I learned some techniques to teach this to the students, e.g tapping to indicate tone/stress. I learned about the different places and manner of articulation, and how to teach this to the students to improve...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jobs Bnei Brak Israel 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: As stated in Unit one, variety needs to take place to keep motivation up. This unit focused on what we need to do to motivate students through three parts of a lesson. First we must engage our students to gain their interest, then we must have them study -- work out the basics -- on whatever was taught and then we activate their learning by having them create something out of what was learned, giving them an opportunity to practice what was learned while also tapping into previous lessons...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jobs India Hathras 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: We can divide the teaching of pronunciation in to a three parts: teaching intonation, teaching stress and teaching articulation. Intonation is connected with the volume and the pitch of a sentence. Knowing the intonation of a sentence is essential in understanding implications, feelings and message behind a sentence. A clear knowledge on how a sentence is intonated would allow the listener to give a proper response. While teaching stress, it is as vital to let our students realize that there is no...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Marshall 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: Modal verbs add meaning to the main verbs. Examples of modal verbs are can, could, have to, need to, should, etc. They can express different ideas, such as obligation, possibility, permission, ability, advice, different degrees of formality. There are two kinds of voices, passive and active. We use a passive voice when it's not important or not known who made an action. There are three kinds of clauses, such as independent clause(complete sentence), dependent clause(not a complete sentence) and...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jobs Schwerin Germany 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 two productive skills are speaking and writing. When communicating- there is a need and desire to express oneself and/or listen to another. The two important kinds of skills (when practicing productive skills) are accuracy and fluency. Accuracy is focused on in the Study phase- when drills and correct language is drawn out from the students by the teacher. Fluency is focused on in the Activate phase when allowing the class to experiment and be creative with the language: grammar, spelling,...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Dickinson 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: Unit thirteen was about teaching pronunciation and phonology. I found this unit to the the hardest unit so far. I do however agree with the writers that pronunciation and phonology is an important and often neglected part of teaching English as a foreign language. Firstly we looked at Intonation, which is the variation in volume and pitch in a whole sentence. There are three basic patterns in English. The rise/fall pattern, the fall rise pattern and flat pattern. One can teach intonation with...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Petersburg 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: This unit mostly focused on different kinds of tests and their purposes. Then it went over the many different kinds of external tests, which is a useful reference. Honestly, some of the information here seemed pretty obvious. Hardly anything new. I think the most useful things from this section were the example test and the list of external tests. I am surprised the unit didn't spend more time on flaws with testing. When I taught in Japan, all the tests were dictated by the prefecture, not the...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about Companies Legit TESOL 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.M. - Canada said: Games in the classroomPlaying games in your classroom are an important part of being an english teacher. Games can be used to get students engaged into a lesson from the beginning, can be used during the study portion of your lesson, or used as an activity for the students to apply what they have learned that day. This article will break down the kinds of games you can play during the engage, study, and activate stages of a normal ESA lesson. During the engage portion of an ESA lesson,...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jobs Baise 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: Unit 18 covered many areas of grammar including the various modal auxiliary verbs, passive versus active voice, the three types of phrasal verbs, and relative clauses. I learned that some of these concepts can be very difficult for students to use accurately, and so a slow, thorough approach may be best. For instance, when teaching phrasal verbs, making an effort to incorporate them slowly into practice in regular conversation. As I myself have a hard time distinguishing between them sometimes,...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Essex 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: It's really nice to experience two different kinds of classroom teaching styles. By comparing these two videos (really low quality I have to say), we can obviously choose what kind of teacher we want to be, and the answer of course is the second one. If we want to be the ideal one then we have to be always ready for our class and be confident to deliver a high quality interactive class. Meanwhile a teacher's attitude can influence the class atmosphere directly, which was proven in these two videos...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Certification Camacari Brazil 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 final lesson covers troubleshooting common problem situations while teaching an EFL class. An example of a common problem situation is the very first class. This is because the teacher must set the tone for the rest of the course and be able to create motivation and interest while maintaining structure and discipline. The first day is also an important day for the teacher to assess the level of the students and plan accordingly.The section tackled the uses of tests in specific class...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Beverly Kansas 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: Modal auxiliary verbs are: can, could, may, might, shall, will, wood, must, should, would, have to, have got to, need to, ought to and needn't. They are used before verbs to add meaning to the main verb. We use Active (the focus is on the agent or subject) and Passive (where the agent is less important) voices. Only transitive verbs are used in the Passive voice. A clause is a group of words containing a subject and a verb. There are three kinds of clauses: Independent, Dependent and Relative. There...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jobs Philippines Sagay 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: said: Many different methods of teaching English as a foreign language (EFL) have influenced modern-day EFL teaching. The ESA (Engage, Study, Activate) method of EFL teaching is a very effective method used today, especially for new teachers and trainees. The three essential components of the ESA method include the Engage phase, the Study phase and the Activate phase.The initial Engage phase is used to involve and interest the students in using the language while the Study phase is the teaching...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Certification Peru Chincha Alta 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 about Modals, the three types of Phrasal Verbs and the differences between passive and active voice. I feel I have learned a lot about all three parts of this unit as they were subjects I didn't come into the unit with much knowledge on. I've learned that the same modal's can be used in multiple ways and many different modals can mean the same thing with only a very slight difference in certainty. I also learned some great ideas for teaching modal auxiliary verbs from both...  [Read more]