Usta Austria

Centrally located in Europe, Austria is a year-round magnet for tourists, and boasts spectacular alpine scenery, matched by the wonderfully overblown, baroque architecture of many of its cities. Culture is a keynote, and music, art, and architecture reach their apogee in cities such as Salzburg and Vienna, the capital. Here, in the land of Mozart, there are plenty of large cities with strong cultural traditions, and Austria is a highly desirable location for anyone who seeks to combine a love of the arts and a passion for skiing, snowboarding, climbing or hiking. The first language is German, though many young people are fluent in English. Minority languages in common use include Croatian and Turkish. It is a predominantly Roman Catholic country, and the currency in use is the euro. Most...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jobs Graz Austria 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 unit focuses on teaching of reading and listening skills which are both useful and important when learning a new language. In the unit we can read about various ways of reading/listening depending on the purpose for which we are doing it and the information we are looking for. The main problems in teaching these skills are presented - like the language used in the text, topic and tasks for students to perform - and accompanied with suggestions of possible solutions. Basic keys to a successful...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jobs Salzburg Austria 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 the various forms of evaluations and testing available to teachers. The purpose of placement/diagnostic tests is to gauge a student's proficiency in English; from here teachers can determine which level or course is suitable. Aside from practice tests prior to official exams offered by Cambridge, there are also IELTS or TOEIC which deal with english proficiency for study and the work place respectively. Also noteworthy is the use of peer evaluations which allow...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jobs Austria Graz 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: Testing not only lets you and your students know how much they have learned, it also provides a chance for more learning to take place, by reinforcing course material or by requiring students to use or think about what they have learned in a new way. Tests should be designed with primary course objectives in mind and should cover material from all components of a course. If you are taking over a course, go over the old tests carefully to see what was covered and how.Students should be told in...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jobs Austria Salzburg 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 one teaches us what characteristics a 'good' teacher or student will have when learning English. For example teachers must be motivated, patient, caring and be knowledgeable and so forth. Teachers must also understand the roles they have and when to use them, for example being an assessor when marking a task or test.Teachers must also be aware what level their students are at, whether they are beginners or advanced students, and be able to set them the appropriate level of tasks or tests. ...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Certification Austria Innsbruck 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: Similar to the previous unit, this final unit on troubleshooting addressed more of my fears and questions about being a new English teacher. First and foremost, I have been thinking a lot about how I will plan my first lessons especially since I will start teaching in the second half of the school year. The unit provided some helpful suggestions on how to introduce myself to my students and establish rapport with them through activities such as surveys and games. The unit also addressed...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jobs Linz Austria 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: An English video class provides educational resources to students to improve their listening, speaking, grammar and vocabulary skills. It's a wonderful task to teaching new language. I was privileged to watch the two ESA demonstration Class 1 and Class 2. I have discovered that the students don't participate effectively in Class 1, such of way that they looked confused and intimidated ; so the lesson was boring. I do like and appreciate the Class 2 because it was fun and enjoyable. The teacher's...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jobs Austria Linz 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 is a very helpful and educational unit. It gives the basic foundation of what English as a Second Language (ESL) teachers will be expected to teach; depending on the learning level of their students, of course. The overall structure of the unit is very good. It shows potential ESL teachers how much they take for granted when it comes to using English in verbal and written forms. Unless you are already an English or Language Arts teacher, this unit introduces and highlights some of the...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Certification Graz Austria 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 is true coditional can cause a lot of confusion among the students. The only solution I see is to create a strong base of rules as shown above and practice actively the usage of the grammatical model. I think this topic may create difficulties not only with undestanding of the meanings of 0,1,2,3 condititionals, but also with creating a habit of correct tense usage and word changes. If aware of it teaching this topic is a way easier.In this unit, I learnt that modals, the different modals...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Certification Innsbruck Austria 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 article dealt specifically with present tense. I learned that there were 3 main tenses in English (past, present, future) and 4 further ways to use each of those tenses (simple, perfective, continuous, perfect continunous). Simple describes routines, perfective describes past actions with present consequences, continuous describes actions in progress, and perfect continuous describes how long an ongoing activity has been occurring.Lesson plans are important documents because they...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jobs Austria Vienna 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 basic introduction to the importance of teaching the receptive skills of reading and listening. The idea of teaching reading can be misconstrued at face value. A teacher might focus on the basic structures of sentences and paragraphs, and teach the students how to use phonics to sound out words that they might not know. This unit dove deeper by stating that in order to effectively teach reading; a teacher also need to focus on not only teaching how to recognize and understand...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jobs Austria Innsbruck 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 importance of lesson planning and the parts of a lesson plan. As an inexperienced teacher, being prepared will be very important to ensure a smooth flowing lesson. A lesson plan not only contains the learning objective for the lesson, it also notes the materials you will need. This makes it quick and easy to check that you have everything on hand for a lesson before hand. While having a lesson plan is crucial, it should not be inflexible to the needs of the students...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jobs Innsbruck Austria 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 13 provided me with great understanding of the phonetic alphabet and phonetic script. I have taken previous linguistics classes, however, this unit provided much more information in regards to the phonetic alphabet. It also gave wonderful examples of how to teach pronunciation to my students through the use of reading, listening, and games such as tongue twisters. I believe that knowing how to articulate words, is going to be helpful to my students when teaching pronunciation, and vice...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jobs Vienna Austria 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 proved to be very useful. The first video lesson was definitely to show us what not to do in teaching English abroad. He was very discouraging to begin with, and kept telling the students how easy the lesson was. This makes students feel very intimidated and scared to speak up which is contrary to what ITTT tries to teach to those being certified. In the second video, there was a lot of enthusiasm, high energy and smiling. Student talk time and teacher talk time is much more balanced in...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jobs Ust-Ilimsk Russia 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 receptive skills needed in order to learn a new language. In this unit I learned that the topics you pick will often determine how receptive students are to the lesson. I learned that it is very important to make a lesson interesting and fun to the student. The lesson also talked about how we listen and read for different reasons such as for enjoyment or for a purpose. Also the ways we read are different as well such as skimming or scanning.classroom Management is a...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jobs Ust-Kamenogorsk Russia 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 me a good understanding of the course content, aim and objectives, including the introduction, teaching and learning, course development, materials, teaching themes and business English world. It also familiarized me with the industry acronyms and the employment prospects in places such as language schools, centers, companies or private one to one lessons, as well as their advantages and challenges, such as working conditions and expected salaries.Very good detailed summary...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jobs Russia Ust-Ilimsk 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 various schools of thought on the issue of if it is necessary to plan lessons. Some theorist suggest that lesson planning is not a good ideal as it creates a more fixed , teacher centered lesson. However , it is very difficult for an inexperience teacher to be able to be as flexible as required. This unit focuses on planning a lesson. The writing of a lesson plan has some important functions such as; An aid to planning, that is what you expect the student to achieve by the end of the...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jobs Russia Ust-Kamenogorsk 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 in this unit the different types of classes. Teaching beginners, can include the absolute beginner, students may have studied or been exposed to English but have not retained much language, adult and young beginner, and, beginner without Roman alphabet. Teaching individual students have lot of advantages for the teacher, no mixed levels and usually highly motivated student. Teaching children, patient repetition positive encouragement and frequent praise the child can develop a...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Certification Ust-Kamenogorsk Russia 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 unit sixteen I learnt that reading, writing, listening, and speaking are all considered equal. They are all equally important and should be treated so. If the activity the class is doing is more focused on one of the 4 important factors, than the other three should be included somehow into the lesson or activity to show the students they need all 4 to learn English well.I found the the teaching aids on this unit overwhelming - overwhelming good. I was made aware that a teacher...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Certification Russia Ust-Kamenogorsk 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: Use present simple tense if it is habitual, routine, permanent situations and facts, commentaries, directions and instructions, newspaper headlines, present stories and historical sequence. use present continuous if talking about action in progress, describing developing situations and referring to a regular action around a point in time. use present perfect tense when talking about finished actions at an indefinite time, talking about something which began in the past and is...  [Read more]