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Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Peletier North Carolina 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 unit was a good conclusion for tying up loose ends of material and answering any additional questions. It covered how to approach a first lesson and what type of activities should and shouldn't be done. In addition to teaching those of various language level, large class sizes, avoiding the native language and reluctant students. I think that avoiding the native language will be most difficult for me because I plan to teach English to those in Spanish-speaking countries and since I...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Certification Shijiazhuang 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: This unit is about what and how a teacher should teach new language points. We can divide new language teaching into three categories: vocabulary teaching, grammar teaching, and language function teaching. For each teaching, the teacher need to be clear what need to be taught and certain ESA method (whether it be a straight arrow, boomerang or patchwork type) is suggested to be applied to reach the teaching objective.Unit 20 discussed common problems teachers faced when teaching...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Barrington 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 lesson is similar to the previous lesson over listening and reading. I am happy to receive the ideas to help the students find interest in the subject material. The game ideas will help as well. I like how it showed how similar, and different the speaking vs. writing. these example lesson plans will help build more lessons in the future. I also like how it defines accuracy vs. fluency while maintaining importance on both. I have always focused on fluency when teaching Spanish. I find the use...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Cancun 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.M. – U.S.A. said: Unit 3 discussed theories, methods, and techniques. This was a very valuable unit for me. It introduced many concepts of methods of how to teach students an L2: classical, audio-lingualism, the silent way, suggestopedia, and more. I believe the silent way method would be difficult in teaching English, especially as a foreign language; The colored blocks concept seems like it would get confusing for not only the student, but the teacher as well. While in high school and college, I learned of...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jobs San Diego California 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 think what helped me most throughout this unit was thinking about how I learned all of this material in Spanish, and the similarities between the two languages. Since my ultimate goal is to teach English to native Spanish speakers, I am always thinking of the way the minds of my future students work in their maternal language. I also think about how I learned a second language and the difficulties I had understanding certain things, like direct to reported speech. All of this experience...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Sarajevo 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.P. & B.B. - New Zealand said: This was a fascinating unit as I never realised the English language had 12 tenses! I have even more respect now for those individuals who learn our complex language, especially with all those irregular verbs whereby there are no formulas to them, you just have to memorise them. As someone who has always been good at English, and studied Journalism at University, I did not know in detail the four components that make up the present tense. I wish that this was taught more in-depth...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jobs United Kingdom West Bromwich 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 final unit overview that covers tenses– this material described all the different ways of expressing future-tense in the English language, described the forms that they take place, their individual usages, and provided exceptions and errors to each \"tense\". In addition, this unit provided example teaching ideas to convey these rules for each tense. I think the greatest difficulty in explaining the future tense is helping students understand when exactly these tenses are...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Certification Serbia Novi Sad 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 a native English speaker, I have always struggled with understanding the English grammar and all the various rules and conditions that apply to it. I always found it easier to learn grammar of different languages, such as Spanish and Mandarin. This unit really helped me understand the English grammar from an \"outsider's\" perspective. I am able to better understand different parts of speech, and how they are all combined into a full sentence. I better understand how to break apart a...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Certification Valladolid Spain 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: Once again i am amazed by the english language. I am acually in the process of learning spanish and some other languages and have been comparing the future tenses between them. I had actually never thought about the fact that there are several different ways to express the future in english. Also the complexity of the future continuous and the future perfect continuous.It was really clarifying to understand the difference between all the future tenses, and their specific usages in...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about Centre TESOL English 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.A. - U.S.A. said: Foreign language experienceIt’s difficult to say if my first experience with a foreign language actually qualifies as such. I was born into a bilingual home in the united states, with my father speaking primarily english and my mother speaking spanish. She had moved to this country from Mexico only a few years before, so her form of communication was almost exclusively spanish. Since she was the main caretaker while my father worked, it’s likely that I was exposed to as much, if not...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about Diploma In 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. R. and A.G. - U.S.A. said: Learning GrammarBeing a language student myself, I know how hard and frustrating learning the grammar of a foreign language can be. I have mastered the spanish language and have now started learning Korean for my future teaching job. I did not learn these languages overnight. It took lots of practice, patience, and diligence. During my learning adventure I realized three important things that helped me to learn the grammar of these foreign languages. First I learned that learning...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Certification Senegal Mbour 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 enjoyed learning about the teaching methodologies that ranged from Grammar-translation through the Lexical approach. The reading of unit 3 helped me recall the teaching methods I encountered for both English and Spanish during my education. I am happy I didn't encounter all of those methods. Reading through the ESA approach of engaging, studying, and activating helped me visualize a class I could run. The clear ESA methodology, with numerous similar yet different techniques, such as...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about Distance TESOL Cities 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: R.L. – U.S.A. said: To start off, I have been out of school for some time now. It is amazing how much we take for granted about how precise and complicated language can be. Ask the average person what a modal is or the difference between preterit and imperfect and you will surely get a blank stare. Lately I have often found myself dissecting sentences while I read making sure I understand all the parts to the sentence. Re-learning english as an adult has made me appreciate language in a general sense. ...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Certification India Moga 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: For this unit, I think the most useful section was the multiply-pronged approaches to teaching vocabulary or grammatical structures. I think the flexible way in which the unit approaches such a topic testifies to how diverse each classroom will be and how the teacher needs to be flexible enough to discern the classroom’s needs and then implement the lesson plans needed in order to most effectively teach grammar or vocabulary. As someone who learned Spanish in the classroom as a foreign...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jobs China Cixi 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: Years of Spanish studies helped out a lot here. I find that the rules we teach for how these tenses are used are mostly true. However, there are always exceptions. It helps to see lots of examples of the language before studying grammar in my experience. When I do it the opposite way in a language by first studying how grammar works and then seeing examples, I am often confused by all the exceptions. If I study content just trying to understand the overall meaning first and then study the grammar used...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Bon Air 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: Unit 7 discussed different ideas of teaching vocabulary, grammar, and language functions using the ESA teaching method. From my experience in learning Spanish as a second language, learning vocabulary was the most intriguing and enjoyable. Although I am not sure which approach of ESA the professor used, I know for a fact that she did utilize the ESA method in teaching us English-speakers. We used many of the engage, study, and activate activities listed in this unit. My favorite study activity when we...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Certification Sudan Al Fashir 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: Learning the system and structure of past tenses was very helpful, particularly as I am starting to see the similarities across continuous forms, perfect forms, and perfect continuous forms. I think that it will be most difficult to explain the different usages of the forms because I’m so used to just speaking and using the form that seems most appropriate as a native speaker. It’s been very useful to learn the usages because it also helps me apply it to my language learning...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL München 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.V. – U.S.A. said: In learning about the four English tenses, I have learned that the English language has a lot more memorizing than I had ever thought. I have learned each of the present tense forms, including the present simple, present continuous, present perfect, and present perfect continuous. The most difficult thing for me will be teaching something that I never had to learn; something that is natural to me. Patience and understanding will be the keys in teaching English tenses to students. Not only...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Lamont 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: There was a lot of information to digest in this unit of study. It was interesting to review some of the common methods and theories for learning a foreign language. After reviewing these methodologies, I reflected upon my own experiences as an L2 student trying to learn Spanish. Over the years, I have taken short courses in Mexico, Costa Rica, Colombia, and Ecuador. I have experienced some of the older methods like Audio-lingualism and PPP. My most recent experience was at a private university in...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Certification Netherlands Leiden 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 a good grammar review for me. Since I am in my fifties, it's been quite a while since I've had to sit down and think about parts of speech. I found I was still strong in most areas, but there are areas of grammar that I've used for so long that I had forgotten the \"why\" of usage. In this review, I was able to review these key areas and gain a new understanding of both the beauty and complexity of the English language. Having learned Spanish here in Nicaragua, this...  [Read more]