What Do They Speak In Japan

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jobs Spain Castellan De La Plana 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 current Assistant Language Teacher in Japan, I found the culture-specific components to be very useful. For example, the reading said that in Asian countries, students are not encouraged to speak with the teacher unless directly told to do so. I find this is absolutely true. I liked reviewing the reasons for learning motivation through the lens of a low- to mid-level Japanese school, where many of my students are not motivated. I would like to incorporate / emphasize these...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL North Vernon 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: The productive skills, writing and speaking. Teaching how to speak I feel has a lot to do with getting the students to feel comfortable in the classroom with talking to the other students as well as the teacher. I only have experience with Japan and that can be quite a challange to just get the students to talk at all. Writing on the other hand doesnt give the students as much exposure and reduce the factor of not daring to talk out loud and having conversations. That said I feel that both writing...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Fort White 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: The content of this unit covers the management of an ESL classroom. It states the importance of classroom control and best practices for maintaining the attention of learners. Student's seating arrangements factors heavily in the success of lessons taught especially to adolescents. Teachers may need to consider class sizes, age of students and other variables when assigning seats. The amount of time the teacher talks will effect how successful his/her lessons are as well. Students need to exercise...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Certification Koganei Japan 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 has provided me with a much clearer understanding of the different parts of speech. Besides nouns, verbs, adjectives and adverbs which most people understand and know how to use, I now understand more complex aspects of grammar such as comparatives, superlatives, articles, the different types of verbs and how to use them, verb forms, gerunds, pronouns, prepositions and conjugations.This unit does not teach anything new, but more or less summarizes the previous lessons. I find...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Certification Japan Osaka 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 ESA lesson should be well ​planned​. The point of the lesson depends of teacher's mood and attitude (introduce himself, to use students' names...) so the students are involved to the teaching process. The teacher should ​speak slowly and clear so the students can understand him.​ ​To use each stage in its own way is the best way to teach english and the students aren't confused. ​ ​Before giving the task its necessary to explain what to...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Certification Japan Toyohashi 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 different types of classes and groups of students that an English teacher may encounter. There are beginners, but beginners can differ somewhat in that some might have absolutely no knowledge while others might have a bit more. There are also students who are very young, and this presents many benefits but also some challenges. There are classes with business people who need to learn English for a trip or other business purpose. There are also classes with students...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about Centre TESOL Refresher 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: Problems for learners in a country of your choiceWhen teaching english as a second language in another country, there will always be some problems for the learners of that country. The problems will, of course, vary from country to country, generally involving certain grammar points, or even the writing systems. The problems may also be a result of the differences in culture rather than jsut the differences between the languages. Japan is one such country where the culture, which is...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Certification Japan Matsubara 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 noticed that some of the exercises suggest using songs to teach tenses. I never thought of using songs for teaching how students would use the future simple. This is ironic since I'm a music teacher and I love to incorporate music in anything I do. I can see a lot of my students having difficulty figuring out what tense a sentence is in. That's because I had a bit of difficulty and I speak English! For this area of study, I believe that I will need to spend a lot of time teaching...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jobs Japan Uji 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 overview of this unit had to do with managing classes. It discussed the importance of classroom discipline, structure, teacher's responsibilities as well as building rapport with students. One of the interesting topics that I benefited from was the section about teacher's positions for each particular activity. This is beneficial in order to maintain a positive classroom environment, effective learning and a standard set for students within the classroom setting. Secondly, the topic of balance...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jobs Japan Sagamihara 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 focused on the present tense and it's different forms. I learned there are 12 tenses, but it is easiest for a teacher to remember the 3 tenses and then break them down by the forms: present simple, present continuous, present perfect and the present perfect continuous. I learned the different situations in which the different tenses would be used, which will be very useful in helping students of English understand when a certain tense is better than another. For example, explaining to a...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jobs Japan Yokkaichi 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 was the most difficult unit to date for me. I had yet to be introduced to the International Phonemic Alphabet and feel I will have to print it off and do some intense studying to master it. I am happy to be exposed to the alphabet, however, I fear it will confuse many of my students. I think I need to study it myself and know it well before I try to teach it. I was interested to learn the physiology of pronunciation and where voiced and unvoiced sounds hail from. The charts and diagrams were...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jobs Shimonoseki Japan 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: Again I've found myself thinking back to lessons I've had in learning Spanish and French. A lot of the time the vocabulary I learned seemed useless or frivolous at the time, but later I found myself remembering other things from the same lesson because of those more impractical words, or actually needing to use them instead! It's a good lesson in that when learning a new language, yes you will of course use some words more than others, but the less frequently used words are important, too.This...  [Read more]

Japan can present the traveller with a bewildering combination of culture, manners, beauty, architecture and personalities. Whether one goes to Fuji San - mount Fuji, to admire it’s serene beauty, or one parties all night long in Roppongi - the nightclub district of Tokyo, one is constantly taken aback and presented with the unexpected. At times a shade frustrating, such as when you are on a train so crowded that you go three stops past the one you wanted because you cannot move. Hence, the ‘gaijin’, or foreigner learns to laugh about these things and accepts them as a part of life. A population of one-hundred and twenty seven millions is jammed into a landmass of one-hundred and forty five square miles. Indeed, the population density in the big cities is amazing. The official...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about Easy TESOL Program 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. - Japan said: Problems for learners in JapanIn Japan, there are some issues students face regarding learning english. Teaching here since 2000, I have seen many of these problems in the classroom, not to mention in my everyday interactions in english outside the classroom here in Japan. One problem that would become apparent to an EFL teacher in Japan is pronunciation. The japanese language consists of only five vowel sounds, a (“ah” as in “father”), i (“ee” as in “meet”), u (“oo” as in...  [Read more]

English as a Global Language In the last few months that I have been traveling, it has become even more apparent to me how important it is to be able to speak English to interact in the world today. Many of the people that I have been talking with over the last few months have not been native English speakers. And it became very clear to me that if they had not learned English, I would not be able to communicate with them, they have to learn a second language to be able to broaden their opportunities for travel, work, and general communication with people from other countries. As a native English speaker, you take this for granted. And as a result, many native English speakers only speak the one language. As a result of the Industrial Revolution, the British economic predominance in the...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Hamilton 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.H. Japan said: As a student I have already judged a classroom on this criteria without realizing it. It is important as a student, especially a student of a foreign language, to have a teacher who is not intimidating to the point of making the student feel doubtful in what they think they understand. In other words the teacher has to make the students feel that it is okay to get certain parts wrong because it is likely that other students are struggling with the same things. It is beneficial to the class if...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about Approved TESOL School 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. H. - U.S.A. said: english as a Global LanguageAn Internet search for the phrase, “teach english abroad,” will undoubtedly produce hundreds of results, from recruitment organizations willing to help eager job seekers find placement, to providers of online and classroom-based teaching certificates such as International TESOL Teacher Training and the like, all claiming connections to a plethora of teaching jobs in nearly every non-english-speaking country. Without even an in depth amount of research, one...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about Course TESOL Universities 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.W. - Canada said: english as a global languageThis paper shall ask the question "Is english a global language?" The question will be answered by comparing and contrasting two seperate articles on the subject, which take opposing viewpoints on the subject. The first article is 'Why a global language?'. This article is actually the first chapter of a book entitled 'english as a Global Language.' by David Crystal. The second article is entitled 'What Global Language?', and was written by Barbara Wallraff....  [Read more]

Problems for learners in a Country of your choice: Italy In this paper I will address the issues I face as a teacher from the context of living and working in Italy, as well as the common problems my students encounter while learning and speaking English. I also want to draw attention to the input culture and society has on language, and look at how these factors influence dynamics within the classroom. Of course, it is nearly impossible to view ones self outside your own given cultural perspective, so as a result of this I will also be discussing my own assumptions on how I "imagined" people might act, compared to the reality of the situation. Often I neglect to take into account these differences, simply because I was raised in America, where I am used to a different set of cultural...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about College Global 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.G. - Germany said: Cultural Sensitivity in the ClassroomEven though I have no experience yet teaching english, I have acquired several years of teaching experience at US Universities teaching mathematics as well as marketing. Due to the relatively large percentage of foreign students at US Universities, inherently I also acquired experience teaching and dealing with students from various cultures. Following are what I consider the most important aspect to teaching based on varying cultural backgrounds: •...  [Read more]