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  So, the document itself needs to contain some general information about the class, for example the name of the teacher, the date and time of the lesson, what level of class is being taught and in what room, how many students are we expecting, this is important, when we've got things like photocopying and materials to do, what is the context of the lesson, in other words, what is the lesson actually about, what vocabulary or grammar point is this lesson covering and sometimes it's also useful to write out what the focus of the lesson is. So, in effect, the context of the lesson is telling us the grammar point, for example, that might be the present continuous tense, whereas the focus is telling us how we're going to go about teaching it. Another example to illustrate this: Let's...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jobs India Arcot 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: A part of speech is a class of words based on their function and the way they work in a sentence. Some parts of speech are adjectives, adverbs, conjunctions, nouns, interjections, prepositions, pronouns and verbs. Noun: a person, place, thing, or idea. Verb: a word that shows action or state of being. Adjective: a word that describes a noun or a pronoun. Adverb: a word that describes a verb, an adjective, or another adverb. Pronoun: a...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Summerville Georgia 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 chapter, we talked about reading and listening, the receptive skills, which are normal,short but important. The most impressive part in this unit to me is in \"how we read and listen\"part, it mentioned that our minds must not only be able to recognizee and understand the words but also be able to grasp their overall meaning from a pre-existing knowledge of the world. These words make me to think about our teaching style during the class while we are teaching some new contents to the...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about Company Genuine 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.N. - New Zealand said: Teaching productive skill In today’s world, there is less need for long, formal written work in the classroom. With the technology that is forever changing and expanding, emails and word processors with spell checkers, the majority of the people do very little written work except for short notes to friends and collegues also rely on this technology to suggest or correct any grammer and vocabulary mistakes automatically. However, students may have very specific needs such as those...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jobs Turkey Alanya 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 you start reading about pronunciation and phonology and br era making it down into a simpler concept, it becomes easier to understand. With reading and practice students will learn how to use English language. With practice which would include techniques such as writing and sentences and using arrows to show the rise and fall of words, students can see where the imitations are. Using dictionary's are a helpful way as it not only shows ft he meaning of the word but its class and examples in...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about Dates Weekend 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. Q. - U.S.A. said: Dictionary TrainingA dictionary can be a powerful tool for a student. It can empower students to tackle the english language being less dependent on a teacher. Dictionaries are tools for discovering words’ spelling, definition, pronunciation, part of speech, and more. Including dictionary training into a course will teach students how to implement the dictionary into their language learning process. Dictionary training with ESL students may best be taught continually over the period...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about Class TESOL Cert 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.D. - Belgium said: Peculiarities of the english LanguageEnglish has grown up independently of the rest of Europe, it has changed from a European style language; Anglo Saxon; to the language we see and hear today. All the main languages in Europe have grammatical gender, english lacks grammatical gender. It does not matter in english if “He, She or I go to the park” we do not have to change the structure of the sentence or the spelling of any of the associated words in the sentence to ensure that it makes...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about College TESOL Course 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. & M.B. - Canada said: english as a Global LanguageEnglish existing as a global language is an interesting idea. english does exist in many parts of the world as a common language, but in many cases it’s not “english” as a native-english speaker knows it. In some parts of Southeast Asia for example, english has been combined with the local languages and is becoming a sort of pidgin language. If you spend a short time in these countries, I think you tend to view the difference in spoken english as...  [Read more]

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Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jobs San Nicolas De Los Garzas Mexico 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 topic for unit 6 is past tense. we looked ate the past simple form which makes use of the addition of \"ed\" or \"d'to the base form of the verb. The past continuous form requires the addition of was/were plus the past participle verb which should end with (ing) the past perfect form which requires an addition of had or had not and finally the past continuous which requires an addition of had been or had not been plus the verb ending with the(ing) to construct a proper...  [Read more]

  The first part of my study phase is going to be the board work and I'm going to use the information that I generated in the elicitation part of my engage phase to move on to the actual board work. What I'm going to do is to show the structure of this particular tense. So, the phase study I'm expecting to take about ten minutes on this particular part and, again, the interaction will mainly be the students talking to me. So, how am I going to achieve that with this information? Well, we could ask the students to have a look at the sentences themselves and to tell us what they can see. If we look at each of the first words in here, then at this level, I should hopefully be able to elicit from my students what each of these words have in common and they may well give an answer that...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about Centre Combined 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. S. - South Africa said: Dictionary TrainingImagine that you are learning english in school for the first time whether you’re young or mature. You start reading a story and all of a sudden very frightening, unknown words appear. Words such as “conversation” or “mystery.” What do you do? To answer that there is no tool more useful and necessary than a dictionary. With over one million words, the dictionary will increase the speaking and writing accuracy, vocabulary, and general ability to...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about Inexpensive TESOL Classes 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. - U.S.A. said: PhoneticsPhonetics and phonology are central components in being able to communicate properly in english. Phonetics is a branch of linguistics, it looks into how sounds of speech are produced, combined, described and represented in the written word. Phonology deals with the study, science and analysis of the physical properties of sounds. It must be clearly understood by all users of the TEFL method how integral these aspects are to effective teaching of the english language. english...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Palembang 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.S. - China said: There are three things that students need to know with new language, which are vocabulary, grammar and functions. Whatever the level of the class, all students will need to know: (1)what the language means, (2)how it is used, (3)how it interacts and alters other words, (4)where the word belongs in a sentence, (5)what the grammatical form is, and (6)how the work is spelled and pronounced. There are few criteria that teacher need to be consider when selecting vocabulary as following: (1) are the...  [Read more]

Teaching Styles We all learn in different ways, and similarly, as teachers we tend to have different ways of teaching which come more naturally for us. As teachers, we need to be aware of what our particular style is, but we should then try to adapt the way we teach to fit the needs of our students as well. There are many different categorizations of teaching styles, but rather than discuss the ways styles are categorized, I will simply summarize the ones most commonly referred to. Probably the most traditional one is the direct instruction style. Direct instruction is very teacher-centered, and provides for little if any student-teacher interaction or group interaction. The teacher is the focus of attention and provides all the information necessary for the student to excel in...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about Centre Offering 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.A. & K.N. - Singapore said: Pronunciation problem in SingaporeIt is very important as a teacher to enable students to master their four major language skills such as listening, speaking, reading and writing. These skills support one another. But in the world today the most important thing to consider is their acquisition and production of the english language through speaking because it is the biggest thing people will notice. Even though we need to keep the balance, it is a must for students to...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jobs Phyongsong North Korea 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: Speaking and writing would be the best way to learn for most students. If they are speaking they get to practice and writing allows for repetition. Also I feel if you are forced to write the word correctly then this will allow students to remember the word faster. Humans work well with a visual aids and physically writing a word allows for the brain to have to think, to ensure that word is correct whilst visually seeing the word come in to play with their what they are writing.While this...  [Read more]

Children's Books in the English Classroom What native speaker didn’t have the chance to learn to read with bright colorful pictures and fonts larger than your chubby fingers? You felt like the smartest child in the world when you finished that big 50-page book. You were a super sleuth detective because if you didn’t know what a word meant you could figure it out through the illustrations. You were the fastest reader in the world because you turned the pages so quickly you didn’t even notice there wasn’t that much written on each page. I think our English students should also have this great opportunity to have the same self-esteem building experience. Children’s literature is great pedagogically because it uses a vocabulary appropriate for beginning English learners. Sentence...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about Examination 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. - Taiwan said: Songs in the ClassroomThere are many tools and materials that can be used in an EFL classroom. Different tools and materials can benefit different students, depending on their learning styles. Songs are an especially useful tool because of their ability to stick in the memory. The use of songs in the classroom can be a very effective way of teaching english as a second language. Songs and music in the classroom are presented and used in very different ways, depending on the age of the...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about Class Location 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.C. - U.S.A. said: Pronunciation problemsPronunciation plays a huge role in the english language. Simply due to a slight change in the pronunciation, it can change the entire meaning causing a huge misunderstanding. Most of the time pronunciation can be cause by a lack of confidence causing the individual to shudder and end up expressing something else. The problem with pronunciation mainly occurs to individuals from different countries speaking a different native language causing them to have an accent when...  [Read more]