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Check out tefl tesol about Fast 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: B.G. - Italy said: I actually gained the knowledge of how to be a teacher from taking this course. Honestly, one day I was volunteering to help an english school with its Halloween party and the next I was given three different labs to teach with no experience and no idea where to start. I found that it was nice and fun, but I also was honest with myself that I did no real teaching. I was just a babysitter for the hour I was in their house. Taking this course gave me the information I needed to stop being the...  [Read more]

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Check out tefl tesol about Companies TESOL Language 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. - Spain said: english as a global languageWhat is a global language? In his book english as a Global Language, Crystal (1997) asserts, “A language achieves a genuinely global status when it develops a special role that is recognized in every country” (p. 2). The definition hinges on the special role, which Crystal describes as serving as the native language of the majority (such as english does in the united states or Australia), serving as the official language, or ...  [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]

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Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Stuttgart 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.L. - Italy said: Evaluation and testing is an important part in assessing where your students current English levels are, how they are progressing in the course, and what they have learned and retained at the end of the English course. There are many different kinds of testing that a teacher can give students. Placement and diagnostic tests tell the teacher what the student does and does not know, allowing them to place them in the correct level so they can teach them more effectively. Progress tests can be given...  [Read more]

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Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Certification Brazil teixeira de freitas 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 discribes the basis of English grammar. The comprehension of each part of the sentence is extremely important for both teacher and listeners. By my own experience, I know that if you do not understand the proper order and logic of each part in a sentence, the communication in that specific language will be quite difficult. It is hard to teach English grammar to some lerners from a specific culture where the grammar is different, like Romanian for instance. Using...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jobs Nagpur India 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 taught about the ways that we as teachers can introduce new language to students. After going through this lesson I was able to more easily understand the categories of new language that existed such as vocabulary, grammar, and the function of the language. I also understood better the kinds of activities for each of the phases of a class (engage, study, and activate) depending on which of the three categories I would be trying to teach students along with an example lesson flow for each...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jobs Yenakiieve 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: During this unit I was a little overwhelmed with the content, I did not know all these arrangement types in the classroom and I honestly didn't think that one's position coould be so influential in the classroom and the way students work, all the way from where are am I standing to the way I move my hands and look at them. A lot of good content was shown to me all throughout, I am guessing I will have to check this one a little further down the road.This unit introduces all the different kinds...  [Read more]

(See also under users) Related to Krashen’s Monitor hypothesis, where he suggests three types of monitor user: over users, optimal users and under users. The monitor functions to check what we are going to say against what we know and either allow the thought to be spoken or held back. Under users often are confused in their speech because they did not monitor their thoughts. Over users of the monitor speak erratically because of the time they are using to check their own thoughts before speaking. Optimal users get the balance right.  [Read more]

Related to Krashen’s Monitor hypothesis, where he suggests three types of monitor user: over users, optimal users and under users. The monitor functions to check what we are going to say against what we know and either allow the thought to be spoken or held back. Over users of the monitor speak erratically because of the time they are using to check their own thoughts before speaking. Under users often are confused in their speech because they did not monitor their thoughts. Optimal users get the balance right.  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jobs France Nmes 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 different styles of class lessons and learning. Some of the different types of learning there are is Tasked based learning, Communicative language teaching, The silent way, Suggestopaedia and the lexical approach. I also learned a common structure of lesson is called ESA- Engage, Study, Activate. In the Engage stage is when the teacher should do introduction games and activities leading into the lesson that day. Then during the Study stage is when the teacher talks and...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jobs Japan Hakodate 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 the most confusion bits from this unit came from phrasal verbs. Granted, students have a hard time with passive language, for me, it might have to be explaining and teaching phrasal verbs. Seeing that there's not just one, not two, but three basic types, it was a bit confusing. We have Type 1 (intransitive) basically saying that phrasal verbs can't be followed by a direct object, Type 2 (transitive separable) only object pronouns can come between verb and the particle, and lastly, Type 3...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about Accreditation Which 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: I. Y. - Malaysia said: Lesson PlanningGood teachers walk into their classrooms with a plan. A lesson plan is an extremely useful tool that works as a guide, resource, and log document reflecting our goals for our students, textbooks, teaching philosophy. It can be described as road map. A lesson plan is essential for teachers who have little or no experience and convenient for experienced ones. There is no correct format for a lesson plan. The most important thing about it is that it should be useful for...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Certification Iran Zabol 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: Going over the parts of speech was very valuable to me. I found that I had forgotten some parts of speech like gerunds and the three different kinds of verbs (transitive verbs, intransitive verbs, and infinitives). After i looked over the written notes on the different parts of speech I watched the tutor video to get an idea of how to explain and teach this information. That is the tricky part, being comfortable with the explanations and having examples prepared in your mind. I think that...  [Read more]