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Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Xiangcheng 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: Y.Y. - U.S. said: This unit examined some effective methods and techniques to teaching new language concepts. It gives many examples for teaching language appropriately at various language levels. Most importantly I learned the structure of how to most effectively give an English lesson. The different language teaching methods introduced at the beginning of the unit gave me a chance to see what I did and did not like as teaching methods during my language learning experience of my second language as well. From...  [Read more]

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Check out tefl tesol about Higher 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: S.B. - New Zealand said: Before I took this course, I had little training or preparation for teaching english in a monolingual classroom and did not know where to look to find resources. I now have the knowledge I need to be able to start teaching ELLs again and to do so now with confidence. This course has refreshed my knowledge of grammar rules, taught me how to prepare lessons in advance and what materials can be used, and how to know where my students are by taking a Needs Assessment on the very first...  [Read more]

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Cebu is a city in the midst of overwhelming growth that blends its ancestral heritage with a modern business edge. Standing as the country's top business and tourist destination, Cebu was crowned as the Queen City of the South. Finding its own place under Cebu's friendly skies, business and leisure coincide together with office buildings and beach resorts. Cebu is an elongated island some 250 kilometers from North to South and 45 kilometers across at its widest point. It is central to the Philippine archipelago and some 600 kilometers south of Manila. This location combined with a sheltered deep water harbor has made Cebu the base for most of the country's domestic shipping and the gateway to the central and southern Philippines. The island's area of 5,000 square kilometers supports over...  [Read more]

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