Whiteboard Games For Adults

  Cilene from Portugal has been an English teacher for 12 years teaching children, teenagers and adults. She took the 120-hour online TEFL course with tutor support and videos from ITTT and in this TEFL review video Cilene tells us how, despite her prior experience as a teacher, she was able to use the course to revise topics she already knew and also learn new things to enhance her classes. While taking the course she was working with a company teaching groups of students of different levels which allowed her to implement the things she was learning into her lessons. Are you ready to live and teach abroad? Click here and get started today: https://www.teflcourse.net/?cu=YTDESCRIPTION Below you can read feedback from an ITTT graduate regarding one section of their online TEFL...  [Read more]

  The next example of a game that we can adapt very easily for classroom use is the game of Jeopardy and in this particular game, what we can do is to have a set of levels for our questions, I'd say one through five, where one is going to be the easiest example and five is going to be the most difficult and then, in each of these sets of boxes, we can have various grammar points, such as tenses, perhaps modals, vocabulary and maybe even conditionals. So what the students can do is they can pick a particular topic first of all and within that topic, they can pick the level of the question that they want and then we can have a set of cards that have been created to fit into these slots and we can ask them that question at that level. So, a very simple adaptation of the game jeopardy...  [Read more]

  Now here's a teaching idea for the present perfect continuous tense. If you remember we use this tense to talk about actions that had been continuing up until the present moment or very recently. In this activity, you'll be giving a student a card. That card will include the past activity as well as some results. This card says 'You've been driving in the rain on your motorbike. You're all wet and your clothes are too.' The results are 'you're all wet and your clothes are too.' You'll present that information to the rest of the class and, therefore, it's up to the class to guess the action that was occurring up until the certain point in time. What will happen in this activity is, the student at the front of the room will express the present results 'clothes being wet; I'm all...  [Read more]

  There's another activity for comparing and contrasting the tenses focusing here in this activity on the present perfect and the present perfect continuous. So in the activity, students will start at the start and roll a die. Perhaps they can roll a 5. They will read 'something you've been learning for a long time'. The appropriate sentence may be 'I've been learning English for a long time.' The next student may go and roll 4. They read 'a beautiful place you've visited.' Then, rather than the present perfect continuous, they would use the present perfect tense: 'I visited Paris.' You can encourage students to even ask follow-up questions, which would also include other tenses: 'What was so beautiful about Paris?' Now, this activity will be particularly good for your more...  [Read more]

  The dynamics of classroom interaction is often dictated by the arrangement of the classroom itself and the way in which the classroom is arranged could depend upon a number of factors and they might include things such as the age of the students, so for example we're unlikely to have the same arrangement for adult learners as we would have for young learners. It could also depend upon the actual physical space available. The physical space may determine how we have to arrange our classroom to maximize the opportunity for interaction and so forth. It will also depend on what material is available and by material in this case we're talking about the actual desks and chairs and so on and so forth. Perhaps the final thing we might put here is that it could also depend upon the...  [Read more]

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Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jobs Maunath Bhanjan 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: Teaching materials are an important element in the learning process. Unit 17: Equipment and teaching aids goes into great detail of the variety of equipment available. I was surprised to read about the interactive whiteboards. IWBs are expensive and very cutting edge, I did not think they would be very popular. When I was in school we only had overhead projectors. It's impressive how advanced classrooms have become. In my future classroom I foresee myself utilizing videos and resource...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Port St. JoeCounty Seat 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: In order to make lessons more attention-grabbing, effective a wide range of methods can be used. Some of the resources are whiteboard, OHP, IBB, visual aids, worksheets, CDs, videos and so on. Certainly there exist several rules of using a whiteboard for instance, clearly writing, highlighting key points, unnecessary parts cleaning, only putting necessary information and etc. In terms of using Interactive whiteboards, a teacher should understand that he needs back-up plan, well-trained...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about Comprehensive 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.P. - U.S.A. said: Young leaners vs adultsAs children enter schooling age, they learn quickly as they adapt building knowledge and absorbing information to their environment. For adults, compared with children, language acquisition is more difficult although they put a great deal more effort. What are some of the major differences to find between young learners and adults? Why is it necessary to find out the differences between those two groups? Children learn new languages very easily just...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Certification China Zhuzhou 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 are many types of teaching equipment/aids that teachers can use in the classrooms. To name a few, there are white/black board, interactive whiteboard, overhead projector, visual aids, worksheets, CD player, dictionaries, computers, online resources, etc. The most important one would be the white/black board, because the board can be used for many different purposes, such as drawing, writing, attaching things on, projecting overhead transparencies, etc. Interactive whiteboards are also...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Bray 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: Unit 17 discussed equipment and teaching aids. There are a lot of resources available to enrich the teaching and learning experience, such as whiteboards/blackboards, interactive whiteboards, overhead projectors, CDs, DVDs, course books, and computers. Most likely to be used frequently is the whiteboard/blackboard, and for this it will be important for me to remember to write large enough for all the students to be able to read, as well as clearly so they can understand, and to only write down the...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Donaldson Arkansas 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 provides information on how to cater to the learning needs of different groups. I learned that while some teaching methods might stay constant throughout classes, depending on the group, there needs to be adjustments and specialization. The way I teach adults in business and the way I teach younger students differs for instance. While I might be more professional and aware of the business background of the adult students in business, for younger students, a more enjoyable teaching method...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Amravati 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.L. - Korea said: dults are kids too. They need encouragement, games and yes, even fun! Studies, including this Procedia study, have found that fun and enjoyment are as important to an adult?s ability to learn and absorb information as a child?s. Although adults appreciate clearly knowing the point or goal of an activity before beginning, that does not mean that it can?t be silly. Because adults tend to draw from experience and are learning their new language for a specific goal, they prefer realistic games....  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about Getting TESOL Certificate 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.K. - U.S.A. said: Problems for learners in ItalyI have been living In Florence, Italy for about five years. I first came to Italy in 2006 to continue my studies with design as well as the italian language and culture. Although italian is one of the most romantic languages in the world it can be difficult for foreigners to learn and difficult for Italians to forget while trying to learn and speak in english. While living here, I have learned that many Italians start learning english from elementary...  [Read more]

Learning modes: Young learners vs. adults he role of a teacher is a vast and varied one and there is a considerable amount of factors that will affect this role. One of the main factors that really effects how and what we decide to teach is the age of the students. For instance you could not walk into a classroom full of eight year old primary school children with the same lesson plan designed for teaching a group of 3rd year degree students. Other then the differences that would occur in academic ability, between these two groups, people of different ages have very different needs, competences and cognitive skills. For example, it is through play that much of children's early learning is achieved. (1) ‘The physical, socio-emotional and intellectual development of children is dependent...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about Combined 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: J.L. - U.S.A. said: Learning modesA teacher must adapt to the course he or she teaches, depending on the students who are taking the course. A teacher must adapt majorly when teaching young learners, as opposed to teaching adults. Teaching young learners can be very rewarding, as the students tend to learn quicker than adults and can get very excited about small things. It can also be very challenging, as younger students have a much shorter attention span and the teacher has a great responsibility to...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Certification Kwekwe Zimbabwe 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 provided guidelines on teaching productive skills to new language learners. The unit explain the difference between accuracy and fluency and how each can encourage students to speak English with confidence. The lesson also provided games, activities and a layout on how to properly keep the new language students engaged while teach writing skills.I really engaged with the suggested lesson of an interview with Tom Cruise. As a primary school teacher who is not often able to use...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Amber Michigan 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: Equipment and Teaching Aids are commonly used in the classroom as a complement to the textbooks. The board (preferably a whiteboard) is the basic piece of equipment a teacher needs to effectively draw the student?s attention during a lesson. Equipment such as overhead projectors, cassette recorders, video cameras can also be used to complement course books, worksheets and dictionaries. However these are now being replaced by more modern technologies such as DVD players, interactive whiteboards,...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jobs Baotou 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 explored the various pieces of equipment teachers can use to effectively educate their students. Described were traditional methods, such as the whiteboard, visual aids, and cassette recorders. Ways of teaching that have become more popular over the last few decades were also mentioned, like computers and interactive whiteboards. What I learned in this unit were the correct usages of the conventional whiteboard. This is the most prominent method with which I have practiced, and I was not...  [Read more]

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