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Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Canyon Day Arizona 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 is very aptly titled \"troubleshooting\", for it talks about the most common problem situations that a teacher may encounter in the classroom (i.e. how to deal with a large class, how to motivate students who are reluctant to participate in class activities, how to teach first lessons, how to use 'warmers' to get students motivated at the beginning of a lesson, how to maximise the use of English in class, etc.) The section discussing how to deal with a large class is particularly...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Day Wisconsin 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 really enjoyed this unit, because the conditionals and the reported speech are 2 of the 3 things i like the most about english grammar, together with the passive voice. I am aware that those are probably the 3 most difficult units to teach to students that are below the upper intermediate level of English learning. When you live in a non english speaking country, it can be very difficult to know exactly when to use the conditionals or the reported speech, so it is going to be a good challenge for me...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Certification Saint Petersburg Russia 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 final unit has covered most of the problems that teachers might face in the classroom. Having these spelled out has given me some confidence as a new teacher. I now know that these problems are common and all teacher will face them, and that there are ways to over come these issues. Overall, the course has been eye-opening and has taught me a lot about teaching English.This unit was very informative as the ones in the past. Once again it is easy to take it for granted that...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Certification Saint-etienne France 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: After discussing about the Receptive Skills in previous unit, we are now moving on to the Productive Skills. These classroom integrated skills are equal important. Similarly, accuracy and fluency are equal important for students to get familiar with and to produce correct language. Teachers are encourage to use games in the classroom to simulate, motivate and create fun opportunities for students interaction.This unit showed me how to approach collecting materials and teaching...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Certification France Saint-etienne 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 was unique in that it involved watching and evaluating two sample lessons that were teaching the same thing to the same students. The first video of the lesson involved a teacher who was making numerous mistakes and did not seem very interested in teaching the class and, thus, was not an effective teacher. He did not seem prepared and was not very engaging. Hence, his students were disinterested and almost afraid to answer. In the second video, the teacher is much more...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL TitusvilleCounty 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: Unit 14 It is about the use of materials (authentic and non authentic) and course books. Authentic materials: these are magazines, programs, newspapers, songs, poems, brochures, films, videos, etc. Advantages: they are real, interesting, motivating, students can gain confidence if they understand them. Created materials: they are designed by the teacher. For example: crosswords, flashcards, word search puzzles, role play cards, gap fill activities, picture stories, etc. Course...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Saugatuck 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: I learned about the pros and cons of authentic vs created material. And also, about the benefits and limitations of Course Books. I also learned about helpful resources for created material (www.puzzlemaker.com). I got some more practice in visualizing a boomerang lesson plan. I thought the wording for the 2nd answer in the 8-12 series was strange. In my mind, the final activity phase should be whatever option gives the students the most \"freedom\" to gain fluency. I reasoned that them preparing...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Saint Ignace 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: Future tense expresses an action or situation that have not happened yet, but is expected to happen in the future. Unit 8 indicates this tense is not only formed by using will/shall with the simple form of the verb, there are so many different ways and ideas of expressing the future in English. However, we can?t choose among them at random, but have to use certain tenses depending on the situation. Unit 8 lists out seven most common tenses are used for future meaning, including the form and...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Sheldahl Iowa 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 dealt with modals, the passive voice, relative pronouns and phrasal verbs. It gave basic rules for the modals, including the various tenses for each one, and it also demonstrated the passive voice. It explained the reasons why we employ the passive voice, and it demonstrated the various tenses associated with it. In addition, it explained the difference between defining relative clauses and non-defining relative clauses, and finally, it listed the three different types of phrasal verbs and...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Oldtown Idaho 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: Statement: (The passive voice is used when focusing on the person or thing affected by an action. Generally speaking, the passive voice is used much less often than the active voice.) This is what stood out for me in short. As educators we always have to keep up with new language development, as things and language do keep developing as the years go by. Its amazing how the English language has been developed, I have learned a lot from this unit and I still have along way to go.Expression is just not a...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Saint Benedict Oregon 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 was by the far the densest of the lot. Coving 4 different grammar points: modals, passive and active voice, relative clauses, and phrasal verbs. Each of these topics was presented with examples, teaching suggestions, and common student errors to be alert to. As a native speaker who did not study English grammar in school, this was a very useful unit for my EFL teaching, providing rules that I can explain to students about how these grammar points function. The variety of meanings...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Clarksville Tennessee 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 different activities that can be used for teaching language functions, vocabulary and grammar to ESL students such as asking students to describe their house during engage, giving them a crossword puzzle to learn the vocabulary terms for various rooms or pieces of furniture in a house during study, and then having them create a role-play about buying furniture for a new house during engage. I learned what factors make learning words easier or harder for students such as how...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Ogdensburg New Jersey 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 was about teaching receptive skills, which are Reading and listening. Both are important, but when reading you have more time to understand to think about the text and even if you don't understand everything you can maybe guess because of the rest of the content in the paragraph. When listening you normally only hear the information once, so you need to understand more immediately because you don't have that much time to think about it. It still get confused while trying to plan a...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Saint George Maine 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 went over the future tenses and their uses, possible errors students can make in each tense and useful tips on methods for teaching them. It also explained the use of other tenses to express actions that happen in the future like the present simple and present continuous. Although they are not future tenses they can be used to express something that will happen in the future. I can see how students can get confused when learning English as there are so many very subtle differences in the...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Saint Ann Missouri 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 have learnt that receptive skills include reading and listening. There are different motives/reasons for reading and listening: for purpose and for entertainment. It is important to grasp the overall meaning from a pre-existing knowledge of the world, not just using ears and eyes. Readers and listeners' understanding of the context will depend on predictive skills, specific information (scanning), general idea (skimming), detailed information, deduction from context. Problems with listening...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Saint George Missouri 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: Most of things I've seen in this unit are what you really learn practicing inside the classroom. The teacher must bear in mind that these are details that make the class environment and the lessons more likely to be meaningful. The teacher should not take for granted the lack of experience of the learners. To be the teacher does not mean we know everything, it means we hold some knowledge and guidance skills, we are educators above all. As we go through the year with them, we also learn by...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Brownsburg 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: Unit 19 is about teaching the different groups of students. The different groups can be students in groups and one to one lessons. Within these groups, there can be several different learners such as adult and young learners with or without experience in the English language. This unit also talks about what a teacher should and should not do. For example, the teacher should never threaten or overwhelm the students with a lot of homework. Another example with teaching Business English, would be, when...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jobs Russia Yelets 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 covers the topic of professional development. When teaching in a foreign country, it is important to be aware of the cultural issues of the country. Employment could be found online through advertising sites, or it would be ideal to visit the particular country you wish to find employment in to get the \"feel\" of the country and the job. C.V.s should contain all the essential information about yourself and all the relevant qualifications and employment history, but it is best to keep it...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jobs Yelets Russia 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, it introduces the most common methods and techniques of learning and teaching language. It gives a brief description of these different methods and this let me know that each of them has it advantages and disadvantages. So when we choose them to put into practice in our teaching, we should take the personality, the students' culture and their needs into practice. Besides, I think the ideas for different phases are very useful, it is worth learning.This unit examines the rules,...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jobs Russia Odintsovo 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: We could summarize and say that ANY materials can be used successfully in class as long as they are carefully chosen and used with a clear purpose. Among the most successful materials and activities with young learners we should mention: Total Physical Response activities, stories, games, songs, chants, rhymes and poems, puppets, arts and crafts, computers, magic, drama activities, puzzles and problem solving activities, and . . .any other material that at a certain stage can make the learning of...  [Read more]