Word Classes In English

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 Certification Iligan Philippines 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: Sentences that contain two clauses can use the words \"if\" or \"when'. They are called conditional sentences. There are five main conditionals; zero, first, second, third and mixed conditionals. Direct speech is exact speech or actual speech. Reported speech is when the speech is restated. Sometimes the word 'that\" is included. The verb often changes from present to past tense.This unit talks of alittle lesson planning, equipments that is needed in classes and teaching aids. mostly...  [Read more]

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Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Dacono Colorado 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 unit looks at modal auxiliary verbs which are used before a verb to add meaning to the verb. The modal auxiliary verb can add degrees of certainty, give formal and informal request, can make obligations give ability, advice or possibility and prohibition. The unit also goes over passive voice, when the person doing the action is not known or doesn't need to be known, versus that of active voice when the person or thing performing the action is known. The unit give an explanation of the different...  [Read more]

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Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Certification Japan Tokyo 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: Understanding the meaning of words within the vocabulary is crucial to ongoing development when teaching a new language. Students will need to master the meaning of a word, how and when to use it, where to use it, its interaction with other words and tense usage, sounding out the correct spelling and how it sounds. One area that I embrace for teaching is the use of materials such as a poster, an ad, pictures and other descriptive materials. here it can help the student to identify the word...  [Read more]

  Let's begin our examination of parts of speech with nouns. Nouns are our naming words. They name a person or people, such as Jack, Jill, brother, Prime Minister. We have a place or places such as kitchen, Tokyo. Things or the things around us: pen, light, camera. We have our concepts and ideas: beauty, democracy. These people, things, places and concepts fall into two basic subcategories. Those subcategories are countable and uncountable. As their name suggests, the differentiation here is whether or not we can count our nouns or if we cannot count them. We have our countable nouns: dogs, pens, are two examples. The very nature of the words means that we can count these nouns one dog or 5, 10. Then, we have our uncountable nouns. The nouns that cannot be separated: music, bread....  [Read more]

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  In this episode, we cover the pronunciation of the word "bellwether". This word is a noun and describes someone who takes the lead and sets trends. A long time ago, shepherds hung a bell around the neck of one sheep of its flock designating it the leader. Therefore, bellwether is a combination of the words "bell" and "wether", a male sheep that has been castrated. Below you can read feedback from an ITTT graduate regarding one section of their online TEFL certification course. Each of our online courses is broken down into concise units that focus on specific areas of English language teaching. This convenient, highly structured design means that you can quickly get to grips with each section before moving onto the next. This unit was explained really well. I enjoyed...  [Read more]

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Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Certification India Lalitpur 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 covered the basics of classroom management, including the use of body language and voice, the pros and cons of different class word groupings, classroom arrangement, teacher and student talk tine, how to give instructions, establishing rapport, and maintaining discipline. This unit has reaffirmed my previous knowledge of good classroom management, while pointing out particular areas that are most effective for ESL classrooms, such as using group or pair work to maximize students...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jobs India Nandyal 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 first bit of this section was easy to understand and follow. I was already aware of Active and Passive voices and their specific uses as well as Relative Clauses. I also found it useful that information is presented on a table, where it was pretty clear cut and not difficult to comprehend the content. Information was concise and succinct. This is something that I will adopt for my classes. What I found difficult or rather tricky to grasp was the Phrasal Verbs portion. It took quite a bit of...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Rupert Vermont 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 helped me learn different techniques and methodologies of teaching English, including ones which are currently used and popular, as well as those which are less popular. The ways the techniques are used can be modified depending on the level of the students, as well as the age. The lesson gives examples of activities to help learn different parts of language, as well as guidelines for the teacher, including the fact that the teacher should not correct the students too often. The lesson...  [Read more]

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Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jobs Tanjung Pinang Indonesia 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: Many speakers of languages other than English will be used to more flexible word order due to more inflection and case structure elucidating the relationship between words. Phrasal verbs can have a striking difference in meaning from their constituent words if they are inseparable, such as 'getting off' someone versus 'getting someone off'. While relative clauses will be familiar to most anyone, the passive voice can be useful in attenuating English initially to the target students'...  [Read more]