Teach English in Nanyang Shi

This Unit emphasized Writing and speaking to be considered productive skills where as Unit 11 spoke about to listening and reading as the receptive language skills

Begin with modal verbs, using role-play activities are influential

Following on from the previous subject, this unit takes a close look at speaking and writing skills

This demonstration lessons shows very clearly how a lesson should be taught in an effective way using a better students' participation

In this unit, I learnt there are a lot of methodologies in English teaching and I had general idea of what they are

Unit 16 is a grammar lesson on both conditionals and reported/indirect speech

This unit answered to a lot of questions I was having during the course

The first unit outlines the qualities and roles of both good teachers and students, as well as their harmonious interaction

This unit was about how to properly manage a classroom

In this unit it focus the ESA stages of the lesson

There are many parts to a lesson plan you need to consider before you do a lesson

Course books and created materials are both necessary and may have the same degree of importance

From this unit,I learnt how to manage the class

This Unit dwells upon 5 main conditionals considering their forms, usages, typical students' mistakes\\errors and direct\\indirect speech issues including modifications of verb tenses, reporting verbs, pronouns and time expressions

Most of this unit was fairly basic and self explanatory BUT there were a number of areas that I really did not know or at the very least found confusing

Teaching special groups include: Teaching individual students, teaching beginners, teaching children and teaching Business English or English for Specific Purposes

The classroom is a very important environment for teaching successfully

This unit taught me some common problems I might face as a teacher and some ways to deal with those problems

This last unit discusses the various types of tests that a EFL instructor is likely to encounter: placement, progress, diagnostic, practice and external

This unit covers best practices for testing and evaluating students on their knowledge of English as a foreign language

The vocabulary, grammar and functions section focuses on the methods and lessons that can be used to teach each of these aspects of the language

The content of this unit is a break from the use of theoretical materials to that of a real life English classroom

From this lesson I am learning more about the importance of lesson planning and using the Engage Study Activate (ESA) format to structure activities

This units describes the qualities a teacher should have to be a good teacher (personal qualities and skills he will need to aquire) and also the different roles a teacher should adopt and the ease to be able to switch from one role to another

Language learning styles and strategies are among the main factors that help determine how ?and how well ?our students learn a second or foreign language

I really enjoyed this module

Today I have started the course \"Teaching English to young learners\"

This unit gives a clear idea of which skills a teacher should possess and its importance

Unit 20 deals with common problem situations in the classroom

This unit provided a good explanation of the different ways of receiving/taking in knowledge

From this Unit I could learn how to handle common problems in ESL classrooms

In this unit we looked more closely at lesson plans, how to construct them and how to use them

This unit dealt with receptive learning and partially touched on productive learning

Unit Ten is a pair of videos of two lessons made by a teacher with Thai students

This unit was very useful as I learned some common problem situations

This unit went over various theories, methods, and techniques that are commonly used in teaching English language-learning students

How successful students would be in learning a new language depends not only on themselves but also on the teacher and learning environment

This unit provided me with the foundations needed to provide a lesson, primarily through the ESA method

This unit covers how to set up a lesson plan

The most important aspect of this unit for me was the definition of student's levels

This unit focused on the three main topics within teaching teaching a new language: Vocabulary, grammatical structures and language functions

Pronunciation - I agree is probably the most neglected aspect of English language teaching because it's so complicated on paper

Evaluation is important in knowing the students' language level and their progress

This unit focused on a variety of potential problems in ESL classrooms, such as the use of students' native language, reluctance to participate, large class sizes, mixed-ability classes, and difficulties with listening texts

From this unit i have learnt how to use different forms of the four categories of present tense to narrate actions which has been completed in an and unspecified time frame and in a stated time in the past, period of time in the past

To be a good teacher,it's very vital to manage classes

To gauge student's level a good teacher should know when and how to evaluate them

Unit 6 Past tense- There are four main Past tense, Past Simple-actions that happened at a specific time in the past

We studied examine the qualities, roles and responsibilites of both teachers and students in this unit

In this unit, I learned about the different types of classroom equipment that I can use in my future classroom

During this lesson I learned a lot about pronunciation and phonology

The divide between authentic, inauthentic, and course books is one I hadn?t previously considered

I have learnt he advantages and disadvantages of the following teaching equipment namely, whiteboard, interactive white board ,OHP, visual aids, worksheets ,cassette recorders, CD and DVD players etc

As the number of ELs in our schools increases, more and more educators need to be prepared to teach this student group

In my opinion, the system of tenses is what always makes students confused due to grammar differences

From both videos it seems a teacher's behavior is really important in the outcome of a students learning behavior because it makes the classroom setting more friendlier or hostile

When teaching special groups, one must know how to identify the group to find out what system will be used

This unit discussed the general roles of the teacher and learners in a classroom as well as the levels of learners that teachers might encounter

This chapter covers the modal, phrasal verbs, and the passive voice

Discipline seems to be difficult for many teachers, especially in another language

This introductory unit addresses course content over the course of six units including, teaching and learning theories, classroom management, syllabus development, lesson planning, career possibilities, etc

During this unit, I encountered what makes a quality teacher and the several roles they should fill

In this unit, different groups of students were examined in detail

In unit 13, I learned about the advantages and disadvantages when using a course book in the classroom and what lesson materials should be considered to graps students interest in learning

I would not have thought to include more open ended questions in a placement test, but the unit makes very good points about their use in determining fluency, motivation and level

There are different ways to assess a student's language level

Watching these two videos the one clear thing that stood out for me was the attitude of the teacher can either make or break the comfort and atmosphere of a class

In this Unit, I learned about conditionals and reported speech

This unit discussed ways to approach common problems teachers may face in class, first time teachers in particular

Before this lesson, I only thought of writing as part of the Study phase, when filling in worksheets

In this unit which involves all the teaching groups, my preference is younger groups commonly in secondary stage, for the reason that find my self more confident

I learnt that the bahavior of that teacher and the way he teach is very important,its creates a good situation from the start

Boards are the usually the centerpiece of a classroom

I have learnt the different uses of verbs, adverbs, adjectives, subjects, prepositions, pronouns and conjunctions

The unit has helped me to learn about the different kinds of methodologies and techniques in EFL even though each one of them has its pro and cons I agree that the one who gives more exposure to the language and encourages the students to discover the language by themselves is the ESA method

There are 8 parts of speech in the English language, namely nouns, adjectives, articles, verbs, adverbs, gerunds, pronouns and prepositions/conjunctions, where nouns, adjectives, verbs and adverbs serve as content words that provide the concepts and ideas underlying the sentence while pronouns, prepositions and conjunctions are structure words which tie the content words together into a full and complete sentence

Key points in this lesson were going over general terminology so to understand many of the acronyms that we may come across in the TEFL world

Lesson planning is something that experienced teachers will likely be relying on moreso than inexperienced teachers

Unit three presented information on course development

This unit emphasized the importance of learning new vocabulary, especially in the early stages when students are eager to learn the basics words they need to communicate

There are three different times with four different aspects

One of the areas of the English language that students find most problematic is the tense system

The unit discussed the teaching of productive skills

Unit 2 Parts of Speech i have learnt that in any languages we learn, grammar is always tricky and complicated part to learn

I believe this course was light years easier than the Present Tenses unit

This unit is about teaching new language and functions to learners

This unit covered the 5 main conditionals and their grammatical forms and usages, as well as reported versus direct speech and the changes that sentences undergo when being converted from direct to reported speech, such as verb tenses being backshifted from present to past tense

I agree with planning making a lesson rigid and stop the teacher being flexible to the needs of the students

The teacher should be prepared to work with all different types of students, such as children, beginners, young adults and also students with different purpose of learning

Unit 8 focuses on the future tense

In unit 15 talks about the different types of student assessment and evaluations that can and should be conducted

I learned the different roles of a teacher in the classroom, which include manager, organizer, assessor, prompter, participant, tutor, facilitator, model, and monitor

This unit reviews the design of a suitable syllabus that takes into account students' current age and proficiency (assessed by a Level Test) and reasons/requirements for learning English (assessed by a Needs Analysis)

While I think the most beneficial academic time is in student-student and teacher-student class time, tests have their own place in the educational system

Classroom management is one of the most important aspects of teaching

In this unit I have learnt about managing classes

This unit was excellent because in my past experience in working with people who have English as their second language, tenses is often an aspect that is not used correctly

It's vital for a teacher to write lesson plans

Modal auxiliary verbs add meaning to the main verb

Unit 14 describes the ways in which teachers can use course books and class materials in the most effective and creative ways

Classroom management is the skill of organizing and managing the class, having a friendly, relaxed manner and maintaining discipline

This unit is about Conditionals and Reported Speech

This unit was the most difficult so far to learn

While watching those videos, I've learnt a lot of new things

This unit provided examples of actual lessons

This unit has been the most useful so far, as I could determine how lessons can be planned based on students' age

Again, the inclusion of classroom activities at the end of the unit is appreciated

This chapter looks at different types of teaching strategies and activities that can be practiced when teaching specific groups

The unit is about teaching special groups,it provides the different types of groups

The English language student must not only be aware of the language?s irregularities but also the subtleties and nuances of structure

It was very interesting to learn about advantages and disadvantages of course books as well as the best ways and options of implementing them in a lesson

This unit was very helpful

Similar to the last lesson which was on the core receptive language skills, this lesson focuses on the two core productive language skills, which are speaking and writing

This unit presented topics relating to special groups, namely young learners and business students

As we know of the importance of the receptive skills, that is, reading and listening

These two video show me how the teacher affect the quality of the lesson, I think the teacher that in the second video is very good, because he created a rapport environment for the students, he gives clear instruction which the students are very easy to follow

The first lesson is painful to watch! The students look so bored and the teacher does not look much better because he is dour, unresponsive, and unengaged

The lesson structure depends on what is being taught

The unit focuses on assessment of student's language abilities v?a three different ways namely, tutorial, evaluation by student and test

The unit 7 about teaching new language includes techniques, how teachers can teach vocabulary, grammar and language functions

Conditional sentences contain if or other expressions such as when, conditional also refer to the present, future, past and possibilities

This unit emphasized the ways to teach new vocabulary, grammar structures, and language functions

This is definitely a most challenging unit

The Unit is about managing classes and how interestingly complicated this task can be

A good teacher and good learners go hand in hand: a good teacher will always put their students' learning above all else based on the knowledge of the students as far as language skills, age, motivation, and behavior/cultural notions

This was a real tricky unit, but the more I read the more I comprehended the definitions

Parts of speech are the basic type of words that English has

This unit deals about pronunciation and stresses its importance

This unit provided a real life example of bad lesson versus a good one

This unit discussed the teaching of new language, including tips about teaching vocabulary, grammatical structures, and language functions

Unit 13: Teaching Pronunciation & Phonology ; 1-There are 4 major sound sound joining which is;Linking-Sound Dropping-sound changing-extra lettering 2-Intonation: This is considered to be the variation in valome and pitch Some of the topics covered is below:Speach Sound-The vowels-Phonemes- -Phonemic transcription-The - syllable Word stress Intonation Teaching pronunciation Manner Articulation: Plosives,affricates,Fricatives,nasal,lateral,approximants Place of Articulation: Bilabial, Labio-dental,dental,alvelor,palatal-alvelor,palatal,velor and glattal Intonation: Starts: rice-fall/ ends: fall-rice ASSIGNMENT SCORE

This unit covered the different levels a student can be at which is a useful tool to use when assessing the needs of the individual student

I learned quite a bit in this module about how young learners react to different testing styles

This unit again emphasized the importance of creativity in the classroom and just how important it is to identify a lesson's objectives in relation to the needs and interests of the class

The importance of receptive skills, learning this unit I got the general idea about receptive skills and their importance in teaching

This chapter covered conditionals and reported speech

Two of the videos showed a very significant difference between students and teacher behavior

In this unit, I have learnt the types of productive skills: speaking and writing

The topic of this unit is very important to any teacher,as its very important to follow the lesson , not to be driven away from the main goal or run out from the available time

This unit focused more on the teaching aspect and lesson planning of teaching English as a foreign language

In the unit of teachers and learners, I have learned the importance of the roles the teacher can play in the classroom and how important it is to know how to change from one to another

This unit reveals the framework of a successful lesson

This unit taught me about the different types of activities that I can do when teaching students about speaking, it also has some good examples on why students could be discouraged from taking part in classroom talks or not feeling confident about speaking in front of the class

Vocabulary, grammar and functions are main topics in Unit 7

This unit covered modals, phrasal verbs, relative clause, and active/passive voices Active and passive voices were very easy to understand since the one doing the action and the object of that action swap places from one for to the other

Most of students learn English because they or their parents want them to improve the exam marks

Teaching of Business English is a fast growing section of English teaching in the world

This unit provides information and tips on professional development

This unit helped me clarify some of the concepts of the ESA structure

The different forms of the past tense can be much more difficult for students to understand as compared to the present tense

Brief overview: There are five types of conditionals in English grammar

It is important to be able to distinguish the different forms of present tense in English

I feel that it was beneficial to recognize and give examples of the many roles a teacher can take

Though a number of problems can arise depending on students' comfortability with English, and perhaps comfortability with peers, there are methods for improving participation and understanding

Unit 5 covers how to organise and manage a class, and how to maintain a relaxed but disciplined atmosphere

An overview of unit one involved a description of a \"good\" teacher and a \"good\" learner

This unit that analyzes productive skills for teaching the language is focused on Speaking and Writing

Teaching a new language usually comprises teaching vocabulary, grammar and functions of this language

This unit presented a good overview of the use of course books and the various types of materials used when teaching English as a foreign language

Unit 7 did a good job simplifying how to teach vocabulary, grammar and functions

This unit introduces Vocabulary, grammar and function to me

This grammar part is useful too, as I had a chance to review again what I've learnt in my early age, in the middle and high school

This unit so far has been the most new information for me as an English speaker

This course is about the evaluation and testing of English language learners (in this context)

A lesson plan is an important part of a well-organized class

It is paramount on the first lesson we build a roport with the students, through interactive games such as \"pass the ball\" and find out what are your students interests