Approaches To Tesol

  Before looking at the methods or approaches themselves, there are some terms that we need to define. These are the approach, the method or the technique. Basically, these are hierarchical. The approach is an overriding set of principles that a method can actually make use of, whereas the technique are the things that we actually do in the classroom to approach that method. So, these three words are going to appear during the presentation. Again, for each of either the approaches all the methodologies we're going to ask four questions. So be it an approach or a method for each of those things: Where did it come from? What's its background? What does it involve when we're talking about actually in the classroom, in other words techniques? What is positive about it? What appears to...  [Read more]

There are a number of methods and approaches for teaching language to non-native speakers. This paper will attempt to compare four popular methodologies: The Grammar-Translation Approach, The Direct Approach, The Audio- lingual Method, and PPP (with ESA as an alternative to PPP). The Grammar-Translation Approach was historically used to teach Greek and Latin. Classes using this approach are taught in the student’s mother tongue, with little active use of the target language. Vocabulary is taught in the form of isolated word lists. Grammar instruction provides the rules for putting words together. Study involves the reading of texts, which are treated as exercises in grammatical analysis; little or no attention is given to pronunciation. 1The Direct Approach was...  [Read more]

English teachers are encouraged to use diverse materials and approaches to reach students across the range of learning styles. Information and communication technologies ' computers and the internet ' provide access to an array of engaging and enriching materials, which any teacher might long for. If only we could feel confident that in starting down this road we won't just be heading for frustration or disaster. Using a computer has been likened to driving a car (Davies, 2006). It takes a while to learn, and it can be really bad when big things go wrong. But in return it offers us unparalleled capabilities.Digital resources allow students to practice at their own pace, and the variety means that specific needs or learning styles can be accomodated. Through software packages or...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Genghuang Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Xinxiang Shi? Check out ITTT’s online and in-class courses, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English ONLINE or abroad! ITTT offers a wide variety of Online TEFL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. With the help of this tesol course, I learned a lot about the english language. But I didn?t learn only the english language but also I gained new tips as to how to be a good and efficient teacher inside the classroom. Now, I have confidence that I will be able to teach english well to students and be able to share the knowledge that I gained to...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in WAnggang Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Xinyang Shi? Check out ITTT’s online and in-class courses, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English ONLINE or abroad! ITTT offers a wide variety of Online TEFL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. The tesol course offered me many things that I would love to treasure. One of these is the quest for knowledge. As an educator I must not only set learning objectives for my students, but also for myself. By setting realistic goals I can keep myself fresh and energized year after year. I need to seek personal and professional growth so that I will...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Yingyang Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Xuchang Shi? Check out ITTT’s online and in-class courses, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English ONLINE or abroad! ITTT offers a wide variety of Online TEFL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. Through this course I have gained the knowledge of how to efficiently and effectively plan lessons that can get the most positive results from students whatever their age and level. The course has also highlighted the possible challenges of teaching in a foreign country and how as a teacher these challenges can be overcome. My personal knowledge...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Yangchengqu Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Zhengzhou Shi? Check out ITTT’s online and in-class courses, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English ONLINE or abroad! ITTT offers a wide variety of Online TEFL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. I began taking this course while I was currently teaching english in korea. I have been incorporating the ESA lesson structure. As a teacher sometimes I get lazy and forget to engage the students, which makes a huge difference. Before this tesol course I was also very uneducated in parts of speech in the english language and have found the...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in XuzhuAng Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Zhengzhou Shi? Check out ITTT’s online and in-class courses, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English ONLINE or abroad! ITTT offers a wide variety of Online TEFL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. As language teaching being my major subject at University, most of the units in the tesol course were very familiar to me. However, as time went past I had simply forgotten some of the important aspects of language teaching. This course has really expanded my views and had increased my knowledge of teaching english to other groups and cultures....  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Duji Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Shangqiu Shi? Check out ITTT’s online and in-class courses, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English ONLINE or abroad! ITTT offers a wide variety of Online TEFL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. I think that the most important thing that I personally gained from this course was how to plan each class effectively. Before enrolling in this tesol course I did not have a clear vision of how to run each class to be the most effective for the students, but now I do. I think that making all of those ESA lesson plans, be they the straight forward,...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Donghua Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Zhengzhou Shi? Check out ITTT’s online and in-class courses, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English ONLINE or abroad! ITTT offers a wide variety of Online TEFL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. TESOL has taught me many useful tools that will greatly benefit me as a teacher. One of the most important things I have learned is how to plan a lesson. Knowing how to plan a lesson will have me prepared for each class I may have and the strategies given to me will aide me to reach all students regardless of the level. The review over grammar...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Yingguo Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Shangqiu Shi? Check out ITTT’s online and in-class courses, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English ONLINE or abroad! ITTT offers a wide variety of Online TEFL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. I?ve had some teaching experience with (young) adult migrants. I taught them Dutch as a second language which I really loved. Having said that, I found it sometimes difficult to describe a lesson or put in a lesson-plan that addressed the question in its entirety. During teaching, you improvise, change and then new ideas will come to your mind on...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Jiazhai Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Shangqiu Shi? Check out ITTT’s online and in-class courses, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English ONLINE or abroad! ITTT offers a wide variety of Online TEFL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. It was a very useful and interesting course for me. As a non-native speaker I found all the units extremely useful. The grammar units helped me to focus on various grammar points, study and analyse them. There was a good amount of grammatical theory and exercises; they?ve helped me to clarify its use in my head, so I can explain it better when...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Zhengzhou Shi? Are you interested in teaching English in Zhengzhou Shi? Check out ITTT’s online and in-class courses, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English ONLINE or abroad! ITTT offers a wide variety of Online TEFL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. Check out which city/town you may be more interested in and start your journey| The most important aspect gained from for me was to learn and understand correctly the basic or simple grammar structures, how to recognize them and to have the ability to teach these to other individuals I began this course because I wanted to improve my pay grade in the...  [Read more]

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  In this TEFL review video trainee Amy talks about her experiences with TEFL in China. Regardless of the course or the course location ITTT offers quality, professional training and you will be given the skills and tools you need to begin your exciting career teaching English abroad. 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. Rapport between the teacher and students (and between the students themselves) plays an important part in determining if a class...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Xinxiang Shi? Are you interested in teaching English in Xinxiang Shi? Check out ITTT’s online and in-class courses, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English ONLINE or abroad! ITTT offers a wide variety of Online TEFL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. Check out which city/town you may be more interested in and start your journey| I have learned a lot from this course This course has done nothing but surprise me! I have had some experience in teaching/playing and I have seen plenty of examples of poor tuition techniques (my children go to a spanish state school where teaching methods are demoralizing...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Xinyang Shi? Are you interested in teaching English in Xinyang Shi? Check out ITTT’s online and in-class courses, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English ONLINE or abroad! ITTT offers a wide variety of Online TEFL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. Check out which city/town you may be more interested in and start your journey| The lesson plan you will see attached is designed for students that have some english knowledge but will be perfectly adaptable for students with less approached to the english language, in that case more language body will be use, including short role plays with me and one...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Wendu'erletu Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Alashan Meng — Alxa? Check out ITTT’s online and in-class courses, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English ONLINE or abroad! ITTT offers a wide variety of Online TEFL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. Vocabulary is defined by Linda Diamond and Linda Gutlohn as "the knowledge of words and words meaning". Considering the overall variety and number of English vocabularies, one can say that vocabulary learning is one of the most significant tasks in EFL classes, and it has always been a tiresome and difficult work for both teachers...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in QiAngongping Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Xiangxi Tujiazu Miaozu Zizhizho? Check out ITTT’s online and in-class courses, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English ONLINE or abroad! ITTT offers a wide variety of Online TEFL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. A teacher must possess several skills to teach effectively. The skills required include, but are not limited to, communication, organization, patience, flexibility, adaptability, creativity, in-depth knowledge and understanding of teaching approaches, techniques, and the subject matter. The combination of these skills...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Wuni Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Shangrao Shi? Check out ITTT’s online and in-class courses, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English ONLINE or abroad! ITTT offers a wide variety of Online TEFL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. This unit provided two video lessons.upon watching both I discovered that the way a teacher approaches a class has an effect on the overall performance of that class.In one video the teacher was not very professional and did not explain everything in detail.the other lesson the teacher behaved in a professional manner and so that class was better ...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in SAnhe Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Xiaogan Shi? Check out ITTT’s online and in-class courses, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English ONLINE or abroad! ITTT offers a wide variety of Online TEFL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. Teacher self analysis in the classroom is just as important as critical self reflection upon the unfolding of our lives. In order to know whether or not our students are getting the most out of our course, the first step must be to critically assess whether or not we are upholding our individual values and / or philosophical approaches to teaching....  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Jiangmifeng Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Jilin Shi? Check out ITTT’s online and in-class courses, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English ONLINE or abroad! ITTT offers a wide variety of Online TEFL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. This unit was a video lesson and it showed us two different videos with two different approaches and outlines.in the first lesson the teacher was not very friendly and did not explain well and so the students where not participating in the lesson well.in the second lesson the teacher made an effort to get to know the students and explain well and...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Lalahe Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Liaoyuan Shi? Check out ITTT’s online and in-class courses, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English ONLINE or abroad! ITTT offers a wide variety of Online TEFL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. It was very fun to see the different approaches the teacher took in these scenarios. The class was having such a good time in the second demonstration and seems like they be more likely to remember the lesson in the future. If a student can enjoy a lesson, they are more likely to learn the concepts. It was very fun to see the...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Aocheng Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Ji'an Shi? Check out ITTT’s online and in-class courses, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English ONLINE or abroad! ITTT offers a wide variety of Online TEFL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. Future tense is regarded to be a difficult phenomenon in English language grammar. There are many ways to express future intentions. For that reason the teacher must be awere of those details and try to convey the information in the best way. The teacher can use different materials, approaches and games to practice future tenses in the best way. The...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Jiegou Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Shangqiu Shi? Check out ITTT’s online and in-class courses, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English ONLINE or abroad! ITTT offers a wide variety of Online TEFL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. This course has many different facets to it and has covered a wide range of topics ? theoretical, and applied. I have learned and developed a better understanding of how the english language is assembled and how it can be taught to others who wish to learn. Although I am a native english speaker, I took most of my ability to speak english for...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Gucheng Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Guyuan Shi? Check out ITTT’s online and in-class courses, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English ONLINE or abroad! ITTT offers a wide variety of Online TEFL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. In unit 13 teaching Pronunciation & Phonology can become fun depending on the approaches and techniques the teacher uses to Improving pronunciation and Phonology. The best techniques the teacher uses include Sounds in words, review of phonology, vowels and consonants, word stress, Sounds in sentences, connected speech, sentence stress,...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Xinhuangyuchang? Are you interested in teaching English in Baicheng Shi? Check out ITTT’s online and in-class courses, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English ONLINE or abroad! ITTT offers a wide variety of Online TEFL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. It's very important to provide context for anything that's taught. Combinations of teaching approaches are more effective. Probably the engage stage is very important for ensuring that all students are involved in the lesson early on and paying attention and feel some personal commitment. Otherwise they might pay less attention or become...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Lanjia Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Changchun Shi? Check out ITTT’s online and in-class courses, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English ONLINE or abroad! ITTT offers a wide variety of Online TEFL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. I found it very interesting to compare the two methods of teaching and how the different approaches affect the student participation and enjoyment. Clearly the attitude of the teacher plays an enormous part on how students respond and participate in a lesson. Although I believe the answers are a little more objective than the previous modules, I...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Tubu Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Jiujiang Shi? Check out ITTT’s online and in-class courses, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English ONLINE or abroad! ITTT offers a wide variety of Online TEFL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. This unit provides a clear , thoughtful and exceptionally organised way of conducting a lesson . It is really important for a teacher to know how to plan , organize and conduct a lesson in a class based on the topic of study . It is also important to make use of the straight arrow , patchwork or boomerang ESA approaches properly according to the...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Xinlitun Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Jinzhou Shi? Check out ITTT’s online and in-class courses, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English ONLINE or abroad! ITTT offers a wide variety of Online TEFL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. This unit is dedicated to productive skills. What's difference between receptive skills and productive skills? Last skills (speaking and writing) produce information for another man, therefore they are so important for study. Unit 12 is devote a few methods and approaches of study of produce skills, the key of which are applying of interesting...  [Read more]