Esl Pre K Activities

  So speaking activities will come in many different forms but we can generalize them into three basic types. Control activities tend to be used in the study phase and here, the teacher will be helping the students in terms of what they need to say and how they go about saying it. So, there's a high level of structure within a controlled activity. A guided activity has slightly less structure than this and it can be used in either the study or the activate stages themselves. The final type of activity or class of activity is called creative activity and this one would be used in the activation phase. In a creative activity, we're giving a scenario or a very small amount of structure and we're asking the students to actually create their own answers to this particular question....  [Read more]

  Throughout section on the teaching of productive skills and the teaching of receptive skills our activate activities will usually involve some form of game and our final consideration here will be the use of games in the classroom. We can start with a definition of what we actually mean by a game and it basically has three components. A game is an activity that has rules it should have for its purpose in the classroom a teaching point and by nature to the fact that it's a game it should also include an element of fun. So that will be our working definition for a game that we're going to use in the classroom. There are many different types of games and they range between the competitive and those will require cooperation and there are all sorts of games that involve both of these...  [Read more]

Songs offer a change from routine classroom activities. They are precious resources to develop students' abilities in listening, speaking, reading, and writing. They can also be used to teach a variety of language items such as sentence patterns, vocabulary, pronunciation, rhythm, adjectives, and adverbs. Learning English through songs also provides a non-threatening atmosphere for students, who usually are tense when speaking English in a formal classroom setting. Songs may both be used for the presentation or the practice phase of the grammar lesson. There are various ways of using songs in the classroom. For primary students, the best songs would be those that are either familiar to the children or those, though maybe not familiar, which have an international nature, such as Old...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Liyang JiAnyu? Are you interested in teaching English in Changzhou 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. Spelling is difficult for many adults whose native language is English, and even more so for those who learn English as a second language. As a result, there are many ESL individuals who become fluent in speaking and reading, but never become good spellers. An excellent way to spell difficult words is to sound out words that he or she is trying to spell. In some...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Xinglong Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Huaihua 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. There is a saying that goes ‘Old dogs can’t be taught new tricks’. However, recent advances in cognitive science prove the concept of brain plasticity or neuroplasticity, which is the ability of the brain to continuously re-wire and change all throughout the life of a person. This ability can be observed in the brain healing from injuries and can also be...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in QiAnqiu Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Yancheng 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. Growing up in a rural area in Pennsylvania, I always thought teachers were all pretty much the same. My idea of a teacher were those that taught at a public or private school, grades K through 12. I thought of them teaching the main subjects, such as Math, English, History, and Science. Over the past couple decades, the English language has become the most common...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Shidaohe Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Tonghua 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 breakdown of information in Unit Eleven was very helpful. The example activities and lesson plans provided a great framework for planning futures lessons. Pre teaching vocabulary seems like a fantastic way to minimize confusion in the class. The breakdown of information in Unit Eleven was very helpful. The example activities and lesson plans provided a great...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in ShihuZhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Tonghua 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 breakdown of information in Unit Eleven was very helpful. The example activities and lesson plans provided a great framework for planning futures lessons. Pre teaching vocabulary seems like a fantastic way to minimize confusion in the classroom. I plan to encourage my students to read as much as they can outside of class. The breakdown of information in Unit...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in GuAntangyi Linchang? Are you interested in teaching English in Xianning 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 have been an English teacher in China for roughly 3 years, one of the biggest challenges I face every day is the look I get from the children when they see me for the first time. I stand out a mile away (blonde hair and blue eyes) so they are either very eager to speak to me or they are petrified. As a training school teacher we have to do a lot of...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Mazongling Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Changde 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 education system and teaching are changing quickly. Besides, the education system is changing the role of the teacher.it used to be teacher-centred in the past, but now it is student-centred. These chopping and changing affects teacher's achievement and failure. A teacher should be friendly, willing, excited, patient, job oriented, neat and disciplined....  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in DonghukAifAqufozuling? Are you interested in teaching English in Wuhan 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. Lesson plan is every teacher's road map to effective learning. An effective lesson plan should pre answer, what to teach and how to teach. So, how do we create an effective lesson plan that will pave the way to a successful teacher student interaction? In the next few paragraphs we will be looking at guidelines on how to prepare a lesson plan and discuss the...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Meitanba Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Changsha 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. INTRODUCTION: Child development is a process in which human beings grow and mature from the stage of infancy to the stage of adulthood. Child development focuses on the changes that take place in human beings as they get mature from the age of 1-8yrs.In further we are going to study about how human beings learn to talk and understand different languages and able...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Shiling Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Zhumadian 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. Teaching English to young learners is no small task, but using a multiple intelligence lens might make the job more enjoyable and more effective. By tapping into a students way of learning and assimilating new information an English language teacher can assist language acquisition. “For instance, Medina (1990) showed that primary students improved their rate of...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in GAnyi Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Xiantao, Tianmen, Qianjiang & S? 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. Every English as a Second Language (ESL) teacher desires to successfully teach their students how to proficiently speak, understand, and use the English language. English is a very complex language, and teaching it presents many challenges. Because of this, an ESL teacher must be willing and able to take on various roles throughout the teaching...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Fuli Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Zhuzhou 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. EFL in kindergarten and pre kindergarten in China What can be easier than paying with kids?Unprepared person or parent could think...Grab some toys, better that can make funny sounds, books and let the child discover those by himself. Of course, this is far from educational reality, where a teacher and parents should develop the schedule of repetitive activities that...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Zhuzhou Shi? Are you interested in teaching English in Zhuzhou 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 believe that all classroom activities should not be directed by the teacher Many languages have experienced a rapid growth in the past, such as Mongolian, Spanish or Portuguese, but only a few of them have managed to both survive and stay relevant In my work, I want to describe the...  [Read more]

In each class, there are many different students. Each of these students has a different way of learning. A teacher in an ESL classroom will need to respect the many ways students learn and develop lessons with a wide range of activities and exercises that address these different intelligences. Howard Gardner''s theory of multiple intelligences emphasizes 8 different styles of learning that encompass most people. As the teacher begins to understand the students in his/her class, they will begin to develop a sense of how each student learns and be able to tailor lessons to suit.Word SmartStudents who are word smart learn best through verbal activities. Verbal activities are listening, reading, or speaking. To target these learners, a teacher may include discussions, worksheets, writing...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Suizhoushi Jingji KAifAqu? Are you interested in teaching English in Suizhou 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. Outdoor games and activities can be motivating and fun for English language learners. According to my research, there are many different activities that teachers can use to practice and develop students’ English language skills. Outdoor learning has many benefits: Students can be highly motivated and energized by being outside. When class has become...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Pingming Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Lianyungang 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 productive skills are speaking and writing, because learners have to produce language when practicing these skills. They are also known as active skills. Speaking is the sharing of information and meaning through verbal and non-verbal symbols in different contexts. Some scholars consider speaking the most important language skill as it is the one most used...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Jinqiao Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Hengyang 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 theory of Multiple Intelligences was developed by Howard Gardner. The theory postulates that there are many different types of intelligences, which involve different skills and ways of thinking. Gardner (1989) relied that intelligence was divided into the following categories: linguistic, logical-mathematical, spatial, bodily-kinesthetic, musical, interpersonal...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in FAngdu? Are you interested in teaching English in Huai'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. It is no doubt true that the biggest goal of learning English or any languages is that the learner can apply it expertly in daily life, supporting well in their job particularly. As the ESL (English as a second language) teachers, therefore, our missions are making motivation for the learners and helping them have the ability to connect the knowledge they learned in class...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in ShAhedian Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Zhumadian 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. 1.Principles of teaching reading • Reading is a purposeful enterprise Training students to develop their reading skills should be done to fulfill a range of purposes: - To search for specific information through skimming and scanning activities. - To learn and gain knowledge about different topics. - To be entertained. - To react to a text and have a say about...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Sijihong Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Yiyang 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 took the ITTT online TEFL course not in order to prepare to teach English as an employee working abroad, but as a volunteer in the United States to teach refugee and immigrant adults. I completed the units a few months ago, but I waited to do this summative task until I could begin teaching classes as a volunteer teacher and reflect on that experience. I’ve...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Tonghua Shi? Are you interested in teaching English in Tonghua 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| Teaching receptive skills unit I have found very interesting In unit 11, we learned about the two receptive language skills, listening and reading I learnt about the four basic skills in any language, the receptive skills which are reading and listening and the productive skills are...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in HuAminglou Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Changsha 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. Learning a new language is an inherently challenging task. One important way for ESL teachers to help beginner students learn English is to focus not only on teaching language concepts but on building their confidence to experiment with the language and persist with their learning. This essay will firstly examine why building confidence is important in ESL...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Songping Linchang? Are you interested in teaching English in Chenzhou 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. Lesson planning In my experience and the experience of my teacher colleagues, lesson planning has never been among the most interesting or engaging activities. The reasons are always different: some believe that lesson planning is not effective because a teacher cannot predict the direction of the lesson. Others think that it is a complete waste of time...  [Read more]

Classroom Management is the way in which we organize the resources, students and helpers in the classroom so that teaching and learning can proceed in an efficient and safe manner. Good classroom management results in higher student achievement. A good first impression goes along way in establishing and maintaining management of a classroom. ?Research shows that effective classroom organization and management during the first few weeks of school are crucial in determining expectations, behavior patterns, and procedures that will persist throughout the school year.? It is therefore important that a teacher spends time planning and preparing for the new school year. Successful teachers know how to make an environment that is stimulating and inviting. Room arrangements and displays must be...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Tongxing Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Chifeng 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. Cultural sensitivity in the ESL classroom entails a complex of factors and considerations including intercultural competence, awareness of global cultural, economic and socio-political diversity on both individual and collective grounds, and national as well as transnational educational differences for learners of English. Cultural sensitivity is, thus, crucial in...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in YuanjiApu Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Yueyang 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. Reading and listening skills are called receptive skills. They are vital in communication which is the prime aim of language learning and are part of the literacy skills. They also form the base on which the other two literacy skills – writing and speaking are built. Reading and listening are called receptive skills as they are used to receive information namely...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Yingemen Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Fushun 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 this unit I learned about productive skills such as speaking and writing. They are both used to communicate information. It is important to motivate students to speak and write, that's why teachers should always prepare for the class and challenge students with interesting topics. When teaching productive skills, both accuracy and fluency are equally important....  [Read more]