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Every teacher makes mistakes in the classroom, particularly at the start of their career. As we learn to identify these mistakes we actually become better at our job, unless we fail to recognize these mistakes at all of course. Here we look at some of the most common errors made by new teachers and how to avoid them as we gain experience. Talking too much during lessons is probably the most common mistake made by inexperienced ESL teachers. The bottom line is that ESL students need to take every opportunity possible to speak the language as this is how they make real progress. However, if the teacher dominates the conversation any progress will be cut considerably. Only say what you need to keep the lesson moving forward and avoid chat that is not connected to the point of the...  [Read more]

  So, the document itself needs to contain some general information about the class, for example the name of the teacher, the date and time of the lesson, what level of class is being taught and in what room, how many students are we expecting, this is important, when we've got things like photocopying and materials to do, what is the context of the lesson, in other words, what is the lesson actually about, what vocabulary or grammar point is this lesson covering and sometimes it's also useful to write out what the focus of the lesson is. So, in effect, the context of the lesson is telling us the grammar point, for example, that might be the present continuous tense, whereas the focus is telling us how we're going to go about teaching it. Another example to illustrate this: Let's...  [Read more]

  We now consider what we might call the technology that we could use within the classroom then that could include things such as cassettes, the use of CDs, the use of DVD and video. Some general issues surrounding the use of these types of material, make sure whenever you're using any of this type of technology though you know how it actually works when using it for a listening activity, for example. How long does it take for the whole tape to play through? How long does it take to rewind and so on. Other issues that you might need to think about is if you're using a cassette player or CD or something that you set the volume level before you actually start the lesson so that when you switch on you don't shock everyone with a very loud sound or that they can't actually hear it....  [Read more]

  Before we go into looking at the actual receptive skills lesson, if we were thinking about what potential problems there could be in these lessons. So, what things could go wrong in a reading lesson? Well, firstly the students when they are reading in a language that is not their native language, they tend to read every word as a separate piece and by reading word to word it?s very difficult to get an overall impression of what that particular text is saying. Secondly, the sentence length in a lot of articles that we will get will be very long and many of our students will not be used to that structure of language. So, here it's important to have a think about the way in which the text has actually been written and will it be fairly easy to read. The final thing is the actual...  [Read more]

  The next example of a game that we can adapt very easily for classroom use is the game of Jeopardy and in this particular game, what we can do is to have a set of levels for our questions, I'd say one through five, where one is going to be the easiest example and five is going to be the most difficult and then, in each of these sets of boxes, we can have various grammar points, such as tenses, perhaps modals, vocabulary and maybe even conditionals. So what the students can do is they can pick a particular topic first of all and within that topic, they can pick the level of the question that they want and then we can have a set of cards that have been created to fit into these slots and we can ask them that question at that level. So, a very simple adaptation of the game jeopardy...  [Read more]

  For statements in the negative form, what we have to do is add the auxiliary verb 'to do'. For subjects 'I', 'you', 'we' and 'they', we simply leave 'do' as 'do', use the word 'not', and keep the base form of the verb now for the negative statements. However, for 'he', 'she' and 'it', we have to conjugate our auxiliary verb into 'does'. We still use 'not' and we still keep the base form of the verb. The pattern performing questions is very very similar to the pattern performing negative statements. However, what we've done is invert our subject and our auxiliary verb so that the questions read the auxiliary verb first. Of course, again, we use 'do' for 'I', 'you', 'we' and 'they' and use 'does' for 'he', 'she' and 'it'. In both cases, we've left our verb form as the base form of...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified in Gauteng? Are you interested in teaching English in Roodepoort, Gauteng? Check out our opportunities in Roodepoort, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English in your community or abroad! Teflonline.net offers a wide variety of Online TESOL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. Here Below you can check out the feedback (for one of our units) of one of the 16.000 students that last year took an online course with ITTT! As a brief overview, this unit generally dealt with 'The Teaching Of a New Language'.In particular, 'Vocabulary, Grammar and Functions' were covered in detail. I have acquired a greater...  [Read more]

Home / TESOL USA / TESOL Online in California - Teacher English Jobs / san joaquin, California TESOL Online & Teaching English Jobs Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified in California? Are you interested in teaching English in San Joaquin, California? Check out our opportunities in San Joaquin, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English in your community or abroad! Teflonline.net offers a wide variety of Online TESOL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. Here Below you can check out the feedback (for one of our units) of one of the 16.000 students that last year took an online course with ITTT! The unit is about...  [Read more]

Home / TESOL USA / TESOL Online in New York - Teacher English Jobs / Volney, New York TESOL Online & Teaching English Jobs Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified in New York? Are you interested in teaching English in Volney, New York? Check out our opportunities in Volney, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English in your community or abroad! Teflonline.net offers a wide variety of Online TESOL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. Here Below you can check out the feedback (for one of our units) of one of the 16.000 students that last year took an online course with ITTT! What are the plans and dreams of students...  [Read more]

Home / TESOL USA / TESOL Online in Indiana - Teacher English Jobs / Prairie Grove, Indiana TESOL Online & Teaching English Jobs Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified in Indiana? Are you interested in teaching English in Prairie Grove, Indiana? Check out our opportunities in Prairie Grove, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English in your community or abroad! Teflonline.net offers a wide variety of Online TESOL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. Here Below you can check out the feedback (for one of our units) of one of the 16.000 students that last year took an online course with ITTT! This unit talked about...  [Read more]

Home / TESOL USA / TESOL Online in Arkansas - Teacher English Jobs / Madison, Arkansas TESOL Online & Teaching English Jobs Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified in Arkansas? Are you interested in teaching English in Madison, Arkansas? Check out our opportunities in Madison, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English in your community or abroad! Teflonline.net offers a wide variety of Online TESOL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. Here Below you can check out the feedback (for one of our units) of one of the 16.000 students that last year took an online course with ITTT! In this lesson we went over grammar...  [Read more]

Home / TESOL USA / TESOL Online in New York - Teacher English Jobs / Berne, New York TESOL Online & Teaching English Jobs Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified in New York? Are you interested in teaching English in Berne, New York? Check out our opportunities in Berne, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English in your community or abroad! Teflonline.net offers a wide variety of Online TESOL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. Here Below you can check out the feedback (for one of our units) of one of the 16.000 students that last year took an online course with ITTT! Teaching is much more than just standing in...  [Read more]

Home / TESOL USA / TESOL Online in Wisconsin - Teacher English Jobs / Spider Lake, Wisconsin TESOL Online & Teaching English Jobs Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified in Wisconsin? Are you interested in teaching English in Spider Lake, Wisconsin? Check out our opportunities in Spider Lake, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English in your community or abroad! Teflonline.net offers a wide variety of Online TESOL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. Here Below you can check out the feedback (for one of our units) of one of the 16.000 students that last year took an online course with ITTT! Unit 7 was about...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified in Portugal? Are you interested in teaching English in Porto, Portugal? Check out our opportunities in Porto, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English in your community or abroad! Teflonline.net offers a wide variety of Online TESOL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. Here Below you can check out the feedback (for one of our units) of one of the 16.000 students that last year took an online course with ITTT! The troubleshooting was a meaningful one because we as teachers have to be aware of every problem that we could have in classes, those are common problems but sometimes we do not know what to do or we...  [Read more]

Home / TESOL USA / TESOL Online in Wisconsin - Teacher English Jobs / Park Falls, Wisconsin TESOL Online & Teaching English Jobs Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified in Wisconsin? Are you interested in teaching English in Park Falls, Wisconsin? Check out our opportunities in Park Falls, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English in your community or abroad! Teflonline.net offers a wide variety of Online TESOL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. Here Below you can check out the feedback (for one of our units) of one of the 16.000 students that last year took an online course with ITTT! Unit 19 focused on...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified in India? Are you interested in teaching English in Sonipat, India? Check out our opportunities in Sonipat, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English in your community or abroad! Teflonline.net offers a wide variety of Online TESOL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. Here Below you can check out the feedback (for one of our units) of one of the 16.000 students that last year took an online course with ITTT! This unit focused on pronounciation and all the nuances associated with its many variations. Wnen speaking any language, we convey what we waant to communicate by using intonation, rhythm and stress....  [Read more]

Home / TESOL USA / TESOL Online in Florida - Teacher English Jobs / Hillsboro Beach, Florida TESOL Online & Teaching English Jobs Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified in Florida? Are you interested in teaching English in Hillsboro Beach, Florida? Check out our opportunities in Hillsboro Beach, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English in your community or abroad! Teflonline.net offers a wide variety of Online TESOL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. Here Below you can check out the feedback (for one of our units) of one of the 16.000 students that last year took an online course with ITTT! In all my time...  [Read more]

Home / TESOL USA / TESOL Online in Michigan - Teacher English Jobs / Ransom, Michigan TESOL Online & Teaching English Jobs Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified in Michigan? Are you interested in teaching English in Ransom, Michigan? Check out our opportunities in Ransom, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English in your community or abroad! Teflonline.net offers a wide variety of Online TESOL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. Here Below you can check out the feedback (for one of our units) of one of the 16.000 students that last year took an online course with ITTT! This unit sought to focus our attention on...  [Read more]

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Home / TESOL USA / TESOL Online in Iowa - Teacher English Jobs / Henderson, Iowa TESOL Online & Teaching English Jobs Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified in Iowa? Are you interested in teaching English in Henderson, Iowa? Check out our opportunities in Henderson, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English in your community or abroad! Teflonline.net offers a wide variety of Online TESOL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. Here Below you can check out the feedback (for one of our units) of one of the 16.000 students that last year took an online course with ITTT! When teaching beginners, we need to be aware of...  [Read more]