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this unit is considered to be one of the most important units in the course because it teaches non-experienced teachers how to plan their lessons effectively. It highlights an example of a lesson plan

Alabama

I have come across a few reluctant students before and it is not easy to motivate them or keep their attention on the lessons. In this unit, I am happy to learn that there are many ways to overcome t

Alaska

There are three different types of tenses in English with each of the type sub-divided into four. The form of the tense shows the rules and regulations of the grammar points. The present simple focuse

Arizona

This unit taught me grammar and the different parts of speech. I already have knowledge on this subject, but it was great to have a refresher of the different types of each part of speech, and the rul

Arkansas

In this Unit I have learned qualities of a good teacher. Qualities such as patience, a good knowledge of the subject they are teaching, and the ability to motivate the students are all assets to your

California

To keep the classroom fun and engaging, a teacher can and should use a variety of teaching aids and utilize various equipment when available. The most classic and basic equipment will be the blackboar

Colorado

This unit does a good job in laying out the concepts, techniques and strategies for teaching productive skills. The techniques offered with the red-boxed subtitles are very reader-friendly and extreme

Connecticut

As a brief understanding of this unit 3 A teacher must know when to be firm and when to leave the students it must know when to be firm and when to leave the students alone.The teacher must be flexibl

Delaware

Learning about course books and lesson materials in this unit, has given us a better understanding of how teachers should approach their lessons. When materials are being made for our lessons, we have

Florida

This unit is based on communication. The teacher should create need and desire in the student to communicate. There is a difference between accuracy and fluency, but they are both equally important: t

Georgia

In this unit I learned that teachers can use a traditional course book or create their own materials in order to instruct a class. These materials can be either authentic or created. Authentic mat

Hawaii

This unit was a basic overview of the very concept of teaching. It was difficult to truly 'get anything out of it,' as a lot of it was platitudes and things that, if asked directly, the average perso

Idaho

A goal for language learners may be to gain the ability to produce the langauge on one's own ability. However, speaking and writing may often times prove to be the most difficult for students to grasp

Illinois

This unit is about various problems that may arise when teaching an EFL class. The unit provides different suggestions for how to deal with common issues that may come up due to different reasons. Som

Indiana

Unit 11 begins with the introduction of the 4 basic language skills: reading, listening, speaking, and writing. This unit focuses on the two receptive skills: reading and listening. The unit then disc

Iowa

This unit goes over the forms, usages, common student mistakes, and teaching ideas for the four forms of present tense. I found the "usages" section of each form most helpful because a native English

Kansas

Just with other elements of the English language, it is important that the teacher is familiar with grammatical terms. As native speakers we do not often think about the grammatical structures that we

Kentucky

All four skills are equally important in learning and teaching a new language. Receptive skills are reading and listening, and productive skills are speaking and writing. For the successful evolution

Louisiana

This unit discusses the present tenses. Present tense is ahead of the past and behind the future. It describes the 'here and now'. Similar to the last unit I had no idea what most of the conversationa

Maine

WOW! I have been a native speaker of English for 42 years. The four present tenses are easy and difficult. I can see how easy it is for a foreigner to make mistakes when speaking. I have spent ma

Maryland

During the entire teaching a teacher should check and evaluate students in order to understand their level, their needs and motivatiins. Its possible to assess a language level by tutorials, evaluatio

Massachusetts

This unit covered the teaching of receptive skills, namely listening and reading. It covered reasons for reading and listening, as well as the varies ways in which we can read or listen. For example,

Michigan

In this lesson, I learned about the various ways students can be tested and evaluated in classes. I also learned about how to make evaluations for students to give for their teachers. Regarding testin

Minnesota

This unit introduces the past tenses. These are: simple past, past perfect, past continuous, past perfect continuous. Simple past is used for a finished action at a specific point of time in the past

Mississippi

This unit explains what students need to know about vocabulary and grammar in a new language. Vocabulary should be appropriate to the students, their language level and likely to arise as they use the

Missouri

This unit covers the equipment that a teacher might have in their classroom. I feel that I have learned how to use new equipment, such as the interactive white boards, while also not relying on these

Montana

This unit covered the basic parts of speech. I think that it would be a while before one would attempt to convey these ideas to a language learner. Many people do not concern themselves with which par

Nebraska

These two ESA demonstration lessons gave me the opportunity to see the effective and ineffective teaching in the action. Now I want to state what I have noticed regarding these two lessons. During the

Nevada

It's interesting to note why a student would need to learn certain aspects of language and why they wouldn't need to learn other aspects. I think a really important thing to consider is the type of st

New Hampshire

As an inexperienced teacher I find lesson planning very important as it helps me to focus on how to achieve learning objectives through lesson stages, gives me something to refer to during the lesson

New Jersey

A good teacher is one who does not only have the knowledge of the subject they are teaching but they also care about the students they are teaching. The teacher needs to be able to balance his/her ro

New Mexico

This last, 10th unit has given me a meaningful insight into evaluation and testing processes. I think learning about the power of testing and conducting it in a right manner is very important for lear

New York

These two videos gave me the opportunity to see an example of the previous 9 units put into action. From these videos I can see how subtle yet significant teacher presentation and strategy effect lear

North Carolina

This unit talks about how to manage classes and includes a variety of relevant topics and things to consider when having a class. Ideas such as: eye contact, voice, gesture, the teachers placement and

North Dakota

In this last unit, we explored the problems that can potentially occur in a classroom setting. During the first lesson of a class, it is important to establish rapport with the students and try t

Ohio

The past tense may be more challenging for a lower level learner due to the many irregular verbs. However, a strategic, planned and practiced lesson will ensure the success rate of the students learn

Oklahoma

Unit 7 covers the ways that you should approach teaching new vocabulary words, grammatical structures, or language functions to a class of students. Each section covers what the student needs to know

Oregon

In this Unit we learned the final basic aspects of grammar. We covered Modals, Phrasal Verbs, and Passive Voice. I think Passive Voice is the most important to learn because many things are said and w

Pennsylvania

This unit was designed to make teachers aware of the advantages and disadvantages of using course books in the classroom. My biggest takeaway from the lesson was not to be too tied to a textbook, no m

Rhode Island

In this lesson it talks a lot about course books that can be used to teach your classes. It talks about how they can be beneficial in providing security to the students and the teacher, usually they a

South Carolina

This unit talked about the reasons for doing evaluations and tests on students. It introduced to me different kinds of tests, how they worked. Besides, it also talked about different internationally

Tennessee

This unit shows what materials to use in our lessons. We learn that we can use authentic materials (anything from real life, ex: newspapers, recording etc) or created materials (that we create ourselv

Texas

This unit illustrates 4 essential skills in term of English teaching. They are receptive (reading and listening), and productive skills (speaking and writing). In fact, all of these learning skills

Utah

I'll be honest, I tried to close out of my browser so I could sleep, and clicked "back" which started the test. I was afraid of earning a 0 on the test, so I read the unit and took the test. While my

Vermont

Reading and Listening are extremely important. Students are more fearful of listening than reading. They come with the preconception that it is too difficult and if they are older students, the listen

Virginia

In Unit 9 I learned that although too much planning can make it difficult for me to be as flexible as I need to be as a teacher, creating a good lesson plan can still be very helpful. A lesson plan sh

Washington

Teaching aids are various devices which can help the foreign language teacher in presenting linguistic material to his students and fixing it in their memory. A film-strip is the most widely-used audi

West Virginia

Unit 20: Troubleshooting was the final unit in the TEFL series and supplied a summary of solutions to problems that may arise throughout the teaching period. Overall, the TEFL practice course was a f

Wisconsin

In this unit, I have learned about modals, passive voice, relative clause and phrasal verbs. Modals are words that add meaning to the main verb and is put before other verbs. Modals are used to expres

Wyoming

This unit focuses on grammar, various parts of speech, and the rules to follow for constructing a proper sentence. All sentences are made up of the same basic parts, always including a subject and a v

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