TEFL in China

This unit gave a guide as to how to manage classes. It outlined how using eye contact, gesture and our voice are crucial tools for classroom management and is essential for effective learning. This

The unit starts off giving examples of what it will take to become a good and affective teacher to all learning levels of students. It also goes into great detail on how to recognize the differing lev

Unit 12 shows us how to teach these two productive skills-Speaking and Writing. I think for people who hold English as their second language these two are the most difficult parts in English learning.

This unit was the most difficult thus far discussing pronunciation and linguistics. Of all the skills students must learn, students tend to struggle the most with speaking. Especially with delivery of

Unit 15 presents different methods and ideas for evaluating and measuring student competence and progress, specifically 1) tutorials/student consults, 2) evaluation of the course by students, and 3) t

This unit covered the management of classroom dynamics. This is one of the most important aspects of a successful teacher. The ability to maintain the respect of the students while keeping good rappor

In this unit, I got to learn about conditionals and reported vs. direct speech. Conditionals refer to the past, present, and future possibilities. Conditionals contain \"if\" and similar expressions,

This unit provided information on vocabulary words, and the importance of how to introduce new vocabulary. The unit went over introducing grammatical structures. It provided useful methods on how to

This unit covered what makes a good teacher, what makes a good learner, the types of teachers there are, The roles that a teacher will have, the levels of learning a student can or will be at and why

This was a good review of parts of speech. I definitely already had great knowledge of the major parts of speech but some of the sub-categories were new for me. For example, transitive verbs and intra

To have a grip on your language an important part of learning includes the use of correct tenses (times). To describe a situation or phrase accurately there has to be a time involved into a sentence.

This unit covered Modals, Passive Speech, Relative Clauses, and Phrasal Verbs. Modals: There are nine true auxiliary modal verbs: will, would, should, shall, might, may, must, can, and could. There

This unit covered the future tenses, which in total are seven. There is the simple future, the future continuous, the future perfect, the future perfect continuous, the simple present, the \"going to

In this unit we talked about the lesson material. We talked about advantages and disadvantages of using course books, how to choose a course book and how to use them. They were several pages of create

I have learnt so much from all these units that have helped me a lot and will make me a great teacher I hope! I learnt from this unit different problems I may face when teaching and how I can over com

From this unit I learned a lot about the importance of gestures, eye contact, mimics, speaking; the way to group the students and what to take in consideration when choosing certain activities; how to

It's imperative to consider where most English learners come from--as Unit 3 pointed out, some learners who have the great opportunity to live in a predominately English speaking country have a huge a

This unit covered the various parts and techniques that go into managing a class. Different ways to arrange the classroom and how to group the students were discussed. The importance and differences b

classroom management is the skill of organizing and managing the the class , having a friendly , relaxed manner and maintaining discipline in the classroom . Thus in this unit i have learnt the differ

After taking the time to read this unit i have found out the reason why my lesson plans haven't been as effective in the past, I Strongly feel that i have gained a much better understanding on how

This unit covered the topic of Pronunciation and Phonology - which each relate to the physical properties of sounds and their production. It is suggested that an educated English person cannot always

The last question doesn't even have an answer to it in the lesson. It does not tell you what to do for problems with the listening texts except to make sure the volume is proper. Final lesson is over

This unit covers troubl shooting. This lesson really gives me lots of clue to teach the first lessson( using the pass the ball game in the first time),to manage the different levels ( pair work )and t

This unit is about Futur tenses. Future Simple: I will pick you up later. Used for Future facts abd certainties, promises, predictions (no present evidence), Assumtions, spontaneous decisions, Th

As much as I love grammar, I have found explaining the past tenses challenging when I was a phone/online trainer, or the examples at my disposal had to be supplemented with explanations. Reviewing th

This unit discusses the complexity of grammar and its usage. It gives a comprehensive coverage of the different types of speech required to form grammatically correct and proper sentence structure. Wh

This lesson was new to me. I did not know much about Phrasal verbs, but I did know about the passive and active voices. The passive and active voice was common to me and this lesson was a refresher fo

Overall, in this unit I learned the importance of the productive skills; speaking and writing. I learned the difference and importance of accuracy and fluency and the appropiate ativities to execute e

In my opinion, a very important distinction was made in regard to the planning process and that is; lesson planning should not be fixed, it needs be more a general guideline, to aid in the organizatio

It seems very important not to rush into teaching grammar etc during the first lesson. We should take the time to make the students comfortable with each other and with us by learning about one anothe