TEFL in China

Classroom management by far was the most interesting unit to me. It does make me a little apprehensive about teaching my first class. Behavior of students is what I actually worry about the most in

This section detailed the ins and outs of clauses, modals and and active vs. passive voice. It discussed the differences between transitive/intransitive/relative clauses and when to use each structure

This unit was an overview of the future tenses in English (future simple, future continuous, future perfect, future perfect continuous, and 'going to' future) as well as a few present tenses that expr

Motivating StudentsThe ability to motivate students is one of the cornerstones of the teaching process when a student is correctly motivated they become more engaged and receptive to the learning proc

This unit taught me the difference between past simple, past continuous, past perfect and past perfect continuous. I feel that these are important tenses when teaching and speaking English because the

Past tenses are most difficult unit for me. I always have some difficult situations and mistakes as most of students. thats why it is always good to repeat, to review all grammar rules with good examp

Unit 17 taught me about the use of the various equipment and teaching aids in a classroom. It went through tips and ideas on how to use basic teaching aids, such as white boards, visual aids (objects

This unit was quite easy for me, basic english grammar. Although I did not know all the correct grammar words for different kinds of verbs or nouns. While reading the unit material I was able to conne

Modal auxiliary verbs: They include can, could, may, might, shall, should, will, should, must, have to, have got to, need to, needn?t, and ought. They are used to express a number of ideas such as o

This unit focuses on two of the basic skills needed to learn a new language. Those are reading and listening and they are considered \"receptive skills\". Motives for reading and listening may inclu

In this part I learnt a lot about teaching productive skills. Again I had a chance to follow practical examples from speaking and writing lessons. I knew that accuracy is more important in study ESA p

In this unit I have learned the importance of receptive skills and how reading and listing work in general. I now know that there are two main categories for reading and listing that we can use, the f

I have Learned how to successfully set up equipment in the class room in a very organised way, I found this unit interesting because this unit discusses the Advantages and disadvantages of using equi

In unit 1 I learned about the characteristics required to be a good teacher, and the characteristics I should look for in my students to consider them good students. I also learned about the differe

Understanding the grammar of a language is an unavoidable and crucial part of the learning experience. One cannot neither teach nor comprehend English grammar without a firm grasp of the parts of spee

This unit dealt with teaching techniques for presenting new language - vocabulary and grammatical structures - to students. When selecting language to teach, one must consider: the appropriacy of th

This unit focuses on classroom management. Classroom management is the art of organizing and managing the class by creating a friendly environment and maintaining decorum. Utilizing eye contact, gestu

This unit was a good way to make inexperienced teachers become aware of the various problematic situations that they might encounter while teaching for the first time. All the different examples that

While pronunciation is an integral part of the course, it is in fact the most neglected aspect of English language teaching, says the unit and sets out a broad overview and general guidelines on how t

Again this unit has been of great value for my teaching, this booklet is very handy. The ESA guidelines in these booklets will be beneficial for my future teaching to always refer back to as a guideli

This can be the most frustrating aspect of English teaching. We are often not \"real teachers\" with the authority to discipline especially when we are dispatched from another private company. We cann

Both grammar and vocabulary are important parts of a language. Each one individually cannot fully represent \"beautiful\" use of a language. Receptive vocabulary represents the words a person knows bu

I truly feel that I have learned many aspects of the relationship between the teacher and students,the manner in which a teacher should handle different situations and different students, when to take

This unit deals with evaluation and testing. There are a number of ways to assess a students language level. They are as follows; - Tutorials - Evaluation by the students - Tests It is often appropri

This unit talk about materials, first, tell me that there are two types of materials, one is authentic materials and the other is non-authentic materials. Then analysis the advantages and disadvantage