Teach English in Shaoguan Shi

Pronunciation Phonology ? The study, science, analysis, and classification of the physical properties of sounds ? STRESS ? RHYTHM ? INTONATION Intonation ? The variation in volume and pitch in a whole sentence

A good teacher has the proper personal characteristics such as being kind, patient, and love teaching, as well as the proper skill such as the ability to motivate, have good class rapport, involve all students equally, correcting students without affecting motivation, and knowing student weaknesses

When faced with first lesson, an inexperience teacher should try to get to know their group of students, establish rapport, understanding their needs/aspirations with English, and level of English of each individual class member

In this unit, various methodologies were discussed briefly before describing the ESA methodology, an approach which draws upon the best of those methodologies encountered previously

Learning and developmental theories There are four that emerge as important: Maturation: a natural sequence of events will take place, regardless of any stimuli

In unit three, the topic discussed was the various types of teaching methods used over time for languages

This course unit content about the productive skills: speaking and writing

The productive skills found in the classroom are speaking and writing

Unit 19 discusses the different types of students and teaching environments an EFL teacher may encounter, with a focus on particular adaptations of techniques for specific groups

For me as an individual English teacher, the whole Unit was very useful

Unit four is especially exciting for me in that it discusses materials (both what materials and where to find/access) materials as well as the basics of Lesson Planning

Speaking Developing your speaking skills will involve gaining fluency in spoken interactions with others, as well as practicing your pronunciation

Unit 7 gave an overview of how to teach new vocabulary, grammatical structures and language function

This unit highlighted the similarities and differences between teaching children, and teaching business adults

Teaching special groups and types of classes were the major topics of this unit

The tense system is an area that causes great difficulty for the students

In speaking skills, teachers must ensure that they provide students with enough input so that when it comes to being able to use the language to the extent that they can succeed, they are able to do it

This unit is focused on the theories,methods and techniques use for effective teaching of English language for students around the world

This unit presented two different lessons, a poorly executed lesson and a well executed lesson, in order to provide an opportunity for students (such as myself) to put the information within previous units into practice and to see examples of good and bad teaching practices

Unit 1 provides an overview of what is expected of a good teacher and what that teacher should expect of different types of students upon entering the classroom

Course books usually need to be supplemented with outside material, which can either be authentic or created

Working with the board the teacher should bear in mind that he or she should write legibly and neatly, as students most of times note down the information from the board, should keep the board clean and easy to read, should use different sections and ways of highlighting to present the information in the better way

This unit covered a range of teaching themes including: songs, chants, and music; games; stories; arts and crafts; and seasonal activities

In this lesson I was able to learn how important it is to teach a lesson with a good attitude, know every student individually, and be prepared

This unit deals with some of the most common problem situations that may arise in the classroom and give practical solutions that can help in providing answers to the problems

We have different levels to grade students

1) Teaching beginners - absolute beginners - false beginner - adult beginner - young beginner - beginner without Roman alphabet Tips for teaching beginners: - requires special skills and psychology - aware of student's needs - have clear and realistic aims - adapt to suit your situation - arrange the classroom - be as visual as possible - take care with your board work - use pair and group work - encourage students to speak as much English as possible Possible problems: - what can you do with a mix of real and false beginners? Many false beginners will ask to start from scratch - how can you help weaker students? pair them with stronger students

The first section covered the roles of a teacher, such as monitoring the class, facilitating activities, instructing the whole class, instructing a more personal level, and becoming a participant

Unit 19 on teaching special groups starts out with a section on teaching beginners

Unit 8 encompasses the seven most commonly used future tenses, which are: the future simple, future perfect, future perfect continuous, future continuous, present simple, present continuous, and be going + infinitive tenses