Teach English in Shaoguan Shi

In the Unit 2 we are getting quick look at some learning and developmental theories

Unit 4 described the present tense

To manage a class,the teacher should have the skills of organising and managing the class,be friendly,have a relaxed manner and be able to maintain discipline

The unit is detailed coverage of teaching aids, equipments and adaptive materials that will suppliment the course books in the classroom for effective language learning

This module has touched on the different aspects of knowledge needed for teaching varying degrees of groups

This unit covered student evaluation and testing

Authentic materials are produced for native speakers

IN THIS UNIT IT IS POSSIBLE TO APPLY THE ESA METHOD IN TEACHING GRAMMATICAL, VOCABULARY AND FUNCTIONS

Unit 2 discusses parts of speech in the English language

Unit 19 discusses tips, strategies, and expectations for teaching specific types of groups

There are five classification of English teaching groups such as: 1) Beginners 2) Individuals (one to one) 3) Young Learners (YL's) 4) Business English (BE's) 5) Monolinguals vs Multilinguals

This unit deals with specifics concerning teaching special groups

This unit covers a wide variety of equipment and teaching aids to make training and lessons more effective, interesting and less dependent on textbooks

This unit combines how to manage not only the students, but also yourself as a teacher and your surroundings

A good teacher has good subject knowledge and should have a strong rapport with student's

Unit Five covers different types of techniques and resources a teacher can utilize to to teach different types of \"contexts\" to their Business English students

In the teaching- learning process both the teacher and students need materials to rely on

Unit 20 is looking at the common problems a teacher can face in the course of teaching English to learners of the language

This unit considers the processes required when embarking on a course with a group of students from the initial levels test, followed by the needs analysis, then needs negotiation (if applicable), through to the choice of syllabus structured specifically for that particular group

Unit 15 deals with evaluation and testing as a common practice for most of the teachers

Classroom management is a large part of the teaching profession

There are a number of different ways of referring to the future in English

The unit took us on a historical journey by learning all the teaching methodologies used throughout many centuries, beginning with the Classical Method, which basically explained the grammar-translation approach

Unit 8 covered future tenses

The focus of this unit was on lesson planning

This unit, unit 6, is merely about the past tenses

After reading Unit 16 on ?Conditionals & Reported Speech?, I feel I learned a lot more than what I already knew on conditionals sentences, and now have a clearer idea on how to differentiate them and their use according to situations

This unit covered the different qualities and roles of both teacher and students in a English learning classroom

The ability to teach different types of classes is an essential part of being a flexible, well-trained teacher

This unit presents various teaching tools that can be used in a classroom to make lessons more appealing and effective for the students' learning without having to use textbooks at all times

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

Materials are anything we bring with us to the classroom to aid the teaching learning process

For a teacher to learn how to lesson plan and prepare lessons, the course book that they have available plays a big role

In the first lesson the students were not very responsive because the instructor was not friendly

This unit dealt primarily with the wide array of classroom theories, delving deepest into the ESA theory being studied in this course

Using teaching aids and equipment is an excellent way to engage the students and increase their attention to the lesson

By now, on this unit, we should have a clear understanding of how to effectively teach, using the correct methodologies, but without experience in a teaching environment, it can be rather hard to put these methods into practice

Unit 7: Reading and Listening Reading and listening are essential parts of language study

The main focus in this unit was explaining the different methods of teaching

This is a unit dedicated for a great explanation of the different types of past tenses in English Language, moreover the unit also describes the different methodologies which a TEFL teacher may apply within a classroom

Unit 18 was one of the most complicated yet

Unit 20 is the final module of the course

Testing is a way of clear evaluation for students and teachers

It is crucial for a good teacher to know and further classify the students according to their levels of ability in the English language

Unit 16 is devoted to Conditionals & the Reported Speech

This unit discussed the various methods of teaching English as a foreign language from the past to the present

This unit covered phonology (often used interchangeably with the term phonetics), which is, \"the study, science, analysis, and classification of the physical properties of sounds

Unit 17 concerned teaching equipment

The ESA (Engage, Study, and Activate) teaching method ESA is becoming increasingly popular within teacher training programs

This unit discusses the importance of evaluating your students

There are different types of groups that we will encounter while teaching English; therefore, we need to learn about these different groups in order to know how to address them when required

Unit 16 covers conditionals, sentences containing ?if,? ?when,? or similar expressions which refer to past, present, and future possibilities

Phrasal verbs, to my mind, is one of the incomprehensible parts of English language (for foreigners), because to use them correctly you need to 'feel' them somehow

This unit provides videos of two lesson demonstrations that cover the same material, but are taught in different manners by the same teacher

This unit mainly focuses on introducing the ESA, apart from various other methodology in teacher

eachers who are teaching special groups are often asked to modify their teaching ways in order to accommodate special needs students

Historically grammar translation, auto lingualism, task based learning, communicative language teaching , community language teaching, the silent way, suggestopaedia and the lexical approach were among the traditional methods of teaching a language

Unit 9 was related to lesson planning

This unit focused on the past tenses (past, past continuous, past perfect, and past perfect continuous), their forms, and usages

This unit, though it seemed brief, was actually very insightful and full of information about the difference between how English speakers use the various future tenses

This unit discusses the productive skills which are writing and speaking

This last unit takes a look at the most common situations that can create issues in the class room

In Unit One Teachers and Learners, I learned about the qualities that make a good teacher and a good learner

Unit 17 is an examination of the use of conditionals and reported speech

In this short unit we learned about introducing new language to the class

In this unit there was discussion of the roles of learners and teachers, and special considerations to be taken into account when teaching adults

Unit 9 focused on Lesson Planning

This unit covered teaching special groups, such as beginners, individuals, children, business English students, and multilingual groups

In this unit, I have learned about productive (speaking and writing) and receptive (reading and listening) skills and how to structure well-balanced lesson plans that allow students to build their confidence in receptive skills specifically

Beginners come in many different forms and teachers have to be able to rise to the challenge of teachers these different groups

Unit 16 explored conditionals and reported speech

This unit covered parts of speech

The different resources available and how to make the best use of them to make the lessons more interesting and effective

Although the teacher cannot control the effects of what happens outside of the class re their students, they can have a major impact on what happens inside the classroom by way of motivating and teaching students

Unit Five covered the basics of lesson planning, including the benefits of lesson planning and the parts each lesson plan should include

Wow! This lesson was very dense and had a lot going on

Unit 19 is a unit on teaching special groups

For a class to be effective , the teacher should be able to inspire the self-assurance of the students

Unit 3 discusses some of the most common learning and teaching language methods and techniques

In conclusion, this unit is around teaching productive skills: speaking and writing

Conditional sentences contain a condition (if-clause) and a consequence (mail clause)

Teaching aids and equipment in the classroom are items which assist in teaching the lesson

I have learned a lot already through my twelve years of teaching English (when it comes to pronunciation) However there were a lot of new concepts here which will help add on to my experience and knowledge

A teachers first priority should be the learning of the students

From Unit 5 ?Classroom Managmennt? I learn about the skill of organising and managing the class, having a friendly, relaxed manner and maintaining disicipline

This unit covered conditionals and reported or indirect speech

Unit 1 describes qualities of a good teacher and learner, roles of the instructor, coping with students of all ages, levels, and cultural backgrounds, as well as motivation for learning ESL/EFL

After studying the readings from this unit, I have become more familiar with the various acronyms of important guidelines, tests and examinations for TEYL which were previously unknown to me! These include the Common European Framework (CEF) as a guideline which generally has five to six different levels to grade a students' language proficiency, Cambridge Young Learners of English (CYLE) examination which includes separate tests for speaking, reading/writing and listening, leading to higher exams like the Key English Test (KEY) and the Preliminary English Test (PET)

Engage, study and activate is a teaching method that works best for new teachers as they learn and apply it for their students

This unit went over the two productive skills of speaking and writing, which are both of equal importance when teaching English