Teach English in Wuwei Shi

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

SUMMARY- VIDEO LESSONS LESSON ONE: Students were quite discouraged and not very motivated to learn

COMMON PROBLEM SITUATIONS: FIRST LESSONS: Teacher faced with meeting new classes for first time

Material; In this unit, we will consider the material available for use in the classroom and how this material put into our lesson planning

A good teacher is the one who is flexible and can change her role according to the activity and situation without being dominant over the students

Task Sheet for Unit 19 (Special Groups) Task 1 ? Different categories of beginner students: a) Absolute beginner ? no English at all b) False beginner ? some study or exposure with little retention c) Adult beginner ? usually highly motivated & with some exposure d) Young beginner ? uncertain motivation but able to pick up language quickly e) Beginner w/o Roman alphabet: need lots of initial work on basic literacy & reading & writing practice Task 2 ? adapting approach to beginners a) Be aware of students needs b) Have clear & realistic aims; pace carefully c) Arrange the classroom, careful board work d) Choral repetition, ask lots of questions e) Be as visual as possible f) Lots of pair & group work g) Put weaker students with stronger students h) Repeat A/V work as much as necessary for understanding and comfort i) Keep it in English j) Be positive, sensitive and encouraging k) Explain methods f) Focus on easy, not difficult Task 3 ? Teaching Individual Students a) Less formal than class work, but use activities from course books

This unit taught me how to teach English to special groups

After watching both the videos ,I feel lesson two was definitely more effective than lesson one for several reasons: First of all, lesson two was clearly more structured and well-prepared than lesson one

This unit comprises of 8 sub-headings

Class Demonstration 1: The good thing about this teacher?s classroom was the seating arrangement ? it allows his students to have eye-contact with him and the other students

Methods of teaching English have developed rapidly, especially in the previous 40 years

IMPORTANT FUNCTIONS OF LESSON PLANNING: 1

This entire unit was about teaching and learning

Teaching English as a foreign language is a challenging, yet rewarding career choice

A conditional sentence consists of two clauses, the ?if? clause and the main clause

This unit focuses on teachers and learners During a typical lesson a teacher will have some of the following roles; a) Manager or controller

There are several methodologies that can be used in acquiring the English language

Unit 8 explains that the future is one of the most complex areas of the English language

This unit talks about Classroom Management, which is the skill of organizing and managing the class, having a friendly, relaxed manner and maintaining discipline

Future tense is a complex area to understand

This is an immensely helpful course

My reflection after watching each film: First film: The teacher's attitude from the start was very presumptuous

The unit covers the tense system

The unit covers the different methods of teaching English as a foreign language as well as highlighting ESA as the preferred method used for TEFL or TESL teaching

Unit 5 presents, Classroom Management, an essential skill since all beneficial classrooms require good discipline and rapport between the teacher and students

This unit is about teaching special groups, there are 5 major groups when teaching English, teaching beginners, teaching young learners, teaching individual students, teaching business English, and multilingual and monolingual classes

This unit teaches us that each of the three tenses used in the teaching, Present, Past, Future have four aspects; simple, continuous, perfect and perfect continuous

Unit 17 introduces the most commonly utilized teaching equipment in TEFL classrooms

This unit went over how to approach the first day of teaching a new group of Business English learners

Classroom management is the skill of organising a classroom in a friendly and relaxed manner while maintaining discipline

Having taught teenagers and children for the past 8 years, my first thought was that teaching adult students would be far easier in some respects: Adults have longer attention spans and are usually more emotionally and psychologically mature

This lesson taught me how to troubleshoot common problems in the classroom

I am disturbed at the teacher's attitude toward the students and the lesson he 'taught'

This unit is on the teaching of pronunciation and phonology

Pronunciation is the most neglected aspect of English language teaching

This unit went over teaching and learning, outlining the different developmental and learning theories that are applicable to teaching English to Young Learners

There are several types of beginner categories: 1

This unit covered some tips and methods for teaching special groups such as beginners, individuals, children, and business people

Level tests are designed to show the ability of the participant to use the language

Unit 6: Brief Overview The unit covers all form of the past tenses; past simple, past continuous, past perfect, past perfect continuous

Reasons to communicate: - a communicative purpose - wanting to say something or hear something - interest in what is being said Accuracy and fluency activities: - Accuracy activities (usually in Study phase) concentrate on CORRECT language

Placement The aim of a placement test is to help sort new students into teaching groups of roughly the same level

This unit covered the parts of speech

UNIT 6 REFLECTION: PAST TENSES Through the Unit 6 lesson I began to understand that there is pattern that can be seen developing within each of the 4 forms whether they are used in the Present, Past, or Future

This unit focuses on the teaching of special group

Unit 15 was about evaluating and testing students

In this unit, I learned the basic qualities that Teachers and students should have

Task Sheet for Unit 18 (Modals, Passive & Phrase Verbs) Task 1 ? different modal usages and relative changes in meaning: 1) May I is most polite (moreso than could I or can I

120 UNIT 8 THE FUTURE TENSES the unit lists the seven most common tenses used

This unit went over course development

i learned the usagThe simple present tense is one of several forms of present tense in English

Unit 5: Summary Unit 5 addresses the several ways that a teacher can keep order but still encourage student to enjoy the learning process

The following is a brief overview and what I learnt from this unit

This unit covers two videos of completely different styles of teaching done by the same teacher and to the same students

This unit deals with the problems that a teacher can face during their lessons

Unit two took a closer look at the roles of Teacher and of Learner as it specifically applies in the world of Teaching Business English

Unit 3 covers EFL teaching methodologies that have influenced the EFL practice over the years and procedures for what is thought to be the most influential and effective EFL methodology, called Engage-Study-Activate (ESA)

Unit 8 concludes the examination of English verb tense with the future tenses, namely future simple, future continuous, future perfect, future perfect continuous and the ?be going + infinitive? structure, as well as specific usages of present simple and present continuous, again exploring each?s forms, usage, common errors and teaching ideas

According to unit 19, there are a few different groups to whom I could be teaching to

This unit is an introduction to modal verbs, Passive voice relative clauses and phrasal verbs, with a highlight on some teaching ideas and common errors/mistake with aforementioned areas

In this unit i managed to learn the following: Good Eye contact can - 1

Present tense is divided into four tenses: present simple, present continuous (or present progressive), present perfect and present perfect continuous

This unit deals with the issue of lesson planning, which is essential for inexperienced teachers, who may not be able to deal with the unexpected outcomes of flexible lessons, that allow classroom activities to be decided by students

This unit focuses on the theories, methods and the techniques in teaching English

There are nine parts of classroom management Eye contact, gesture and the voice: Eye contact: using eye contact is the way to make sure students are involved in the lesson, to ensure they can understand, to indicate who is speaking, to encourage and to indicate something is correct or incorrect

This unit went over the different kinds and usages of materials in an English language classroom for young learners

Productive skills are equally as important as receptive skills

Unit 13 presents pronunciation and phonology

Unit 4: Review This unit covers verb forms and sentence structures with the present tenses

The following is a brief overview and what i learnt from this unit

Creating a lesson plan is important as it helps the teacher in planning a lesson in advance

Past Tenses Past Simple tense Usage: to express completed actions in the past

Unit 4 is mainly devoted to discussion of the four Present Tenses

This entire unit was about different teaching aids that can be used during a lesson

There is quite a bit of interesting information in Unit 19

This unit took me a while to study

This unit went over professional development, which includes: cultural issues, C

This unit entailed two videos, each teaching the same lesson, one video represented effective (good) teaching while the other represented less effective (bad) teaching

Having previously completed both a TEFL certification course and a supplementary course in TEYL, I was already familiar with some of the terminology and acronyms outlined in Unit 1

Modals are: can, could, may, might, shall, should, will, would, must, have to, have got to, need to, needn't and ought to

The unit covers the basics of English Grammar

Present simple Form Affirmative: subject + base form [+s/es] Negative: subjects + aux

This unit went over materials and the preparation involved in organizing and carrying out lessons in Business English

This unit looked at learning and development theories, how languages are learned, consideration of the students? learning environment, and the process of maturation

Task Sheet for Unit 8 (Verbs ? future) Task 2: usages a) Future Simple - Future facts & certainties - Promises - Predictions - Speculations/assumptions - Quick decisions - Threats I?ll be there

These videos were very helpful in highlighting many of the concepts learnt in previous units, such as establishing teacher-learner rapport and the concept of the Engage, Study and Activate phases in lessons

This unit explains techniques and methods of teaching different special groups

Giving feedback to the students provides the students information to evaluate their own level and progress

This unit is focused on the teaching of productive skills

I first learned about some of the teaching methods of the past used in teaching English, including the classical method, audio-lingualism, suggestodaedia, the lexical approach, the silent method, and others

This unit is about teaching some specialized groups

This unit focuses on the teaching of productive skills-speaking and writing

Here is a quick overview of time expressions used with specific tenses including examples and explanations

As teachers, we give our students a chance to get exposed to new vocabulary so they would understand, practice, and use it in their daily lives

UNIT 16 This unit breaks down the structure of the conditionals, describing present, past and future possibilities

For a teacher to successfully manage the classroom, many factors need to be taken into account

This unit, was my favorite until yet

Conditionals include the \"if\" (or similar expressions such as \"when\") which refers to past, present and future possibilities

Lesson 3 introduces several EFL teaching methodologies

This unit is base on course books and lesson materials

This unit explains the form and use of modal auxiliary verbs, phrasal verbs, relative clauses, and passive voice

This unit covered the roles and expectations of both the instructor and learners

1st class demonstration video: The teacher skips the ?engage? (warm-up) phase

This unit focuses on the Future tense