We (Arun and Joleen) work in a BPO as communication trainers, our areas of work revolve around soft skills and hard skills, and we decided to do this course to groom ourselves in what we do...
I realised through the tefl course that perhaps I've been taking the language I have spoken all my life for granted and that it is in fact quite a deal more complicated than thought previously...
By taking this course, I've learned so much about the grammar aspect of teaching english, the methods/techniques used in class, and how to write a lesson plan...
The most useful knowledge I gained from this course is related to lesson planning, classroom management, activity stage teaching ideas (particularly when grammar is taught) and usage of teaching material...
Being a non-native english speaker, I have learned a great deal about the english language which had either been forgotten or never learned prior, yet most of all I have learned various teaching skills which I believe can be applied to all areas of expertise in the future and not just restricted to teaching english...
I have learned a whole of new and useful techniques that I believe that I can put into practice in the classroom when I teach english in japan on the 20th of April 2012...
This course has done nothing but surprise me! I have had some experience in teaching/playing and I have seen plenty of examples of poor tuition techniques (my children go to a spanish state school where teaching methods are demoralizing and boring)...
Since I have spoken the english language ever since I was born I sometimes take it for granted, I use grammar and language automatically without appreciating the rich grammar involved e...
• What I have learned from this course; well for one thing there is a lot more to the english language that I ever remember being taught in school!
• I have gained insight into the dynamics of learning a new language from varying degrees of existing knowledge bases...
I have gained lots of knowledge from this course but I think the ESA lesson planning will be what I will use the most because it is a framework that the other learned aspects fall into...